Moses Botkin Monthly Challenge

Our challenge: Paint it Red! We were to use red, red violet or red orange to dominate our paintings. I took it literally and used nothing but those colors, with a little sap green mixed with alizarin for the darkest darks and a little white mixed with orange for highlights. My palette was really just a big splotch of varying reds. I wanted to try to abstract the figures and almost lose them in the brush work. Its harder to do than you might think. But fun to try!


"Red Dance"
8x8 oil on paper
©2010 Robin Cheers



From Jerome's Paris Window
aka "La Basilique du Val de Grace illumine'e la nuit"
14x11 oil on panel

©2010 Vicki Ross

"Sultry"
16x16 oil on canvas
©2010 Suzanne Berry



"Red Brush"
6x8 oil on canvas
©2010 Aaron Cordell Johnson




"Red Pitcher on Blue Cloth"
8x10 oil on canvasboard
©2010 Diana Moses Botkin

"Arrangement on Red"
6x6 oil on panel
©2010 Elizabeth Blaylock

All Gone

7x5 oil on panel
$100 + s/h

This may look like its glowing in the dark. Hard to tell what it will look like on other monitors! It is red. I took myself out for hot chocolate yesterday and sketched this cozy corner with its abandoned cup. I thought the mix of reds was striking and would be fun to play with.

I wonder if Starbucks puts something extra special in their hot chocolate because I seriously think I am addicted to it.

Driskill Interior - Studio Sale

12x12 oil on panel
$150 + $11 s/h - sold

This is in the Maximilian Room in the hotel. Painted last year with a very warm glow.
Happy New Year to you all!