Caption/Fiction Contest: Ends August 24th

Write a caption (one to several sentences) or a short story (under 1000 words) about this painting and and the best entry will win the watercolor.

Nearness of You 24x30 inches oil on canvas

watercolor on Rives BFK approximately  11"x8.5"

 Purchase the oil painting above

This is based on the The Thematic Apperception Test, or TAT, is a projective measure intended to evaluate a person's patterns of thought, attitudes, observational capacity, and emotional responses to ambiguous test materials. In the case of the TAT, the ambiguous materials consist of a set of cards that portray human figures in a variety of settings and situations. The subject is asked to tell the examiner a story about each card that includes the following elements: the event shown in the picture; what has led up to it; what the characters in the picture are feeling and thinking; and the outcome of the event. 

So watch out what you write or maybe someone will think you're nuts!

Enter in the comments section.

You may want to e-mail me with your contact info so I can send you your prize.  
kenney.mencher@gmail.com
Let me know if you want a catalog!

More contests on this blog and my website:
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Caption/Fiction Contest: Ends August 8th

Write a caption (one to several sentences) or a short story (under 1000 words) about this painting and and the best entry will win the watercolor.

 

Diagonal, oil on canvas 24"x30"

watercolor on Rives BFK approximately  11"x8.5"

 Purchase the oil painting above

This is based on the The Thematic Apperception Test, or TAT, is a projective measure intended to evaluate a person's patterns of thought, attitudes, observational capacity, and emotional responses to ambiguous test materials. In the case of the TAT, the ambiguous materials consist of a set of cards that portray human figures in a variety of settings and situations. The subject is asked to tell the examiner a story about each card that includes the following elements: the event shown in the picture; what has led up to it; what the characters in the picture are feeling and thinking; and the outcome of the event. 

So watch out what you write or maybe someone will think you're nuts!

Enter in the comments section.

You may want to e-mail me with your contact info so I can send you your prize.  
kenney.mencher@gmail.com
Let me know if you want a catalog!

More contests on this blog and my website:
http://www.kenney-mencher.com/

Alex and Svetlana Tango Painting Commission

This is a portrait commission of two tango dancers Alex and Svetlana. I worked from photos that I took of the two of them. From the photoshoot they chose about 20 images that they thought would be good. The first image is the completed portrait which is 20"x20" on linen.


Here's the underpainting which was done in an imprimatura layer.
I work from background to foreground so I started by toning up the background.

Next I worked on the face.










    
 More Tango paintings on my site.  Visit this link and  scroll down the page.

http://www.kenney-mencher.com/catalog/characters.htm