Welcome to Week 43, Year 6 of Paint Party Friday! We hope you have been enjoying a magical holiday season so far!
This Week, the random.org number chose #37: SandeeNC. Last week Sandee shared a wonderful round-up of magnificent moon inspired artwork that she created this past year. She has big plans for 2017 and is inviting other moon loving artists to join in, so please be sure to check out her blog for all of the details!
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Wishing you a happy, healthy, and VERY creative new year!!
This week, the random.org number generator chose #43: Tammie Dickerson. Last week Tammie shared a wonderfully festive nutcracker painting. Not only was Tammie's painting perfect for the season (that random number generator continues to amaze us at times...), but it is also her 1435th painting in 1435 days!!! Wow! We find that very inspiring!
Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Heri za Kwanzaa! Whatever you celebrate, we would like to wish you a very happy one!
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Hope the warmth of the holidays brings also brings time for creativity and inspiration!
Welcome to Week 41 of Year 6 here at Paint Party Friday!
Random.org this week chose #24 - Sarah of Angelic Morning Pages. Sarah
talks about the importance of experimentation in the/her creative process and shows a video of creating this lovely angel.
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Hope you have a wonderful week full of creative experiments!
This week, the random.org number generator chose #10: Gloria J Zucaro. Last week Gloria shared a wonderful variety of beautiful paintings that she created at a workshop she attended. Please be sure to stop by her blog to see them all!
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Wishing you a week of wonder, variety, and prolific painting!
Welcome to Week 39 of Year 6 here at Paint Party Friday!
This week
our random number generator chose #34 - Ariane Zuber. Inspired by her dream self, Ariane painted this hauntingly beautiful landscape...
Blue Hour in the Forest - image courtesy of Ariane Zuber
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Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to all our American painters and partyers!
Welcome to Week 38 of Year 6 at PPF. Our deepest thanks to all of you from around the world for your warmth, creativity, sharing and participation in Paint Party Friday! We are very grateful for each of you.
This week
Random.org chose #39 - Julene. It was a productive week for Julene who finished 2 paintings including this lovely Still Life. Please visit her to check out her other work!
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This week, the random.org number generator chose #35: Katie Jeanne. Last week Katie shared a beautiful oil portrait of a cool woman in amazing purple sunglasses! She also shared a link to a video of her painting it... I don't know about you, but we love watching other artists paint! Please be sure to stop by her blog (and be prepared to be inspired).
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This week, the random.org number generator chose #45: Laney. Sometimes it is spooky the way the random selection knows exactly what we need... Last week, Laney shared a beautifully vibrant post about some "fun (and therapeutic) journaling playtime". I think that many of us are probably feeling the need for some healing art therapy right about now... So, please head on over to Laney's blog for a creative and inspiring post that might just have you playing along in no time!
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Welcome to Week 35 of Year 6 at Paint Party Friday!
This week Random.org chose #45 - Julene. A pretty blue wild flower inspired Julene's paintings this week. This is one of two lovely paintings, please visit her to see the other and learn some of the history of the flower.
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This week our random number generator chose #40 - Lorraine. This week showed a collage of two of her paintings and some yummy food. (Food is always great at parties, right? ☺). Her paintings are inspired by poetry and she shares those links at the bottom of her post. Worth visiting!
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This week, the random.org number generator chose #17: Morag. Last week Morag shared a marvelous "moonlight adventure". In addition to sharing her beautiful painting, she gave us a glimpse into her process. Please stop by her blog to find out how she creates her mixed media magic.
Morag's blog post has us wondering... How do you paint? Do you have a plan from the start? Or, do you let the painting guide you and decide as you go?
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This week, the random.org number generator chose #22: Liz Powley. Last week Liz shared her beautiful artwork along with wonderful news of a gallery show! Congratulations on your joint exhibition, Liz! We wish we lived closer... We're sure it is spectacular show & opening night sounds like it must have been lots of fun! Please stop by Liz's blog to learn more about her exhibition, and to see the other exciting artwork she's been working on!
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Hope the changing seasons are inspiring your creativity!
This week, random.org chose #53 - this beautiful fall bouquet by Mona Pendleton. Mona is painting 30 paintings in September and has been inspired by a number of how-to books and videos she has recently bought.
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No party is complete without cake, so we are thrilled that this week the random.org number generator chose #9: Christine. Last week, long time PPF party gal Christine shared a fun and festive Halloween cake that has us thinking about Fall! Please be sure to stop by Christine's blog to see what other creative goodness she's got cooking.
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Hope your week is filled with sweet sweet inspiration!
Thank you for all of your thoughtful and lovely comments last week!
Getting back to our randomly selected PPF Painting Spotlight....this week random.org chose #13-Nicola McLean. Nic was inspired when she looked down while walking her dogs and saw that her boots matched the river rocks! Inspiration is everywhere! Nic has entered this beautiful painting in a competition and would love any help we can offer. Please visit her post to find out more about how to vote for her painting.
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Hope you find lots of unexpected inspiration this week!
Before we kick off this week's party, we would like to take a moment to acknowledge a concern that was raised in last week's comment section:
We (EVA and Kristin) appreciate your input and take all of your questions seriously. We have discussed this concern ourselves, not only this week but over the years, as well as possible solutions. We kept coming back to our very first posts, the type of place we hoped Paint Party Friday would be, and why we created PPF five and a half years ago...
