JULY CONTEST: Albert needs a home!

lizardillo

@chrisaakins thank you so much, what a lovely thing to say. I've never been called that before Good luck in the arena

Kim Rosenlof

@lizardillo Thanks! It was a last minute adjustment. I wanted it to be a surprise for anyone who looked closely.

lizardillo

@Kim-Rosenlof it was a nice surprise

K.Flagg

@LisaF are they announcing this months challenge during critique arena or will we know before that?

aurelia

@lizardillo Thank you , all airplanes need emergency exit, so I thought it's fun to add one to my plane house also

rathoreshubhamm8

I would definitely want to stay! Great job..

DaveLeekArt

Hey gang, has everyone or anyone received the link to tomorrow’s Critique Arena? I never know when to expect it now as I’ve been left out of the mailing list the last three months in a row. Now I feel bad asking for another link, especially if I’m jumping the gun before the email goes out to all subscribers.

Lisa Clark

@DaveLeekArt I got one this afternoon!

burvantill

I'm bummed I have to work and will miss it. =(x

rathoreshubhamm8

i Have had my idea for a while, but didnt start it till this morning .

ruth

@DaveLeekArt Yes, I got one yesterday! Hope you've had a link through by now...

DaveLeekArt

@ruth nope! I’m on it though. Thanks for the reply:) See you guys there..

Janette

@LisaF I didn't get a link to the critique. Could you send it to me please? janettehillart@gmail.com

Or, could someone else send me the link?

LisaF

@Janette Will do!

Janette

@LisaF You're a superstar! Thank you!

Jeremy Ross

Congratulations @chrisaakins and @Iain-Davidson!!!!

And also congratulations to everyone who made the Sweet 16!

chrisaakins

@Jeremy-Ross Thank you so much! And thanks to everyone who voted.

aurelia

Congratulations to @chrisaakins and @Iain-Davidson !! So beautiful !

I learned a lot from this month's critique arena ... good learning experience.

Janette

OK peeps, I know its a bit late for critique. I did this on the last day for submission so I should have done it earlier and got critique! But, where did I fail on this? I think the biggest thing is that I focused too much on the tree and not enough on the actual house. If you take away the tree, the house on its own looks a bit boring. Let me know your thoughts.

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RachelArmington

@Janette I love the happy colors of this! I think you are right about the viewer's attention being drawn to the tree. Part of it, I think, is the orange against the blue color contrast. I know people have mixed feelings about grey (there may be a color mixing joke in there somewhere) but if the orange were toned down a bit or darkened, that might help...it would also make the glowy fairy lights stand out even more.

Did you get a chance to watch Critique Arena live? One of the top 16 had perspective like yours where it's almost flattened...if you didn't see it live, check out the recording. I know Lee said something nice about it.

I love your color choices and the spiral staircase up an spiral slide down. I see the red paper lantern...are there any other references to your character that would identify him?