HOLY COW FOR KAY by Linda Popple

Kay's moleskin theme is "HOLY COW!" and I painted a few cow studies for practice and in one word they were pitiful!  So, in keeping with her theme (sort of!), I decided to paint something associated with cows.  Cows produce wonderful milk, and from cream, butter.  YUM!  For Kay, two plates of butter with a silver butter knife waiting to spread this treat on a slice of bread.

Angela's Moleskine by Kay Wyne

Aspens for Angela

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Here's a shot of Angela's painted Moleskine....I thought an abstract aspen painting in bold colors with lots of layers would be something different in her book. I am the last artist to paint in her book, and it is filled with wonderful paintings!!! Lots of doggies. No aspen trees.....so here you go Angela. This painting is fun, colorful, and bold.....just like you!!! Thanks so much for starting this Moleskine project...it is a great way to get to know other artists and to be challenged. I am using clothespins to keep the wet pages flat....it will take a while for this to dry. That will give me time to title this piece....all for Angela!!! Kay

Colors of Fall by Kay Wyne for Jean Townsend

"Colors of Fall"

For Jean from Kay 

Kay's detritus palette.

Here is my post for Jean....her topic, DETRITUS was a challenge for me.  I thought and thought about it, and decided to use my detritus on my palette to start her painting.  I have a habit of immediately starting a new painting with my left-over paints when I finish a painting.  I had been working on a large rooster, and decided that I would take the detritus of my palette, and go through the detritus of my vacation to Jackson Hole.  I had flyers, photographs, ticket stubs and all kinds of odds and ends.  I decided that the landscape of Wyoming was so beautiful that I would paint some aspens for Jean.  So, Jean's moleskine is drying...it may take a while since I used the palette knife on the tree trunks.  I painted this on the first day of fall, Sept. 23, 2011, thus the title, "Colors of Fall".  I hope that you enjoy your moleskine posts.....Artfully yours, Kay and her detritus palette.  

Double Trouble for Mary Carol Morgan, by Kay Wyne

Here is my painting for Mary Carol's moleskine....."Double Trouble". I could not decide what to paint for the "Sides" theme. I found an old 1955 Black and White photograph of elephants in Sharon's stash of books. So I painted these two elephants walking side by side....and we are viewing their back side. I had fun painting it once I decided on a subject. Now I will send this book on to Angela. Thanks for viewing our moleskine artwork! Kay

My painting for Sharon.....by Kay Wyne

O.K. I really pushed it to the final day on this challenge...On Saturday, the last day of April I pulled out Sharon's moleskine and decided that it was time to do the April painting challenge. No worries....I got it done, and if I am thinking I need to add some final touches, I know where to find Sharon. This empty nest painting measures 6" x 21" in her book. I know Sharon likes nests, since she has a collection of them at her house. If I was thinking, maybe I would of painted one out of her collection. But, since I was flying by the seat of my pants, I created her own canvas on moleskine. It was fun!

ROUGE RED by Angela Elledge

If you know me, then you know I love cows, so when I learned Kay Wyne's theme was Holy Cow, it was a matter of finding which one I wanted to paint for her. Rouge Red or Red Red if you prefer, is from SW Louisiana, thanks to my brother, who constantly provides me with photos filled with gorgeous landscapes dotted with cows.
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Holy Cow by Kay Wyne!!!!!

Holy Cow!!!

I forgot to take the pic of my first painting in my own Moleskine, so Angela had to take the pic for me. I always need a little help from my friends. Thanks, Angela. The topic for my Moleskin is: Holy Cow!!! Now you can paint anything that comes to mind with that expression. I happen to love painting cows, so what you see is what you get. And I love painting in oils...Let's see if Kay can get it right from now on....Happy painting!

Linda's Nest by Kay Wyne

Linda's Nest

Of course I love nests and I paint them often. When I was trying to decide what to paint in Linda's moleskine, Carol and Sharon both said, "paint a bird nest!" So, this is what I created. I wanted to personalize it, so there is a little ribbon coming out of the nest with Linda's name on it. I was thinking that I was behind on this little project, but I got busy and it is dry and now this moleskine has flown to Angela's easel. I did paint the first painting in my moleskine, but forgot to photograph it. Angela said she would back me up and get a photo to post...