
Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.
Thanks to Linda Harbin Beard the prompt for this month's challenge is RAIN. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:
1) Post your finished piece on your blog, website, Flickr page, Etsy or elsewhere INCLUDING a link back to the Melange Team blog.
2) Comment to this blog post INCLUDING the link to where we can find your beautiful piece.
3) Please link to a static page
(What’s a static page? An example of a static link is http://www.melange.com/ticket/2009/04/22/mix-it-up-challenge/, whereas an example of a link to the main website is http://www.melange.com)
4) Come back often to check out all the terrific work that will be submitted. :)
Thanks for joining in the fun !
(Here is a great tutorial on CREATING HOT LINKS)
Linda Harbin Beard is our featured artist with her wonderful interpretation of RAIN. Thanks so much !
Image © Linda Harbin Beard

Rain! This will be a fun challenge! Thanks Linda for the August word prompt and thanks for getting us going Nancy!
ReplyDeleteI love this challenge =) Sounds like lots of fun! Now that I am a bit more caught up, I will give it a try.
ReplyDeleteHere's my little bit of RAIN - my Rain Bird is a folk art style paper sculpture:
ReplyDeleteRain Bird
Here is my Rain challenge piece, MacArthur Park. Some of our younger members may have to look up the lyrics. This was a really fun piece for me to do.
ReplyDeleteI hope I linked this right.
Woohoo! I got my rain challenge done =) Reign Drops ~ http://tapestry316.blogspot.com/2010/08/yummy-new-art-supplies.html
ReplyDeleteThanks for the challenge!
What a great diversity in the pieces! Ah, I detect out of box experiences here! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd so good you've joined us Kathleen! Thanks for supporting the challenge with your wonderful equine paintings!
Kathleen, I love your piece. It's perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Liz and whyte! Great rain artwork =) love the poem and the history, Midwestie!
ReplyDeleteLovely work for this challenge
ReplyDeleteKathleen, I'm so glad you joined our challenge. I love your horse painting and the other art work on your blog! Hope you come back and join us again. We have a new challenge every month - with a new word.
ReplyDeleteLiz, love your Rain art - the movement and the color are beautiful.
Thanks, Midwestie! I appreciate the compliment =) I love the challenges that you have had - very creative responses, too! I hope to have the time to keep up with them =)
ReplyDeleteHere's mine, better late than never:
ReplyDeleteFinally using my handmade paper