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Not quite April I know but, as I have some time off over Easter, I thought I'd set the new challenge early rather than late. April 13 is National Scrabble Day so your challenge this month is to paint something involving letters - look forward to seeing how many ways this one is interpreted.

Denise Cat

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I guess this will fit the challenge. I always put some text in when I'm practising my Chinese brushwork. Text in art goes back centuries, I was reading about it last night. Have a good Easter Team.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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What a gorgeous painting that is! Your text - do you speak/read Mandarin?  Or are you running English through a Chinese translator -risky business that; one thinks of the English road sign translated into Welsh, or so they thought - when the Welsh really said something like "Out for lunch, back later".

Denise Cat

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Thanks Robert. No I don't speak it but now I'm beginning to recognise some basic words through learning about the brushwork. I also notice that in eastern artwork, they tend to give a brief explanation of their painting. So, I try to keep it as traditional as I am able as I am learning. I can write and read a few words which is something I didn't bank on when I thought I would give it a try. It's surprising what you pick up without really knowing it.
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Alan Beresford

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Lovely flower painting Denise. I have taken it literally this was a mother's day card I done.
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Skylar Brown

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When I was starting out, I worked as a Designer for a sign company. I won a national award, and was offered a job by the largest sign company in Los Angeles. After that, I opened my own graphics company, and from there, I went into Art Design on a newspaper, where I did all the design for ads, ets. This brings all of that back to me. So, for fun...
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John Graham Inkson

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Hi Skylar I also did a lot of sign work a most adventurous time that was. Been privileged to do so many super art things. Art you can’t beat it. Thanks
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Lynda Green

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For this month’s challenge here are some examples of cards that I made.
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Owen Lloyd

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The holly one is my favourite. Lynda, do you do the letters and numbers yourself? They look incredibly neat.
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Lynda Green

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You are right Owen.  I use a digital cutting machine for the lettering as I couldn’t get them that neat by hand.

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Owen Lloyd

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Oh they're cut out, that's clever! The effect with your painting is very high quality.

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Another type of letter/s ….one of my favourite characters from when my kids were young.
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