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Thursday, January 20, 2011

More Challenges

I ran across a couple of challenges tonight in reading blogs tonight.  Guess I will have to try some of these.

Norma Wilson does some daily challenges in small paintings where you paint ordinary things.  Sort of like the Scavenger Hunts where we sketch ordinary things.   I had not visited Norma's blog before, so now I have another blog to follow.  Fun!  The painting challenge could give me some ideas for the Jo's Notions paintings.

The other was a reminder for tonal paintings by Kelly Borsheim.  It is fun and a challenge to paint white and fabric just adds to the challenge.

Then I saw a pear and wondered about pearathon.com and had to go look and see if there were new pears. Some of them are so delicious looking.

Now I need to get to work.  Have fun and check back to see what challenges I take on.

Sunset in Silver City, New Mexico, a few years ago.

4 comments:

Joanna said...

Beautiful sky!

Jo Castillo said...

Joanna, we just love sunsets and rainbows. In our blood!

Mary said...

Jo, I just love your blog (which I found via your comment on Linda Blondheim's)--your fun-loving, adventurous spirit shines through in your postings. The Scavenger sketches are delightful, and invite us to look at things in a fresh way. Your pastels are lovely; I need to stop in at Jo's Notions, too :>).

Jo Castillo said...

Hi Mary, Thank you so much. I went and had a look at your blog. You write about a lot of things too, looks like fun. I will go spend more time there. :)


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I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. "I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." -- Winston Churchill

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