Susan Ploeg
Cycladic Island Hillside (top image)
Venetian Fortress (bottom image)
watercolor on Arches paper
7″ x 10″
May Art Dare Prize
USA
“Arriving in Greece with just a couple days to go before the Art Dare deadline, I had intended to sketch outdoors with my Tombow brush pens. The clear light of the Greek Island of Paros just asked for the delicacy of watercolor, so I made these paintings while the brush pens waited for another day.
These two images represent the two main color themes I saw around me: landscape colors of lavender, cool greens plus straw yellows and seascapes of cobalt blue, ultramarine, turquoise and lavender. Shifting light and moving objects keep the painting process a little tentative, which is why I enjoy the lively challenge of painting outdoors.”
PRIZES
Prize winners win:
Tombow 36 Colored Pencil Pack, 12 Tombow Mono Drawing Pencils, a 5″ x 7″ Gelli Arts® gel printing plate,
and a 9″ x 12″ Strathmore charcoal paper pad!
Honorable mentions will win an Art Prof Sticker pack!
ART TEACHER’S PRIZE
Art teachers, assign this month’s Art Dare one of your classes! Your class could win a FREE Instagram Live video chat with Prof Lieu! We’ll also feature your class’ submission on the corresponding Art Dare page.
