Post by: nolan on August 08, 2019, 12:12:22 AM
This is the first of the art challenges.
Follow the tutorial HERE (https://paintbasket.com/using-patterns-in-art/)to learn all about using patterns in your artworks.
Your challenge is to create an artwork that has a pattern in it using one of the methods from this tutorial.
The pattern can be regular, irregular or even a combination of both.
Then you must break that pattern in an interesting way.
Then return here to post your challenge entry.
All challenges are subject to the CHALLENGE RULES (https://paintbasket.com/members/index.php?topic=15404.0).
Good luck and have fun
Post by: njnjgirl on August 08, 2019, 02:37:11 PM
Post by: nolan on August 08, 2019, 08:29:06 PM
Post by: Annie. on August 09, 2019, 01:48:53 PM
Absolutely brilliant concept, I love it. :clap: :clap: :clap:
Hi everyone, miss you all... :hug:
Overdue to pick up the brush again. Just need to find where I left my right brain, but I can give it a start with the left one for this challenge... :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
Post by: Gita on August 09, 2019, 02:25:22 PM
Post by: TeresaM on August 10, 2019, 12:47:16 AM
This will be another exciting challenge.
Question: Do we have to make up our own pattern for our final painting or can we paint things we find in naturally occurring nature?
Post by: nolan on August 10, 2019, 05:21:55 AM
Post by: Maryna on August 14, 2019, 11:54:14 AM
Oil on wood canvas/board.
The flowers in themselves form patterns and the pattern in the middle as well as patterns on the bug.
But the bug also break up the flower pattern.
Post by: njnjgirl on August 14, 2019, 01:11:22 PM
Post by: EmmaLee on August 14, 2019, 05:52:57 PM
Post by: nolan on August 14, 2019, 08:15:49 PM
Post by: njnjgirl on August 15, 2019, 01:45:52 PM
Post by: Annie. on August 15, 2019, 01:59:34 PM
Post by: nolan on August 15, 2019, 08:04:33 PM
Post by: robynann on August 16, 2019, 12:18:28 AM
Post by: robynann on August 16, 2019, 12:31:23 AM
Pattern -Feathers - broken up by Paint Brushes
Pattern - Diamonds on neck - broken up by Necklace
Pattern - Beads in hair - broken up by flowers
Post by: TeresaM on August 16, 2019, 07:14:21 AM
Well done Maryna, MaryLou and Robynann.
Post by: Gita on August 16, 2019, 10:01:35 AM
I am inspired!
Post by: njnjgirl on August 16, 2019, 10:30:36 AM
Robynann, your entry is well done. Love those eyes. :clap: :clap: :clap:
Post by: EmmaLee on August 16, 2019, 11:39:40 AM
Post by: Maryna on August 16, 2019, 11:45:41 AM
Thanks for all the compliments. :blush:
Post by: robynann on August 16, 2019, 12:07:18 PM
Post by: Gita on August 16, 2019, 04:55:54 PM
The varying hearts regularly placed but with irregular colours represent our varying emotions. Two of these hearts have stronger background colours to break the pattern.
All placed regularly in regular sized boxes, represent the effort we make to control these emotions.
The lines of the boxes are broken since it’s difficult at times to keep these emotions in place.
This is mixed media 115cm x 84 cm painted mainly with acrylics. And.. I am going to hang it in my living room.
Post by: njnjgirl on August 17, 2019, 01:19:04 PM
Post by: Gita on August 17, 2019, 06:03:15 PM
Post by: TeresaM on August 17, 2019, 11:53:54 PM
However, it might just be me, but I don't see a focal point that breaks your pattern.
Post by: nolan on August 19, 2019, 12:00:45 AM
Post by: Gita on August 19, 2019, 03:28:26 AM
Thank you Nolan! :D
I am aware of what Nolan said in his tutorial. Breaking a pattern increases interest and draws your attention towards the object which breaks the pattern.
