Featured Student for July

[KathrynAdebayo]

@chrisaakins This is my new favorite piece of yours. I love the lighting and watercolor elements.

[Elena Marengoni]

@AustinShurtliff thank you!! You're right, watercolor is an interesting medium and is really fun to use!

[bofrese]

Most (all) of my art these days are inspired by random drawing prompts generated by my new app. You can see some of them here: https://www.instagram.com/ArtPromptsApp/

The first one was : “Draw a Turtle which is a Librarian with a pair of slippers in a Haunted House.”

Not sure what to call this piece. Either:
“Sorry it’s late. - I was at my funeral”
Which, according to my librarian wife, is the only valid excuse to return a book late.

Or maybe I should simply call it:
“The late King George returns...”
What do you think?

The next one was inspired by the prompt:
“Draw an ostrich that is taking a bath”

After some research for reference photos, I came across the iconic scene from Pretty Woman - and I just knew I had to paint this .....

You can see a bit of my process for this painting on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-5Vlu9F-QG/

If you want to help test the ArtPrompts iOS app you can get it here:
http://artprompts.bofrese.dk

[Rachel Horne]

@AustinShurtliff thank you

[AustinShurtliff]

@Coley thats so cool! I think the thing that I have missed the most since moving to the US is the lack of green and trees in the areas I have lived in. I've heard Newfoundland is a beautiful place too.

[Heather Boyd]

@KajsaH love the first submission reminds me of another work I have seen.

[Coley]

@AustinShurtliff soooo many trees here! I had a hard time when I lived in Halifax and that’s not a big city, I used to hug trees in the park lol. Now I live right on the edge of wilderness so I walk across my driveway and up into the wilderness every day . We’re pretty lucky pandemic wise here too, so far, just got to no cases in the province tho we’ll see what happens in the fall. Sure is nice for now. Have a good day, fellow Canadian

[BreannaB]

Hide-n-Seek!

www.breannabeth.com
https://www.instagram.com/breannabethart/

[ArtofAleksey]

@AustinShurtliff where did you move to if you dont mind me asking

[AustinShurtliff]

@BreannaB thanks for posting! I really like the texture you use in the vegetation and your character's expressions.

[AustinShurtliff]

@ArtofAleksey that is a complicated question When I first moved to the United States I was in Idaho, but after finishing my bachelors degree my wife and I have moved multiple times for work and additional schooling. Currently we are in Lubbock Texas while I complete my PhD at Texas Tech in Media and Communication.

[AustinShurtliff]

@chrisaakins I have to agree with @KathrynAdebayo, this is a really great piece!

[ArtofAleksey]

@AustinShurtliff oh nooo texas? (Only slightly kidding).
Are you settling in there?

[KajsaH]

@Heather-Boyd thank you! It's inspired by Zoe Persico's art she's amazing!

[chrisaakins]

@KathrynAdebayo @AustinShurtliff Thank you so much!

[Heather Boyd]

@KajsaH said in Featured Student for July:

Zoe Persico's art

YES! This work -I want to do a piece inspired by this one too -you have good tastes lols.

[BreannaB]

@AustinShurtliff thank you! Still a long way to go, but I’m LOVING my SVS classes, the podcasts, blog-posts, and the forums...I’ve learned so much already!

[KajsaH]

@Heather-Boyd Yes! Do it!

[AustinShurtliff]

@ArtofAleksey its been pretty good. The people here are really nice, but I miss the mountains and green in Utah where we just lived. Luckily we are only planning to be here for two more years until I finish my PhD program.

[ArtofAleksey]

@AustinShurtliff yes this is only temporary after all, it’s good you got to see a bit more and got to think about where you wanna move to. What area of the state are you living in? A friend of mine is moving back there to be with his family