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SmartFlix Cool Project Contest

The "Painting Contest" contest has ended!

Here's the contest description: Submit your painting (oil, pastels, acrylics or other!)

Prize winners:

1st place (26 votes)

Inspiration
by Craig Gurule
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Project description: Pencil Portrait Gestures in Charcoal Color in Capistrano

2nd place (23 votes)

Carmel Sunset, Grand canal, Portrait
by Doli Biondillo
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Project description: Seascape in oil, Venice in oil, Portrait of J

3rd place (22 votes)

Nantucket Gala apples
by Cindy Procious
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Project description: Still life painting of Gala apples in a Nantucket basket.

Other entries (not in order of finish):

My Florida
by Barbara Cannon
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Project description: 10"x13" Watercolor painting of a Florida river.

Christopher
by Bob Botha
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Project description: Oil painting on canvas

Abstract painting
by Mary Schiros
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Project description: My style is abstract, in water-media, which includes watercolor and acrylic. My paintings were influenced by the DVD; “A Designed Approach to Abstraction”, by John Salminen.

Oil Paintings (3)
by Lori Quarton
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Project description: Oil, 11 x 14 Searching Oil, 11 x 14 Waiting Oil, 30 x 40 Oasis

In All Their Glory
by karen paul
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Project description: Watercolor Painting

Pennington Airfield Before The Storm
by Monica Vanzant
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Project description: Oil On Canvas

Doe at Dawn in Yosemite
by Glenn Ledford
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Project description: 20 x 24 inch original oil painting on linen attached to Masonite hardboard.

Sax in the Dark
by Lenard MacLeod
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Project description: Watercolor

Smootch
by tom roller
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Project description: Portrait of my wife and son

SilvercreekCanyon
by M.Michael Michaelson
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Project description: Silver Creek Canyon By Michael M. Michaelson MMM A 3.25’ X 5.25’ framed canvas, an Acrylic Landscape Scene of soft but striking beauty. Again, this blind artist captures perception, created with a very imaginative perception of cascading falls flowing into a deep canyon which wonders off into the distant views of beautiful green valleys of the Cascades and merging skies. Perspective seems to be the mark of Michaels imagination. This vibrant acrylic work reaches out beyond the norm and will touch every viewer with a vastness and yet with more than enough reality and making you wish you were there. This naturalistic landscape is set off with one of Michaels simple hand made frames, edged within by a cream colored insert made to really set this painting off. Again, the work is a conversation piece alone but when it is known that a blind artist created this unique scene from memories past, all conversation turns to wonderment. $600 Plus $100 for Shipping and Handling within US. Contact: 1503 873-1011

Jerry, Lola, Tailspin....
by collette schildkraut
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Project description: done with corel painter

Vitreous Glass painting
by Sherry Yost
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Project description: These pieces are created using glass paints, that are applied in many techniques and then fired to adhere them to the glass. The Tites of the three pieces are: 1. "The Annunciation" 2. "Beach Glass" 3. Flower's on My Vase"

Morning Glory #1
by lisa gloria
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Project description: Still life with blue flowers.

The Queit Monk
by Daniel Edmondson
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Project description: Oil painting on panel and hand made frame all created by artist

Victorian Elegance
by Pauline Washburn
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Project description:

Black Ocean #2
by Rachel White
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Project description: In the depths of the Black Ocean, there are creatures of all manner of horrific appearance. The merwoman takes the man down to the deep to show him what awaits should he venture down too far. As a particularly cruel-looking eel-dragon-thing looms above him, the man nearly panics, but the woman holds him, keeping her loving calm. For she knows that if they remain calm and leave the creature alone, it will ignore them, but if they give in to the fear, then it will attack, and they might not be able to escape to the surface again. (paragraph) When walking the darker path, one can sometimes become distracted by the evil things that lurk along the way, somehow attracted to the darker energy, feeding on it. Evil things are defined by fear, anger, hate, and suffering, whether you intentionally cause them for others or heap them upon yourself. It is these things that cause so many people to confuse the "dark" with the "bad", and to avoid the darkness at all cost. Some people, when walking the dark path, give in to these evils, lashing out at those around them, or driving themselves into depression. I call this being ridden by the dark. But one must instead be willing to walk on through the dark and be aware that the evil is there, but learn not to give into it. The most balanced of people have learned how to ride the darkness, instead of being ridden, and they can use their anger or intimidation to achieve their goals, and then let it go completely and walk on with their life. 32"x48" acrylic on masonite

The Wine Pitcher
by Gail Ruth
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Project description: Old Painting of Still Life Size: 12" x 16"

Under the Hickory
by Jonella Moore
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Project description: I was looking for inspiration, as I was rather stalled in my painting. I was out walking with the dog in the fall and spotted something blue out of the corner of my eye. Curious, I investigated and saw a perfect Blue Jay feather just lying there amongst fallen leaves and hickory nuts that laid there. Instant inspiration! I took some photos and painted from them in my studio, creating one of my favorite watercolor paintings I have ever done.

watch your shadow/ a rose
by Susan Dolin
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Project description: These paintings are oil base washes using Marshall's photo watercolors painted over black and white photos I photographed, developed and enlarged. 4-6 layers of oil paints were used to create full spectrum color images from original monochromatic snapshots.

Palomino
by Jennifer Nystrom
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Project description: This is an airbrushed piece on metal.

Expressive Wildflowers
by Cheryl Watt
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Project description: Swirly expressions in acrylic -- Mountain landscape of wildflowers near flowing stream

salt box
by wayne carson
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Project description: used to store salt in the 1700's and 1800's. Made from the footboard of a water bed.

life-drawing
by mingfei shi
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Project description: drawings from 15 m to 2 hour and thirty minutes.

Watercolor paintings
by Sandy Bennett
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Project description: I like doing watercolor on different surfaces such as gessoed paper, YUPO, and canvas. Watercolor canvas can be varnished and framed like oils.

Fallen Angel Oil Painting
by Carmen A Scheid
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Project description: Here is an oil painting I did of a picture I'd seen, I took the pose and did changes to the rest. I really like it.

portrait of paris
by charles mosteller
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Project description: Portrait of Paris 16 x 20 oil on linen

garden dreams
by amy martin
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Project description: oil painting 24 by 36"

My 3 Favorite Portraits
by Bob Merkle
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Project description: Digital Oil painting

Twisted Self Portrait
by Scott Mackay
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Project description: Been Working on Digital painting using the gnomon dvds i rented here. this is one of my first painting done after viewing the DVDs

Craggy Peak Village
by Pat Wyatt
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Project description: Wizard with Dragon have come home to the their castle that overlooks the village they protect.

Starawberries For Breakfast
by Larry Renfro
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Project description: Acrylic on canvas board

Promise for Change
by Eric Son
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Project description: Digital portrait of President Barack Obama and his promise for change. The artwork was created using Adobe Photoshop CS 3 and Wacom Tablet.

Calf
by Pamela Hynek
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Project description: 12X12 oil on wrapped canvas

A Quiet Place
by Marianne Post
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Project description: A plein air painting done in soft pastels along the Washington coast of Puget Sound

Mom's saw
by Terri Gee
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Project description: oil painting on steel saw blade

Unfinished Symphony
by Colleen Lambert
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Project description: Sun dancing off late afternoon ocean waves