One of the things that was central to our mission was that we keep it a party free of rules (other than being polite, of course!). While we certainly encourage you to post paintings where you have splashed some sort of actual paint around, we understand that everyone (especially in an ever growing digital age) has a different definition of what "painting" is to them. We would also love for all of the party goers to be able to mingle and chat with as many other painters as they can, but we realize that everyone has different schedules and different amounts of time they can spend on the computer. (It was also brought to our attention that not all of our guests are able to leave comments on certain types of blogs for technical reasons.. Perhaps you can check your settings - the "comments" section - on your blog and make it as flexible as possible. That would be greatly appreciated. The "Anyone" setting is best. You can always delete Spam if you get any.)
It is our hope to keep Paint Party Friday a fun and supportive environment for you to share your weekly painting accomplishments. We would like to continue to be able to allow you to decide for yourself whether PPF is an appropriate place for you to share the type of art that you do. And, as much as we would like to urge you to visit and get to know as many of the other PPF party guests as you can, we realize that only you can decide how much or how little time you have available for participating. We know that we wish we had more time ourselves for painting, partying and visiting with you instead of mostly participating in the background.
It is not (and never has been) our intention to be the painting police. We respect that all of our PPF party guests are adults who can decide whether their post is appropriate for this venue, who can decide how much they participate, and who can simply choose not to visit the blogs that they don't feel are appropriate.
We continue to be amazed, delighted and awed by the love, kindness, and support you all show each other... Thank you for keeping PPF such a caring community and for sharing your beautiful art with us.
We appreciate your feedback, and are always open to your suggestions. Please feel free to email us with any questions you may have.
Enough of the serious stuff... Let's Party!
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Hope you discover some new and different inspiration this week!
Welcome to Week 26 of Year 6 at Paint Party Friday! Halfway through another year!
This week, Random.org chose #56 - Sarah from A Cat Like Curiosity. In her post this week, Sarah went thru all the steps she took in creating this inspiring angel. Please drop by and check out her process.
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Hope you discover some new and different inspiration this week!
Welcome to Paint Party Friday Week 25 of Year 6! We're so happy you're here!
This week, the random.org number generator chose #21: Giggles. Last week Giggles shared a variety of her wonderfully vibrant and fun paintings (you'll have to stop by her blog to see them all)! In addition, she shared this beautiful painting (in a slightly different style) of her friend's cat. It was painted as a (very thoughtful) birthday present... What a great gift!
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Your paintings are a gift to us all... Thank you for sharing them with us each week!
Our random
number generator this week chose #6 - Sal Schiebe. Sal has been working away this summer on her art journal both independently and as part of an art journal group she meets up with (sounds like fun!)
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This week our random number generator chose #30 - Indira. Nature - in the form of Spicebush Swallowtail butterflies and cornflowers (Echinacea Purpurea) have been inspiring Indira this week
in this lovely watercolour.
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This week the random.org number generator chose #40: Carmen Sanchez-Buster. Last week Carmen shared a lovely layered mixed media Frida that she created in a travel art journal. She wrote a very interesting post to accompany her painting and also shared process pics, so please be sure to stop by Carmen's blog to learn more about her own journey with Frida.
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This week
our random number generator chose #51 - Fran. Fran is challenging herself to paint a watercolour a day for a month. In this post she reflects on the passage of time and shows three of her watercolours. Please visit and check out the others she has done recently!
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This week the random.org number generator chose #48: Andrea at Falling Ladies. Last week, Andrea shared the Fun and very creative adventures of BigBig (along with a wonderful illustration of BigBig's reward). Please be sure to stop by Andrea's blog to see how brave BigBig was as he faced his fears!
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Wishing you a week filled with bold, beautiful, and brave painting choices!
Welcome to Week 19 of Year 6 at Paint Party Friday!
This week
Random.org chose #8 - Faye. And it is a collaboration of two PPFers in a way, She asked Valerie-Jael if she could paint some of the flowers from her garden and created (so far?) two lovely watercolours. Here is one... There is so much inspiration in the garden lately!
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This week, the random.org number generator chose #51: amy. Not only did Amy share this beautiful portrait on her blog last week, she also very generously shared a full length video tutorial for creating it! And... if that wasn't already wonderful enough, she also created a downloadable pdf to explain things she didn't cover in her video... Wow! Please be sure to stop by her blog to learn her technique and share some kindness & appreciation.
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This week. the random.org number generator chose #15: Tracey Fletcher King. Last week, despite living in a house filled with tissues and sickness, Tracey managed to create some of her wonderful watercolors. (And, she shared them in a hilarious post!) Please be sure to stop by her blog to read about her silly antics, and to see how she's coming along with her amazingly awesome "Cuppa with Friends" project.
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This week (finally! ☺) the random number generator chose #12 - regular PPF painter and partyer Arnoldo Romero. Arnoldo is enjoying summer so far, with time now to do some important tasks and also to explore and to create!
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This week the random.org number generator chose #49: Mona Pendleton. Last week Mona shared beautiful and luminescent pastel tea roses. She also shared some wonderful insights about the painting process and the joy of using oil paints when you're struggling to get something just right. Please be sure to stop by her blog to read more about it.
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Welcome to Week 14 or Year 6 at Paint Party Friday!
This week
our random number generator chose #14 - Lisa of Studio Lee. Lisa has been working on this lovely protective spirit for many months and through various iterations and now she is finished and ready to share! (Yay for finished paintings!)
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Welcome to Week 13 of Year 6 here at Paint Party Friday!
This week our random number generator chose #50 - Katie Powell. Katie was inspired to sketch and paint her local train station to celebrate National Train Day.
Despite some challenges with materials, she created this lovely watercolour.
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