greetings...hope all is well...:).

as ive to give a topic for June challenge, ive come up with the one, that gives u a wide horizon to think about and a big area to express yourself. u can have a portrait, landscape, still life, etc etc and be it a painting, poem, photograph or whatever u are comfortable with. for me this topic covers a lot...:). 

Topic : Peace.

i hope everyone agrees and likes it...:).

i leave the dates for the start and finish, for Viv, to put according to the challenge procedure.

i thank again everyone for all the appreciation and for your precious votes on my painting in the last challenge.

i wish all the best to everyone with this new challenge.

good day...:).

waheednasir.

fine subject i think, waheed, and congratulations for winning (i'm a little late, sorry)

Thanks, waheednasir, for giving us the new challenge so promptly!  This is a wonderful topic, it has so much potential, everyone can come up with something.

The Challenge begins immediately and will close to entries on June 27, 2007 at 11:59 PM Renderosity time.  Voting will begin then and last until June 30, 2007 at 11:59 PM Renderosity time.  I will total and announce the results on July 1, 2007. 

You may enter an existing work if you like, but we would prefer to see a new work created for this challenge... it IS a challenge after all, lol!  You may enter more than one work, but remember that in the voting, each entry will be judged separately. 

OK, now go... and CREATE!!!

~Viv

fine image, i like it very much.

thats a good  one twopynts...nice colors and mood...:).

Thanks! :) The original photo is much more colorful -- but less "peaceful."

hey koosievantutte...thank u very much...:). im sorry i missed your comment last time i visited.

this is a digitally painted work, "Plains of Paradise - Far from concrete jungle". a break from those other landscapes/city scenes, that i was busy with for some time lately and because i wanted to paint something traditional, in an impressionistic manner, i painted this landscape...:).

further more, i went for a peaceful, calm feeling and the freshness and purtiy of nature. nature's wonderful gift for all of us.

i did consult refs some days ago (only for the construction, that i even changed for my requirements), before starting this. what u are seeing here is all scratch, self-visualized, my own composition.

painted using tablet, in artrage.

hope this manages to grab some votes...:).

all the best to everyone...good day.

as i said in your gallery, i like this one - love the dreamy and peaceful atmosphere.

Attached Link: Blueberry Pie

Attached Link: http://www.orangecastle.com/photos/peace2_by_iclonetutorials_comp.jpg

Hello! This is iclone! Very impressive!  Can we have more of this kind?

Love the humor! ;']

It seems to smack of the 1960's Hippy scene but it was cute to put together. :)

A more peaceful image may exist somewhere, I've not been priveledged to see it!

Magic Dawn
by
BobbiJo McBroom

The sun came out to play today
It chased the rain and clouds away
Oh! Mom wake up Oh! Please don't pout
The sun's almost up! Please! Let's go out

Come on! Please Mama, let's go see
What the faeries left for me
We'll check the leaves and see if they grew
Maybe they've painted you roses for you

The birds are singing Please! Mom get up!
We can put our breakfast in a cup
We'll take it down and eat outside
The breeze will come from far and wide

It will blow our bubbles all about
Oh! Please get up and let's go out
It's been raining for Oh! So long
Hurry please Mom! Before the sun is gone

I've got your shoes Mom, Please I can't wait
Mom please get up it's getting late
We can play, "I spy with my little eye"
"I see magical colours" say "it's a magic sunrise"

She puts her feet down on the floor
Puts on her slippers heads out the door
The sun's not up it's still a spark!
My goodness baby it's still dark!

They cuddle so close in the front porch chair
Those first enchanted rays creep through the air
Baby nestles back to whisper with a sigh
"Hey Mom I spy with my little eye, magical colours up so high"

Says Mama, "Little One it's a magic sunrise"
Little one has taken her by surprise
She's discovered new magic, become more wise
Watching the dawning of wonder in her daughter's eyes.

Wonderful word painting BobbiJo.

Attached Link: http://www.vigancity.orangecastle.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3606

WOW! Such wonderful entries! Kort's lovely Zen Garden, waheednasir's dreamy landscape, iclone's humorous faerie scene, and the poignant mass scene, and valerie's lovely box of peace. So many ideas of what peace is and so many mediums for showing it! Peace may indeed be the sustenance of life, but surely variety is the spice!

BJ

Here's mine.
Hope it links OK.
Looks best at full resolution.

Ashley

Sunrise on Hakata Bay

 
heres my offering....

you can´t improve on perfection.

