An artist from Óbidos, Portugal
A new theme for Week 49 with Warm Pink, Toast, Biscuit & Elephant Grey
And just like that it’s December. This last month of the year has a theme that’s in keeping with the festive season - “Treats”.
This is the third year of #coloricombo and I’ve been sharing colour prompts (at least) weekly since January 2022 and it’s time for a rethink.
Changes are coming and I’m pondering new ideas and options to keep the prompts and challenges fresh. I love doing research and sharing stories of artists of the past, especially obscure female artists. Inspiring others to be creative is important to me, and #coloricombo has been a wonderful conduit for this. However the reality is that it’s become rather time consuming when you add up this weekly post to the weekly colour mixing and painting demonstrations both shared here as edited videos. Colour fascinates me, so #coloricombo’s main focus will still be on colour combinations, but shifting things a little with space for surprises and new concepts.
Doing live painting sessions is also something I enjoy and I’m looking at how to incorporate these in a practical way in the coming year. I’ll be asking for your input soon, watch this space.
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November Challenge Winners
The three winners of the #mewvember giveaway are announced at the bottom of the post. Thank you all for taking part and using the colour prompts to create in your own way. Terry Runyan was my co-host this month, and her fabulous Painting Cats book will be given away to one of the participants.
Whilst researching for artworks to fit the theme of treats I discovered a female artist who came from the medieval town of Óbidos, one of the places we will be visiting as part of my Portuguese art retreat next summer.
I am so excited about going somewhere that’s been on my wishlist for a while. With only European art retreat scheduled for 2025, two thirds of the places have already been booked up. Don’t miss out, this landscape focussed retreat is going to be very special.
Colours this week are taken from a work by Josefa de Ayala Figueira (1630–1684) who lived in and took her artistic signature from the town of Óbidos, about an hour’s travel from Lisbon.