June CPM Art Challenge "Boys' Stories" #1406

COLORED PENCIL MAGAZINE
 JUNE ART CHALLENGE
"BOYS' STORIES" #1406
 
DEADLINE: JULY 10, 2014

Photo by Sally Ford - Copyright Released!

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Advanced Prize:
$125 Jerry's Artarama eGift Card

Beginner Prize:
$75 Jerry's Artarama eGift Card
eGift cards are redeemable only online and are not transferable

www.JerrysArtarama.com

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ADVANCED WINNER - Janna Voss

WHY IT WON: What a great, original composition that you chose! Each element is rendered beautifully and with your limited palate of browns, reds and blues it creates a great retro tone to the whole piece. There are so many textures and the viewer can really feel each one from the fray of the book to the metals and wood. The highlight of the piece would have to be the screwdriver – it really just pops off the page! It must have been such a challenge to create 3 additional artworks when doing the photos but you executed it stunningly. My only critique would be to maybe use a slight more contrast, although I am so glad that you avoided blacks in this one. Bravo!

BEGINNER WINNER - Fae Thomas 

WHY IT WON: First I have to say I love that you write that although you had hesitations to even do this challenge, you had so much fun that you did a second piece – THIS winning piece! So glad you did too, the colors are wonderful and all your effort has paid off in all the details. The areas that I think stand out the most is the box (the shine and 3 dimensional qualities give the whole artwork great depth), I also love the rusty wrench, keys, and pocket knife – all translate it’s own texture convincingly. Thank you for your hard work this month and hope to see more in challenges to come!

HONORABLE MENTIONS - ADVANCED

Pedro Jesus Peralta Lopez

 

 MaryJane
(Entry elevated from beginner category to advanced) 
 

HONORABLE MENTIONS - BEGINNER

Diana Ranstrom

Ritu Bajaj 
 

 ADVANCED CATEGORY ENTRIES

Brandy Fenenga

Carrie Alderfer

Craig Simpson

Gary Tausch

Jan Shilling

Janet Ray

Jenny Luan Frye

Tatiana Buzikova

Zuzena Spendelova
 
BEGINNER CATEGORY ENTRIES
 

Aftab.M

Agung Pamungkas

Barbara Donati

Birgit Herrmann

Chartier3

 Chuck Kelly

Cindi Norton Williams

Dr. Jessie Hummel

Eloranaraye

Fae Thomas (II)

Jessica Anderson

Laura Smith

Lia Sierra

Linda Merrill

Oana BANU

Oana Necula

Pcona

SHira

Shweta Mahajan

Theresa Harrison

White Pines

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Deadline: 8/10/14 

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Details: Set of 12 Prismacolor Verithin Pencils. These pencils are brilliantly colored and can be sharpened to a very fine point with no crumbling. The firm, insoluble pigments lay down smoothly. Each pencil is hexagonal, and the wood case is color-coded.

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Q:  Do/Did you have a mentor, if so - who?

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  Natalie Capps
  May 21, 2014 at 7:43 AM
  No mentors- just my kindergarten teacher who taught me how to color!
  
  
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