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Zeeland, MI
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Title
A Sign Of Spring - Green Onions
Artist
Conni Schaftenaar
Medium
Painting - Colored Pencil On Duralar Matte Film
Description
Spring Green Onions in Colored Pencil, by Conni Schaftenaar
This was done as a "play challenge" made by fellow FAA artist Laurel Adams. She sent a photo of a bunch of beautiful green onions she had gotten at her local farmers' market and challenged me to play! She has her own, much more complex version with the two bunches of onions shown in her photo. I chose to simplify and do one bunch, and created a streaky, patchy blue and purple background for them. Like the song says, "deep greens and blues are the colors I choose"! (thanks to James Taylor for that wonderful line!).
This is the first colored pencil work I've done on a new-to-me surface, Duralar Film in a matte finish. The colored pencil lays down like butter, it can be erased off back to the translucent white of the sheet - whoohooo, I think I'll have fun with pieces created on that surface! More play to come!
Thanks, Laurel, for sharing your photo and issuing the "play" challenge - hope this meets your expectations!
3rd Place Tie in the Home Grown Summer Veggies contest, June 2021
2nd Place Tie in the One Grocery Item contest, October 2021
Featured in:
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Midwest America Artists, May 2021
Trick and Treat of Nature, May 2021
Foodarama, June 2021
All Glorious Gardens, August 2023
Uploaded
May 25th, 2021
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Grimsby, ON - Canada
Congratulation on Aug 22 2023 for this wonderful image featured in All Glorious Gardens
Niceville, Fl - United States
Beautiful work, Conni! Voted your entry in the The Artist Buzzz July 2023 contest.
Danville, KY - United States
Conni…love them all…always so beautiful, irrespective of medium…BEST to you
Niceville, Fl - United States
Congratulations on your tie for a 2d place win in the One Grocery Item contest! voted
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Conni, on your Win in the One Grocery Item Contest for this beautiful painting! Well done!
Zeeland, MI - United States
2nd place tie in the One Grocery Item contest - thanks to all who voted!
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your 3rd Place Tie Win in the HOME GROWN SUMMER VEGGIES contest! Fl
Grayson, Ge - United States
Congratulations on winning a top spot in the Summer Veggies Contest from the Home Grown Fruits and Veggies Group!
Danville, KY - United States
CONNI CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TIED Third PLACE WIN in the Homegrown Summer Veggies Contest!!…YAY!…you DOMINATED this contest in multiple placements!…SOooo Well deserved!!
Niceville, Fl - United States
Outstanding work! Voted your entry in the Home Grown Summer Vegetables contest. l/f
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks to the group Trick and Treat of Nature for the feature on 5/28/2021!
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks to the group Midwest America Artists for the feature on 5/28/2021!
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks so much, Laurel, for providing me with the beautiful reference photo from which this came!
Mesa, AZ - United States
Love this painting! Probably because I love onions and I love blue and green :)
NIcholasville, KY - United States
Congratulations, your work is featured on the homepage of "Created by my Pencil Power
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks to the group Beauty in Art - No Photography for the feature on 5/25/2021!
Zeeland, MI - United States
Thanks, Laurel, this was fun to do and I'm glad you challenged me to play with your photo! woohoooo! We get into so much trouble . . .
Danville, KY - United States
HOT off the palette!! CONNI, We DO have fun PLAYing, yes? This still life of cleaned onions seemed so beautiful to me. I love the textures of onions and you have a milky opacity that is so attractive against the cobalt blues with kisses of violet that you achieved with CP on this new surface. Love, love, LOVE this and can’t WAIT to see more with this medium. Best to you, my friend!
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