Moses Botkin Monthly Challenge

Always Untied
6x6 oil on panel
email me if you want this little painting

This month posed a little challenge for me, but I finally conquered CONVERSE shoes! None of my neighbors had any and it took me awhile to track some down without having to buy a pair myself. However, after seeing all the cute styles when I looked online, I kinda want a pair now. Wonder how comfortable they are? Anyway - I love the paintings this month. Very fun and creative.



Well Worn
5x7 oil on hardboard
©2011 Diana Moses Botkin



Big Red
24x24 oil on canvas
©2011 Suzanne Berry



Satin Chucks
9x12 oil on panel
©2011 Vicki Ross



Just Hanging Out
6x6 oil on hardboard
©2011 Sharman Owings



Converse Reds
6x6 oil on canvas
©2011 Ruth Andre

Second Choice

9x8 oil on paper

This is another version I played around with for the shoe subject. I distorted the photo image and rather liked the look and decided to paint from it. I love that its been reduced to just a few colors and shapes. Its interesting that it communicates what is going on, with very little detail. It was a lot of fun to experiment. Both paintings are available in my ETSY store.

Moses Botkin Monthly Challenge Paintings

10x8 oil on paper board

Our challenge was to paint our favorite pair of shoes. Now, if you read this blog, you know I like shoes - a LOT! So deciding which to paint was a challenge in itself. My favorite type of shoe is a sandal, so I pulled out a couple and then saw my bright red loafers which I adore! I dropped them all on the floor and preceded to set up a photo shoot using the timer on my camera. I am not a very good model, but luckily this required very little skill.

I played around with my painting technique a little too to really challenge myself. This is painted on a "cardboard-like" material and I used heavy black lines around my objects.

Now - lets enjoy what some of my fellow artists created with this month's theme. I love the creativity of this group and its a surprise for me every month to see what they each come up with for our subject.


Shoo Fly
10x8 oil on panel
(c) 2009 Vicki Ross


Red Slippers
6x6 pastel on Canson paper
(c) 2009 Mike Beeman

The Red Shoes
12x12 oil on canvas
(c) 2009 Marie Fox


Knights in Pink Satin
7x5 oil on panel
(c) Diana Moses Botkin

Red Silk Espadrilles
11x14 oil on canvas
(c) 2009 Silvina Day


Baby Shoes
6x6 oil on board
(c) 2009 Michael Naples