But with that being said, my painting (canvas) as a whole is the focal point. The repeating hearts and boxes are patterns which create harmony as a whole and are objects of main interest and the small dark patterns breaking the white lines of the boxes create subtle points of further interest.
Like I mentioned earlier, the hearts have contents and colours in them, and the eye wanders from heart to heart. I decided not to emphasise any heart by colour or size.
Initial opinions of people to my painting are positive and has created interest. At first they stare at it ( maybe thinking “just a set of stereotyped hearts”) and then they take a double look at the details. One even discovered the colours of the German flag 🇩🇪 in the top right heart, which is purely accidental 😮. Since I live in Berlin it’s an interesting accident. The hearts have photo pieces underneath done with photo transfer potch paste from Kreul.
As far as I know, there is much debate about the necessity of focal point in Art. Paintings do not necessarily need to have a focal point, I believe.Some of Monet’s paintings (Irises in Monets garden/ Rouen Cathedral, The Portal, Morning Fog/ the poplar trees) have no particular focal point. The whole painting draws attention. I am not sure if I was subconsciously influenced by Warhol’s Marylin while creating this.😅.
Hope my explanation makes sense.
Post by: nolan on August 19, 2019, 08:46:24 PM
Post by: Gita on August 20, 2019, 04:20:04 AM
Post by: Taormina on August 20, 2019, 01:04:44 PM
Post by: nolan on August 20, 2019, 09:08:07 PM
Post by: Taormina on August 21, 2019, 09:17:39 PM
Post by: Gugi on August 22, 2019, 06:57:51 AM
Post by: TeresaM on August 22, 2019, 06:58:10 AM
Post by: TeresaM on August 22, 2019, 06:59:44 AM
Post by: TeresaM on August 22, 2019, 07:00:53 AM
Post by: TeresaM on August 22, 2019, 08:20:47 AM
My regular/irregular pattern are the various red apples.
This is then broken twice.
Firstly with the addition of 2 golden apples. Secondly with the half eaten red apple which is also my focal point of the painting.
Post by: Taormina on August 22, 2019, 02:01:48 PM
Post by: Gita on August 22, 2019, 07:41:43 PM
Very interesting and unique pattern Gugi!
Teresa, your painting is an eye catcher and very well painted!
It’s so interesting to see such different submissions! :clap: :clap:
Post by: nolan on August 22, 2019, 08:41:05 PM
:bigwelcome: to the Paint Basket Gugi - I am glad you managed to get your artwork posted :clap: :clap: :clap:
Post by: Val on August 22, 2019, 10:30:48 PM
Sorry, first time. Thank you for the help. I hope it works now.No worries Taormina, we´ve all been there! :bigwelcome:
Never worry about asking questions if you need a hand, that´s what we´re all here for. :yippee:
Love the trees and reflections in your painting. What medium(s) did you use?
Post by: Val on August 22, 2019, 10:33:02 PM
Post by: Gugi on August 23, 2019, 07:01:55 AM
Post by: Trace on August 23, 2019, 07:27:57 AM
Post by: Maryna on August 23, 2019, 08:00:16 AM
Post by: Taormina on August 23, 2019, 12:07:05 PM
Thank you for the encouragement.I’ve used soft pastels. I was painting it when I read the tutorial and realized that there were broken patterns in it. And some that I could break to make it more interesting! So, I finished it and made it my first submission. Funny how we do things without thinking. Without the tutorial I wouldn’t have thought of the importance of patterns. Lesson learned. Thank you!!!!
Post by: njnjgirl on August 23, 2019, 10:21:01 PM
Nice pattern paintings Taormina, Gugi and Teresa. These are all so interesting. :clap: :clap: :clap:
Post by: TeresaM on August 24, 2019, 11:14:13 PM
All entries are so different. Nolan has created a good tutorial and challenge.
I'm looking forward to more entries.
