Thank you, @Lee-White OK, now I think I get it. I liked looking at the artists you referenced so I could "see" what you are talking about. I appreciate the many approaches to communicating something -- being told about, being shown, trying something and getting critiqued, etc. -- and your willingness to go further to help us learn. Back to my research ...

Hi, @Lee-White Thanks for working with all of us on Slowvember. I appreciate the explanation but still have some confusion on the R&D part. I am starting to work through the questions but wondered about the "theme." For example, for the three (of several that I like) that I chose for this assignment -- Arthur Howard, Helen Oxenbury, Andrea Zuill -- how does one determine the common theme? Is it the how the artist shows expressions? Or maybe their use of humor? Or how they show the individual characters be they human or animal? And what if they diverge in their styles -- somewhat real, somewhat abstract? They seem to use soft lighting. I like the watercolor feel of their work. Does that mean I should try work for individual expressions and use watercolor with soft lighting for my piece?
Thanks for any guidance,

Hi, @lou Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

OK, here's mine. Had some weird thinking going on, I guess.

@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen It is funny how great minds think alike!

@Coreyartus Wow! So much detail! So much work!

I thought MOM would be a formidable challenger for Godzilla's trashing tendencies. Here's my take.

This Forum is so busy with so much content that I am not sure if I missed the June prompt. Or are we skipping this month?

Thanks, @Coley for the nice comments.

Thank you, @Jon-Anderson It's good to know that a critique really can help a person make progress and see things they could not before. I like that "changing the camera" idea since I love photography, too.