Our #5 salon challenge was so ... shall we say,
"challenging"?
Our parameters were:
1. Give up a painting that you considered finished,
and that you liked well-enough,
not too small,
and was not varnished yet.
(We drew names for the person whose painting we got.)
2. We were given a list of the top 10 songs for the year that person was born
for inspiration while painting on our cohort's work of art.
For instance, I was born in 1953 (gak)
and the top song of that year was
from the movie Moulin Rouge by Percy Faith.
- hope you can listen on that link (Spotify) -
3. Our limited palette was:
Cerulean Blue
Viridian
Yellow Ochre
Alizarin Crimson
White
In no particular order -
Timi had my painting, titled - The Standout,
began posting about this painting. (that is the link to way-back-when)
I called it Crawford Notch or something back then.
I stretched the canvas over 24" x 24" stretcher bars ages ago.
Timi thought I may need a drink to see what she did to this painting, but
... I was totally fine!
I love it!
She is not finished with this painting and will finish one of these days. It IS Moulin Rouge and Toulouse-Lautrec! She was inspired by the music and the rock cliff in the original, which became can-can dancer fluffy frocks. So cool!
Tomorrow ... or next post, I will continue revealing our challenge paintings,
and discuss the evolution of the (teaser shown in B&W) painting at the top of this post.
Love to hear your comments!
Happy painting!