What a great group of entries we have this month!  Thanks everyone for joining in to make this a fun challenge.  It's now time to close the entries and let the voting begin!    You get to choose your 3 favorite entries, giving each of them 3, 2 or 1 points.  Remember, you are choosing an entry, not an artist.  If someone has posted more than one entry, you need to indicate which is your choice. 

Your vote should look something like this:

Tolstoi - "Worlds of Peace" - 3 points
Baker - "Peace of cake" - 2 points
Whirled - "Peas" - 1 point

Feel free to nominate Honorable Mentions or make comments.

~Viv

Thanks **tresamie.**Lots of different media types and variety.
Do we vote just by posting to this thread like above?
I think the voteing process for the past monthly challenges was different.

Just add your votes here in this thread, as we always do.  I know some of the other forums use a different system, but this way seems a little more interesting for such a diverse group of entries.

~Viv

Thanks.

rosewhite - 5pm mass for her - 3 points
twoPynts - still waters- 2 points
fractalinda - morning - 1 point

Very very hard to choose.  All works and styles are excellent.  If I could vote again tomorrow I probably would not vote the same as my mood and thoughts would be different.

mamabobbijo "Magic Dawn" 3 points,
Fractalinda "Morning Glory" 2 points,
nongo "water" 1 points.

Very complicated to vote for this challenge where all jobs, as 2d, as fractal and photograph are really superb !!!

TwoPynts:  "Still Waters" 3 points

waheednasir:  "Plains of Paradise - Far from concrete jungle"  2 points

ligt:  "peace is watching the sun on the flowers and think:  you can´t improve on perfection."  1 point

Such a difficult choice, truly.  I really was torn between a few choices.  I love your poem, mamabobbijo, and your photograph and poem are wonderful, Valerie, as are the awesome photograph of awjay and nongo's beautiful image, respectively.  So each receives an "Honourable Mention" from me.

VOTE

two pynts----3 points
fractalinda---2 points
nongo--1 point

TwoPynts - " " - 3 points = message_3002382
nongo - " " - 2 points = message_3012247
mamabobbijo - "Magic Dream" - 1 point = message_3009086

Good Luck every one.

**nongo~ 3 points
waheednasir ~ 2 points
**fractalinda ~ 1 point

some very peaceful ideas here... wish we had a few more entries.

nongo...3points
ligt...2 points
TwoPynts...1 point

all the others were definately worth an honorable mention!!! great poems too!!

my points, difficult choises, but this is my choise:

fractalinda-  3 points
nongo-          2 points
awjay-           1 point

monica

I think I will leave this up another day or two, so we can get a few more votes in.  One of these days I will figure out a better schedule, LOL!

~Viv

Quote - One of these days I will figure out a better schedule, LOL!

~Viv

I struggle sometimes with the schedules you have - haven't managed to make an entry for the last two challenges :blushing:

Oh well, on with the votes...

twoPynts - still waters- 3 points
rosewhite - mass for her - 2 points
fractalinda - morning - 1 point

Valeri Ducom Peace squared 3 Points
Two Pynts Zen Garden 2 points
Fractalinda Morning Glory 1 point

I think everyone deserves an honorable mantion
BJ

We had an interesting challenge topic this month and lots of different creative expressions!  I was very impressed by all the wonderful words and images.  Thanks for making this challenge a success!

Here is the count:

In seventh place, with 1 point:  awjay

Tied for 6th place, with 3 points:  Valerie-Ducom and ligt

Tied for fifth place, wtih 4 points:  mamabobbijo and waheednasir

In fourth place, with 5 points:  rosewhite

In third place, with 11 points:  fractalinda

In second place, with 12 points:  Nongo

In first place, with 17 points:  TwoPynts

Congratulations to everyone!  Since everyone will be pretty scarce this summer, I propose we have a Summer Challenge that covers both July and August.  Unless I get strenuous objections, we will do that.  TwoPynts, please let me know what topic you want to challenge for the summer.:biggrin:

Congrats twoPynts, with 2 months I might manage to finish an entry :) 

So what's next ?? :)

Congrats TwoPynts! Congrats to everyone who entered!

Congratulations TwoPynts
Well Done everyone.

Wowww, congrats to all and very nice challenge for a very nice theme like Peace !!!

Congrats Kort, you have a lot talent :thumbupboth:

Sorry to be late to the party. Thanks for the votes and congrats to all the other entrants! Since we just had Peace, why not for the next one we have a little ... CHAOS! I thought of going with summer, but that is too easy. Let's see some chaotic entries for July/August!

Attached Link: CHAOS

~Viv