SEPTEMBER CONTEST: Everyone was shocked to see her show up to school with...

[j.sienkowski]

I haven't entered the monthly contest in a while, but here goes....good luck everyone!

[Aaron_T]

Probably too late (not here in Phoenix) but man, it's been a month. Feels like this is the only picture I've been able to bang out all September!

[artbytra]

Took advantage of the MDT zone this month! Great work all around again. Here’s mine. I had fun with this one. -Todd

[Coley]

a rusty tuba ! (unknowingly a mouse house lol) I don;tknow what I was thinking, but I got something done lol
it's supposed to be the reflections of the kids in the tuba, not sure if that comes across or not.

[chrisaakins]

@Coley I love this! Very well done!

[zacharygephardt]

@danielerossi Thank you! I was really trying to sell the weight of the tree. I'm glad it came through.

[zacharygephardt]

@Coley That reflection looks really awesome! Great Work!

[lmrush]

Put my son to bed and fell asleep/forgot to submit, I realize I missed it but wanted to share here anyway-great entries everyone

[Coley]

@chrisaakins thank you

[Coley]

@zacharygephardt thanks

[danielerossi]

@zacharygephardt Your drawing recalled a flashback from elementary school. We were instructed to bring leaves to class and I actually brought branches!

[Heather Boyd]

@SFischer I'm not sure about what it takes to make it portfolio ready but I do which there were areas of more clarity -without the light difference the touch of your brush is all the same. so more definition in areas would help in my opinion. I like it.

[Kasey Snow]

@SFischer Love the concept, perspective, and color palette! I do agree with Heather though, I think choosing to tighten up some edges of characters either in the foreground or background would help.

Personally, I think tightening the background figures/ground/sky to be more crisp and leaving the foreground figures out of focus and blurry like they are now would really pull it all together and direct the eye to the kid on the dino. Right now I'm drawn to those kids silhouetted in the front row first, and the dinosaur read as a tree initially until I looked closer.

[Shara Mills]

So... how do we attend the critique and winner reveal live?

[Chip Valecek]

@Shara-Mills you will get an email the week of with a link to a ZOOM webinar.

[SFischer]

@Heather-Boyd @Kasey-Snow Thank you for the feedback! I certainly can see the clarity issue now.

@Kasey-Snow I think tightening up will certainly help solve the clarity issue. Thank you for the feedback!

[Sathya Illu]

@Kerisa Thank you so much Kerisa! I love your dino, it's so cutee

[zacharygephardt]

@danielerossi lol Nice! The concept was actually my wife's idea. Maybe she did the same thing...

[Shara Mills]

Just caught the end of the critique live. When will the video be added to the critique arena course?

[LisaF]

@Shara-Mills Next week:smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: