{"id":123,"date":"2012-09-23T19:11:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T00:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terrebritton.com\/studio1\/?p=123"},"modified":"2013-03-29T10:49:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T15:49:41","slug":"quick-study-square-apples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.terrebritton.com\/studio1\/2012\/09\/23\/quick-study-square-apples\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Study: Square Apples"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Square Apples (c)2012 -Acrylic, 20″ x 16″<\/p><\/div>\n

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Take the Challenge<\/h2>\n

I\u2019m connected with the most amazing painter on Google Plus,\u00a0+Lena Levin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She started a couple of challenges: \u201cChagall Challenge\u201d:\u00a0\u00a0making a Chagall-inspired artwork (in any medium, traditional or digital) and posting it on G+ for virtual exhibition in December at\u00a0+In Studio With The Masters<\/a>.\u00a0Any visual artist is invited to participate for a virtual exhibition in December. The other was a personal challenge: the\u00a0“Wrong color”: to paint something in color that would seem “wrong” realistically speaking, but that would feel “right” to the painter. \u00a0The bold freshness of her \u201cFloating apple<\/a>\u201d\u00a0got me hooked!<\/p>\n

So, besides working on the Chagall Challenge on the side, I started me on my own \u201cQuick Study\u201d challenge. The first thing I do when I walk in the studio is grab a small canvas or board and sketch with paint for ten minutes\u2014like stretching before running. There are no expectations of genius in these, just raw expression.<\/p>\n

The image in this post is part of my \u201cQuick Study\u201d series but inspired by Lena\u2019s floating apples. It left me unimpressed; I left it in a corner. Danny\u2019s only comment was, \u201cThey\u2019re square!\u201d\u2014hence, the name.\u00a0But after a couple of days, seeing it out of the corner of my eye, I grew very fond of it! You might not like it, or any of the other studies I\u2019ll post, but they help me work out my color-kinks! So feel free to comment, even if you detest what you see!<\/p>\n

On Google plus, you can also follow these tags: #chagallchallenge<\/a>\u00a0#weeklychallenge<\/a>\u00a0#marcchagall<\/a><\/p>\n

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