Post by: nolan on August 25, 2019, 09:02:22 PM
Gugi, I am glad you shared. Now you know to not be shy to share your work O0
Post by: Trace on August 28, 2019, 04:44:04 PM
The Pylons are the repeating - (bit irregular) pattern & the goat (once a well loved pet), breaks the pattern by giving a focus.
I used various types of pencils, Pastels & fine liner.
It is taken from a photo of Zeebs @ our local beach & she was posing with her "beach babe" expression
I didn't realise until I set to this challenge, how much patterns form really interesting pictures...now that's all I'm seeing these last few days.. Lol.
I really loved doing this - Thanks Nolan, it was fun :)
Post by: njnjgirl on August 29, 2019, 03:16:59 PM
Post by: nolan on August 29, 2019, 08:25:43 PM
Post by: JayJ on August 29, 2019, 09:42:28 PM
Great work Myrana,MaryLou,Robbyann,Gita,Taormina,Gugi,And Trace!All the Best!!!
Post by: Gita on August 31, 2019, 03:35:34 PM
👏🏻👏🏻
Post by: Cath on August 31, 2019, 10:29:24 PM
:gl: everyone - there are some interesting entries.
Edit by Nolan : Here is your entry Cath:
Post by: Annie. on September 01, 2019, 03:00:19 AM
The pattern is obvious, a group of Canada Geese flying in the traditional yet imperfect V-shape flight pattern; broken by the presence of a rare albino goose.
This was a real challenge at all level and I enjoyed every part of it. I borrowed about a dozen of books from the public library and spend most of the month reading about Canada Goose, doing many sketches of the birds. Then choosing my favorites and putting then into various rough compositions. I finally went for a simplified style for my painting. I started painting at the last minute (i.e. 2 days ago) and grossly misjudged how long it would take me. My worst mistake was to finish tonight after dark... the photo is not great under artificial light.
All in all, I learn a lot about our National Bird and I am most happy that I have hold a brush again after two years.
Post by: Annie. on September 01, 2019, 03:21:31 AM
:clap: Back to painting at last, after a long long break. Too long as I could not upload my entry for the challenge in time. I gave up after 45 minutes and left it in my album.
:gl: everyone - there are some interesting entries.
Cath,
I am happy you are also painting again, but sad you could not upload your painting.
Is this the painting you wanted to submit? If yes, I hope this will be accepted as your submission for the challenge... if not, please let Nolan know and I will probably have my ears rub...
Post by: Cath on September 01, 2019, 08:22:30 AM
Nolen, to be fair towards others, if the entry was too late, or did not meet the challenge, it won‘t upset me to have it removed.
Love this new concept for the challenges.
The shell immediately popped into my mind :idea: after reading what the challenge was about. Yesterday afternoon while painting, I thought the opening out of the shell would be enough to break the pattern of the lamella/ribs, but last night, it dawned on me that that wasn‘t enough, so quickly :painting: added the sea-slug.
Painted with water-colours and iridescence for inside the shell.
Post by: JayJ on September 01, 2019, 12:25:10 PM
Post by: JayJ on September 01, 2019, 12:26:17 PM
Post by: njnjgirl on September 01, 2019, 12:57:14 PM
Post by: Annie. on September 01, 2019, 06:01:34 PM
You are welcome. It would have been a shame not to have your beautiful shell entered. I like the addition of the sea-slug, really creates a nice focal point.
The submission was stamped as Aug 31, 21h 21min... so you made it.
Good luck to you, and to everyone! :gl:
All the entries are very different and very creative. Personally, I really liked having criteria to follow without being given an image to copy.
Post by: nolan on September 01, 2019, 09:08:58 PM
Entries have now closed for the competition, but please continue to post your challenge artworks for the fun of it O0
Post by: Taormina on September 01, 2019, 09:57:26 PM
Post by: Cath on September 01, 2019, 10:24:15 PM
And Nolan
Post by: TeresaM on September 02, 2019, 10:24:19 AM
Post by: Gita on September 02, 2019, 08:40:33 PM
Post by: Cath on September 02, 2019, 09:58:27 PM
Post by: nolan on September 12, 2019, 08:38:12 PM
Please continue to post your challenge artworks below for the fun of following the challenge.
