Featured Student for July

[AustinShurtliff]

We had some great mermaid themed art last months and I can't wait to share our special edition Q&A blog post from it. If you were selected for a special edition post you are still eligible to participate this month. Also, PLEASE consider posting again if you were not chosen for a previous month (even if it is the same image as before). If you have any thoughts or suggestions about this opportunity please feel free to share them as a comment or to send me a message!

Instructions:
This post is a place to share work if you want to get a chance to be featured in the Student Art Gallery on the SVSLearn.com homepage for July. To be considered, share 1-2 of your best pieces (you can re-share an image you posted previously, but this is also a great opportunity to push yourself and add a new piece to your portfolio) on this forum post. Make sure to share your image by the last day of June to be considered. Also, make sure your images are at least 800 pixels on the shortest side and do not exceed 1mb in size. If your illustration includes text on it please post a copy with and without the text on it.
Work will be selected based off of how well the work uses the following:

Concept: how well does your illustration convey a clear concept/story. Is it a unique approach? Does it make me want to know more about what is happening in the illustration?

Technique: How is the composition working? Does it have good use of lighting, rendering, mark making, etc.? Does the technique compliment the concept?

If you are selected, we will be emailing you using the email indicated on your forum account. Besides your art being displayed on the homepage, you will also be sent some questions for a Q&A blog post that will be shared on the SVSLearn blog.

Staying safe!
Austin

[Dima Eichhorn]

[chrisaakins]

Here ya go:

[Coley]

A few recent ones from me.

[ArtofAleksey]

[Jeremy Ross]

Few of my personal favs.

[Elena Marengoni]

I've been focusing on watercolor illustrations a lot lately

[Miriam]

@chrisaakins - I always love your cute little mice illustrations.

[Miriam]

@Coley - The polar bear is so sweet and adorable! The skies in both of these are beautiful!

[KajsaH]

Here I go!

[Rachel Horne]

@KajsaH These are really nice, I especially love the atmosphere and light in the top image!

[Rachel Horne]

Here are a couple of things I've been working on lately...

[KajsaH]

@Rachel-Horne thank you!

[AustinShurtliff]

@Dima-Eichhorn thanks for getting the posts started! I really like how you positioned the different characters in your second image to convey the narrative.

[AustinShurtliff]

@Coley I really love your use of texture in these images (especially on the house and moon).

[AustinShurtliff]

@Elena-Marengoni watercolor is such a beautiful medium, and I really like the style you use with it. Wonderful work!

[AustinShurtliff]

@Rachel-Horne your use of texture in your work looks great!

[Dima Eichhorn]

@AustinShurtliff Thank you a lot for this comment. It means a lot to me.

[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.