Monday, May 20, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
May's Nibblefest Art Contest Theme: "Portrait"
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| Art by Nibblefest artist, Marie Messina, of Marie Messina Art |
Our next round of the
Nibblefest Art Contest
begins in less than a week!
(on the 20th)
The theme for May is
"Portrait"
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Audrey Breen |
“The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.”
~Salvador Dalí
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| Painting by Nibblefest artist, Christine Streimer, of CES |
I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.
~Frida Kahlo
~Frida Kahlo
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| Painting by Nibblefest artist, Patience, of Art of Patience |
“I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world”
~Samuel Johnson
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Loyal Catahoula Studio |
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| Painting by Nibblefest artist, Anna Vanover |
To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.
~Alexander Smith
~Alexander Smith
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| Painting by Nibblefest artist, Deb Harvey |
"It
is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not
impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather
leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face"
~Robert Louis Stevenson
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| Painting by Nibblefest artist, Heather Sims |
“Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on.”
~Anthony Powell
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| Painting by Nibblefest artist, Kathy Clemente |
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
~Oscar Wilde
~Oscar Wilde
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Cathy Darling |
"Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend...."
~John Singer Sargent
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| Painting by Nibblefest artist Sarah Hope |
“Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself”
~Samuel Butler
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Meredith Driscoll, of Meredith Driscoll Art and Illustrations |
So wont you join us for this
month's
Nibblefest Art Contest?
Nibblefest Art Contest?
When, starting on April 20th, artists
near and far will gather via Ebay to present their own
unique and one-of-a-kind interpretations of the theme,
"Portrait"
"Portrait"
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Heather Rose, of HeatherRose Studios |
.............
(Nibblefest Art Contest (NFAC), the fun and friendly, monthly-themed art
competition that begins on the 20th of each month, and is open to all. Hosted via Ebay, all Nibblefest art
entries start at just .99 cents -- fun for artists AND
collectors....!
To view upcoming monthly themes, see this post. For complete rules please visit our NFAC Facebook Page,
or check out the information on the side of this blog....)
(*Please note: The art by Nibblefest Artists featured in this post represent past portfolio works, not current NFAC entries.)
or check out the information on the side of this blog....)
(*Please note: The art by Nibblefest Artists featured in this post represent past portfolio works, not current NFAC entries.)
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
April's Nibblefest Art Contest Theme: "TREES"
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Rachel Biddlecome |
Our next round of the Nibblefest Art Contest begins in just a few days....!
(on the 20th)
The theme for April is
"TREES"
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Lindi Levison |
"I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree...."
A poem lovely as a tree...."
~ Joyce Kilmer
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Sheila Cameron |
"I think that I shall never see
a billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all...."
~Ogden Nash
~Ogden Nash
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Christine Striemer |
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree...."
~Martin Luther
~Martin Luther
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Lisa Isabella Russo |
"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago...."
~Les Brown
~Les Brown
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| Painting: "Bloodroot" by Nibblefest Artist, Patience of (Art of Patience) |
"A
woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at
least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the
heart...."
~Hal Borland
~Hal Borland
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Cel Nogas (of Cellin Art) |
"When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all."
~E. O. Wilson
~E. O. Wilson
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Deborah K. Gryka (of Tadpole Lake Art) |
"I
suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket
rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting
as subject matter."
~Roy Lichtenstein
~Roy Lichtenstein
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Vicky Knowles (Of Wibbley World) |
"A tree is an incomprehensible mystery...."
~Jim Woodring
~Jim Woodring
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Nina Kuriloff (of Nina Kurlioff's Artwork) |
"I
often lay on that bench looking up into the tree, past the trunk and up
into the branches. It was particularly fine at night with the stars
above the tree...."
~Georgia O'Keeffe
~Georgia O'Keeffe
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Diane Ursin |
"Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better...."
~Henri Matisse
~Henri Matisse
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| Art by Nibblefest Artist, Gina (of Zuliekha's Art) |
April's Nibblefest Art Contest Theme: "TREES"
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Rachel Biddlecome |
Our next round of the Nibblefest Art Contest begins in just a few days....!
(on the 20th)
The theme for April is
"TREES"
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Lindi Levison |
"I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree...."
A poem lovely as a tree...."
~ Joyce Kilmer
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Sheila Cameron |
"I think that I shall never see
a billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all...."
~Ogden Nash
~Ogden Nash
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Christine Striemer |
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree...."
~Martin Luther
~Martin Luther
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Lisa Isabella Russo |
"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago...."
~Les Brown
~Les Brown
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| Painting: "Bloodroot" by Nibblefest Artist, Patience of (Art of Patience) |
"A
woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at
least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the
heart...."
~Hal Borland
~Hal Borland
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Cel Nogas (of Cellin Art) |
"When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all."
~E. O. Wilson
~E. O. Wilson
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Deborah K. Gryka (of Tadpole Lake Art) |
"I
suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket
rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting
as subject matter."
~Roy Lichtenstein
~Roy Lichtenstein
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Vicky Knowles (Of Wibbley World) |
"A tree is an incomprehensible mystery...."
~Jim Woodring
~Jim Woodring
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Nina Kuriloff (of Nina Kurlioff's Artwork) |
"I
often lay on that bench looking up into the tree, past the trunk and up
into the branches. It was particularly fine at night with the stars
above the tree...."
~Georgia O'Keeffe
~Georgia O'Keeffe
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| Painting by Nibblefest Artist, Diane Ursin |
"Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better...."
~Henri Matisse
~Henri Matisse
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| Art by Nibblefest Artist, Gina (of Zuliekha's Art) |
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