Oh wow, we are 50 members in The Wonky Art Society already! I am honestly so happy and grateful right now. Every single one of you who decided to join, say hi, introduce yourself, comment, like, share your art, or simply be here quietly in the background — thank you. It really means a lot. I had hoped this little creative space would find its people, but seeing it happen so quickly is just wonderful. Starting something new is always a bit scary, and having 50 lovely artists here already makes me feel very, very lucky. And also slightly emotional, but we’ll pretend I’m being totally cool and professional about it. 😇 Thank you for being part of this from the beginning. I’m so excited to see how this space grows, what we’ll create together, and how many wonderfully wonky art moments will happen here. Welcome, everyone. I’m genuinely happy you’re here. ❤️

Hello lovely artists, how are you all doing? Is it also hot where you are? Today we had 42°C / 108°F, nice & toasty… I actually wanted to host a little shading live session this week but, believe it or not, I managed to catch a cold. Because what’s more fun than 42°? Yes, 42° with a sore throat and earache 🤪 So I will postpone that to next week. How about you share your family recipes instead? What are you doing against a cold and/or what do you do to keep yourself nice and cool? Let’s have some fun sharing what our grandmothers taught us! Ok, me first: To fight a sore throat you can slowly enjoy a spoonful of honey every hour or so. It’s anti-inflammatory and helps calm irritated mucous membranes. And to keep you cool, you should drink warm water, not ice-cold. Your body has to spend energy warming up ice-cold water, which can make you sweat even more. Who’s next? 😇

Hey everyone and happy Monday! It's time to announce the new prompt for this week, and guess what? My wonderful intern @Peter Schneider (aka husband) has made something for me! He has developed a Drawing Prompt Generator iOS app for me, how cool is that?! From now on we will be using the app to generate our weekly prompts, so even I don't have to sweat and think of something we could draw. 😇 And the best part, you can even choose the challenge level! Relaxed: 1 prompt (a simple "what" --> green) Easy: 2 prompts (a "what" and a "where" --> pink) Medium: 3 prompts (a "what", a "where", and a "mood"! --> yellow) Full wonky chaos: 4 prompts ("what", "where", "mood", AND color suggestion! 😇 --> red) You can interpret them however you like. Digital, traditional, quick sketch, finished illustration, tiny doodle, dramatic masterpiece, suspicious little blob with personality — all welcome. The goal is not to make something perfect. The goal is to show up, play a little and see where the prompts take you. Feel free to share your sketch or finished piece in the community whenever you’re ready. I can’t wait to see what you make! Jutta <3 PS: As we progress with our app I might need a few of you who would like to test the app on their iPhones/iPads. Let me know if you're interested! ✨

since so many of you asked for it, here comes my updated chocolates pattern! This is what I did: - I duplicated the original canvas to keep the old version and work freely on a duplicate, just in case! 😁 - I removed the checkerboard pattern and went with a plain yellow. I tried green and purple, but yellow was my favorite. - I added a different upscaled checkerboard pattern in the same yellow, but set the blend mode to screen to create a brighter hue. Then turned down the opacity until I liked the contrast. - I changed the color of 2 of the pralinés to white, to have more variety - I kept the chocolate in one layer apart from the background so I could still make adjustments to both background (i.e. different colors!) but also to slightly move & rotate some of the chocolates, just to get rid of too much order In general, this is once more a great example for me that less is definitely more, especially when it‘s about the background. Now I am pretty content with the result, although it is lacking a bit of contrast, green or purple would probably look better. I just love the yellow… 😇 What do you think about the before and after?