This month our inspiration comes to you from Lyn Butchart with Aquatic Art.
CRITERIA - Mixed media plus ink
A little about Lyn Butchart ...
Lyn Butchart draws her inspiration from the vibrant, textural and ethereal spirit of nature.
Born in 1951 in Manildra NSW of Aboriginal Irish Swedish descent, Lyn has developed a unique individual style ranging from contemporary to abstract. Her fascination with the ocean inspires intricate underwater scenes, a theme she is renowned for. She undertakes extremely large works on paper, some of the largest in Australia, and incorporates strong vibrant colours that bring harmony and balance to her paintings. Lyn is a self taught artist with over 25 years tutoring experience. She has participated in many solo and group exhibitions, and her work is held in private and corporate collections worldwide. Her work has also been featured in numerous national art magazines featuring watercolour and mixed media works.
Lyn lives and works in Grafton northern New South Wales, and travels frequently to conduct workshops in regional areas around Australia.
And now some inspiration from our team ...
(in no particular order)
Karen Brierley - (Australia)
After a disastrous beginning (not happy with my first choice of bubblegum pink) I ended up having a lot of fun layering and layering and layering! Ink spray, tissue paper, gesso, acrylic paint, modelling paste. Sometimes you just have to let it happen 
Sharon Bishop - (Australia)
FLIPPING THE BIRD
‘Terry the Turtle’ gives the rude finger to a photographer!
Taken on Lady Elliot Island on the Great Barrier Reef.
The photo won the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards in 2020.
I added the fish using the iron on napkinising technique.
‘Terry the Turtle’ gives the rude finger to a photographer!
Taken on Lady Elliot Island on the Great Barrier Reef.
The photo won the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards in 2020.
I added the fish using the iron on napkinising technique.
Karen Guy (Australia)
A lot of Fun with Mixed Media and Ink, used lots of mixed media, Magicals, Embellishment mousse, Expanding mousse, Glacier paste, Modeling paste, Glass beads!
Dale Tiernan - (Australia)
Stencil using gesso and paint, stamping with ink and colouring with pen.
Jane Howden - (Australia)
Our main prize winner is selected by random draw - so anyone could be a winner, no matter your style or your level of experience or your country of residence. If there are more than 8 entries in the month a second prize (donated each month by one of our team) will be drawn from amongst our Australian entrants.
Main Prize
Second Prize
(drawn if more than 8 entries)
Donated by Dale Tiernan
Now over to you ......
Please upload your entries directly to the monthly album in our Facebook public group (ARTastic challenges) by midnight on the last day of the month - please remember we are an Australian based challenge so do check your day and time. For anyone not on Facebook, simply email us your entry and if you have a blog, a link to that too so we can still pop past for a visit. You may combine your entry with 3 other challenges. You may enter more than once in any month as long as each submission is with a different creation. International entries are very welcome.
We hope you might find time to play along with our challenge.
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