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Monday, February 11, 2013

Valentine Challenge

I was invited to join three artists for my first Valentine Painting Challenge by Pablo Villicana Lara along with Jelaine Faunce and Geraud Staton. What an honor to join these three super talented painters for a fun run of incorporating Sweethearts candies in our paintings.

After much thought of coming up with ideas for this challenge, I considered painting an unwrapped chocolate foil heart against a background of scattered Sweethearts candies. Crumpled foil is a subject matter I love to do. Once I proceeded with photography of the little still life I set up and drew it on my watercolor paper, it was so involved I thought for sure I would miss the deadline and abandoned that idea.

I choose a glass, heart shaped bottle with a cork stopper filled with Sweethearts and proceeded with a high key watercolor of it.

It sure delighted and amazed me when I saw the finished challenge paintings by Pablo, Geraud, and Jelaine! Wow!


"Heart Full of Hearts", watercolor 10"x8",  Kathleen Ballard

"XO", watercolor 8"x10" watercolor,  Pablo Viillicana Lara

"Candy Love", 6"x6" Oil on Canvas,  Geraud Staton

"Playing with the Queen of Hearts", 6"x6" oil, Jelaine Faunce
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10 comments:

  1. Studio at the FarmFebruary 11, 2013 at 2:11 PM

    These are all so wonderful!! Kittie, you really came up with a very different idea, and carried it out beautifully!

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    1. kathleen BallardFebruary 11, 2013 at 2:23 PM

      Thanks, Kathryn. Everyone's vision is so different as well as their painting style. I was really honored to be included in this group and blown away by their works!

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  2. RBFebruary 12, 2013 at 6:30 AM

    All very nice.

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  3. Pablo Villicaña LaraFebruary 12, 2013 at 7:51 PM

    This was a lot of fun Kathleen! We'll have to do some more challenges in the future! Love your painting :0)

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  4. kathleen BallardFebruary 13, 2013 at 5:01 AM

    I loved doing the Valentine challenge too and thank you for inviting me. Your painting is so wonderfully imaginative and painted so beautifully!

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  5. UnknownFebruary 14, 2013 at 2:04 PM

    I LOVE them all!

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  6. kathleen BallardFebruary 14, 2013 at 3:59 PM

    Hey Audrey, thanks for checking out our "Valentine Challenge"!

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  7. Diane HoeptnerMay 20, 2013 at 2:52 PM

    Oh gosh, I love them all too. Your glass + hearts is especially light and color filled!! Wonderful!

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    1. kathleen BallardMay 20, 2013 at 4:36 PM

      Thanks so much, Diane! Thanks for taking a peek!

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