Post by: Cath on September 15, 2019, 04:12:23 PM
Post by: Val on September 15, 2019, 09:35:33 PM
Post by: Annie. on September 17, 2019, 05:21:01 AM
Post by: TeresaM on September 26, 2019, 06:00:59 AM
:thankyou: Val
:thankyou: Annie
:hug: this is so appreciated.
Post by: Terri1258 on October 14, 2019, 07:01:08 AM
Post by: Win on October 15, 2019, 10:11:13 PM
The pattern has been broken by the piece being cut and seperated. Its done with ink and colour pencils.
Post by: JayJ on October 15, 2019, 10:22:53 PM
Post by: Annie. on October 16, 2019, 02:05:17 AM
I love LOVE it! I am bias to patterns, sharp lines, and geometric shapes. Nice choice of colors and a literal break in the pattern.
Bravo :clap: :clap: :clap:
Post by: Win on October 16, 2019, 10:00:32 AM
Post by: Bill76434 on October 16, 2019, 10:40:56 AM
Post by: Win on October 16, 2019, 01:36:23 PM
Post by: njnjgirl on October 16, 2019, 02:13:54 PM
Post by: nolan on October 16, 2019, 07:23:16 PM
Post by: Cath on October 16, 2019, 07:24:56 PM
Post by: Win on October 16, 2019, 08:01:30 PM
Post by: Riya on November 15, 2019, 01:58:33 PM
It is just a small sketch, 11cm x 16,5cm on 120gr/cm drawing paper. Not my favourite, too soft and too off-white, but it will do for fun little sketches.
Post by: Win on November 15, 2019, 02:31:06 PM
Post by: Riya on November 15, 2019, 02:52:25 PM
Post by: JayJ on November 15, 2019, 03:29:45 PM
Post by: Riya on November 15, 2019, 03:36:13 PM
Post by: Bill76434 on November 15, 2019, 11:03:34 PM
Post by: Annie. on November 16, 2019, 04:06:50 AM
Post by: Riya on November 16, 2019, 05:14:02 AM
Post by: Cath on November 16, 2019, 01:39:42 PM
Post by: Riya on November 16, 2019, 02:41:36 PM
Post by: nolan on November 17, 2019, 07:25:00 PM
Post by: Riya on November 17, 2019, 09:07:43 PM
Post by: Mysti Vale on November 20, 2019, 05:58:00 AM
This is done with ball point pen on sketch paper, breaking my first pattern of sketching with pencil.
I used a pattern of wonky bricks for the fairy house and well, broken by the chimney and straight sides on the house, and straight lines for the wood on the well.
Continuing the fantasy theme, I added a large mushroom with peppermint dots, broken by the small dragon perched on it and the one peppermint with dragon scales. The purple dragon has a scale pattern broken by his red horns and pointy red triangle tip of a tail.
I added a pattern of a red triangle on each object, which was broken by having two triangles incorporated into the spaceship.
I broke the fantasy objects theme by adding in a spaceship.
Mysti
Post by: Riya on November 20, 2019, 07:18:09 AM
I did a little catch up myself, after being away from drawing and painting for more then two years due to illness. And I too started with these challenges to get back.
I know you will have a great time and lots of fun with these little challenges, so...Just go on!!! :flowers:
Post by: nolan on November 20, 2019, 06:59:52 PM
Remember these challenges are not to be better than others, but to be better that you were before O0
Post by: JayJ on November 20, 2019, 09:30:07 PM
Really like your fantasy drawing.I admirempeople who can create out of the box...as all I can do is realism!Well done!
Post by: Bill76434 on November 20, 2019, 10:18:08 PM
Post by: Mysti Vale on November 21, 2019, 02:55:25 AM
Riya, so glad you are back. We can catch up together. O0
Post by: Riya on November 21, 2019, 07:56:00 AM