Featured Student for July

Coley

@AustinShurtliff thanks, btw I saw on another post you said you like finding fellow Canadians online, I’m in Newfoundland! We were in bc last summer for mountain biking with the kids, loved it!

KathrynAdebayo

@chrisaakins This is my new favorite piece of yours. I love the lighting and watercolor elements.

Elena Marengoni

@AustinShurtliff thank you!! You're right, watercolor is an interesting medium and is really fun to use!

bofrese

Most (all) of my art these days are inspired by random drawing prompts generated by my new app. You can see some of them here: https://www.instagram.com/ArtPromptsApp/

The first one was : “Draw a Turtle which is a Librarian with a pair of slippers in a Haunted House.”

Not sure what to call this piece. Either:
“Sorry it’s late. - I was at my funeral”
Which, according to my librarian wife, is the only valid excuse to return a book late.

Or maybe I should simply call it:
“The late King George returns...”
What do you think?

The next one was inspired by the prompt:
“Draw an ostrich that is taking a bath”

After some research for reference photos, I came across the iconic scene from Pretty Woman - and I just knew I had to paint this .....

You can see a bit of my process for this painting on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-5Vlu9F-QG/

If you want to help test the ArtPrompts iOS app you can get it here:
http://artprompts.bofrese.dk

Rachel Horne

@AustinShurtliff thank you

AustinShurtliff

@Coley thats so cool! I think the thing that I have missed the most since moving to the US is the lack of green and trees in the areas I have lived in. I've heard Newfoundland is a beautiful place too.

Heather Boyd

@KajsaH love the first submission reminds me of another work I have seen.

Coley

@AustinShurtliff soooo many trees here! I had a hard time when I lived in Halifax and that’s not a big city, I used to hug trees in the park lol. Now I live right on the edge of wilderness so I walk across my driveway and up into the wilderness every day . We’re pretty lucky pandemic wise here too, so far, just got to no cases in the province tho we’ll see what happens in the fall. Sure is nice for now. Have a good day, fellow Canadian

BreannaB

Hide-n-Seek!

www.breannabeth.com
https://www.instagram.com/breannabethart/

ArtofAleksey

@AustinShurtliff where did you move to if you dont mind me asking

AustinShurtliff

@BreannaB thanks for posting! I really like the texture you use in the vegetation and your character's expressions.

AustinShurtliff

@ArtofAleksey that is a complicated question When I first moved to the United States I was in Idaho, but after finishing my bachelors degree my wife and I have moved multiple times for work and additional schooling. Currently we are in Lubbock Texas while I complete my PhD at Texas Tech in Media and Communication.

AustinShurtliff

@chrisaakins I have to agree with @KathrynAdebayo, this is a really great piece!

ArtofAleksey

@AustinShurtliff oh nooo texas? (Only slightly kidding).
Are you settling in there?

KajsaH

@Heather-Boyd thank you! It's inspired by Zoe Persico's art she's amazing!

chrisaakins

@KathrynAdebayo @AustinShurtliff Thank you so much!

Heather Boyd

@KajsaH said in Featured Student for July:

Zoe Persico's art

YES! This work -I want to do a piece inspired by this one too -you have good tastes lols.

BreannaB

@AustinShurtliff thank you! Still a long way to go, but I’m LOVING my SVS classes, the podcasts, blog-posts, and the forums...I’ve learned so much already!

KajsaH

@Heather-Boyd Yes! Do it!

AustinShurtliff

@ArtofAleksey its been pretty good. The people here are really nice, but I miss the mountains and green in Utah where we just lived. Luckily we are only planning to be here for two more years until I finish my PhD program.