Oh Boy this is fun

A water fountain found on the streets of a City.

For: water fountains contest

The ravages of time

For: film noir contest

Noir

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Mona Lisa with a Pearl earring

References: the two famous painting "Mona Lisa" and "The girl with a pearl earring". I want to demonstrate here, these paintings used ... one model :D. About the technique, I just painted on one layer (except the background layer), that's risky but quite convenient to me. Only ...

For: painting change contest

Shrine

I created the reflections myself.. and then after all that ended up using Flaming Pear Flood...

For: single tree contest

Ring

For: hurrican attraction contest

Spring Treasures

Searching for morels in the spring was always a spring ritual as our children grew up. Red and white trillium and violets were everywhere. No outside sources were used. All flowers and mushrooms were made with brush, smudge and eraser tools. All details in my SBS. Please enjoy!!

For: undergrowth contest

Shed

No references were used. Rough sketched in pencil, then a 02 tip pen(partially dry), and a 005.

For: pointillism contest

RIVER

For: bikes contest

Cycle Perspective

Took a macro of my bike cogs with another next to it in the background to create the defocus. Desaturated, for I feel it looks better this way. Please view in high res. Thanks.

For: bikes contest

homerun ball

For: leather contest

DRAGONFLY QUEEN

For: undergrowth contest

Ooops

This entry isn't as good as my idea, but that's just down to my lack of talent! I'm also pretending the liquid in the glass as milk as appossed to wine as it didn't turn out like wine lol Please comment with your thoughts/suggestions if you have furthermore critisism other than my own. Hop...

For: white wine contest

Cold heart

For: white contest

Tears...

I couldn't think of what to add next to the bear, originally i was going to add the legs of a child but that didn't work out too well, so i just added light rays. Any suggestions? Thanks to Mattox

For: undergrowth contest

Saltflake

For: white contest

Water Lantern

For: white contest

Penguins

For: pointillism contest

Spray

Water spray from a waterfall over a small dam.

For: white contest

Strawberry and Cream

My favorite food

For: white contest

Flame

This is the candle we lit at our wedding, lighting our way. It's a tiny flame, but it's enough.

For: white contest

very small flowers

For: white contest

White

Berlin zoo

For: white contest

8 Words

For some of these images, I took recently and for the rest I used some of my old stock. It look me a while to find just the right photo for each word. Please view in high res, for the quality and and capture behind each image is rather nice and best appreciated this way. D:

For: pictionary contest