HAPPY HALLOWEEN
187 Skulls
We have a tie
The winners are :
Nancy Clearwater Herman
&
Ria Hills
Both of them guessed 186 Skulls
Each of these ladies will win a crafty beaded bracelet designed just for them.
Don't be sad though because everyone who played wins a treat from the Skull Jar so you can get crafty too. Just email me at artistalicethompson@live.com the address you'd like your treat mailed to.
Thank you for painting and playing!
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Nancie Johnson 
Paula Reynolds
Bernard Echanow 
Yasha Sharma 
Mark Adams 
Linda Popple 
Jean Nelson 
Alice Thompson 
Jean Nelson 
Marilyn Russell 
Nancie Johnson 
Marilyn Russell
Can YOU guess the correct # of Skulls in THIS jar ?
October is upon us and the best holidays will soon be here. This months challenge is anything Halloween. Pumpkins, black cats, candy corn, dress up, masks, spiders etc. How do you celebrate All Hallows' Eve ? I hope to see a few paintings with bright Orange and Yellow in them . Remember what you paint is as important as how you paint. I will also allow 2 paintings from any artist this month because there is a second challenge for this October. The second challenge is scarey and only the bravest artist will dare attempt it. The second painting must have a Halloween theme as well but you must paint it without using a paintbrush. This can be done in a variety of ways like painting directly from the tube, using a knife, fork, spoon, q-tips, cardboard... whatever.
This month is special because we have a giveaway. Anyone can participate in the giveaway by leaving a comment on this post- (kids too) found on the top right of this page, just be sure to leave an email address as a POC if you do not have a blog. The person who can correctly guess (or comes closest) will win something crafty made by Calypso Moon Artist Alice Thompson. In the event of a tie... you both win something crafty. If you participate in the painting challenge(s) YOU get to guess twice.
Painting Submissions due by October 3o 7pm eastern time.
Deadline for the giveaway in the comments section is October 31st 7pm East Coast time. Winner(s) will be announced at 9pm October 31st eastern time.
23 comments:
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Alice,
The Halloween blog makeover, the skull contest, and the challenge are creepy and scary and shivery and shuddery and fun!
A count of craniums will be transmitted henceforth.
82. Fun layout for the funnist Holiday of the Year.
111 is my guess
Great layout and challenges. Love it!
Terrific layout! It is fun.
Beware the dark mansion on Crow's Nest Street
Tarry not long to Trick or Treat
For a pink spider climbs the wall
And a calico bunny hops down the hall
Fish of gold swim through thin air
Whilst a Sorceress sits with dark, long hair.
In her hand she wields wands of magic
Tipped with fur of critters tragic
By her be cauldrons three
Filled with colored glue
The hues of which will frighten thee
Gurgling blood red, bubbling toad yellow, frothing newt blue.
Around her jar of shrunken heads
Curls a cat all spooky and black
Ignoring the dancing of viridian mice
Taunting 131 skulls to be precise.
Take care fair lass, brave laddie, as down you venture Crow's Nest Street
Lest to that jar you wish to contribute anatomy parts you prefer to keep
Beware the dark mansion on Crow's Nest Street
Tarry not long to Trick or Treat.
On a dark and windless night,
the children wander with a light,
shone on the ground to light their way
all with laughing games they play.
The night grows cold,
the moon grows old,
the children shiver in their gowns,
wings, tiaras and silver crowns
For up ahead they see with fright
a pair of dancing green balls so bright,
wandering down the lane,
should they return the way they came?
No noise it makes this verde ghost,
the children who can no longer boast
but worry and quiver and cry
"Oh my oh my!"
Standing still they wait to see
what will happen, what can it be?
There's movement up ahead,
and with a flurry of final dread
The green orbs approach low and lean
scary, sinister, and mean
until one child shouts, "Look at that!
It's just my silly old tomcat!"
But you never know on a scary night,
when something feels just not quite right,
for all is fair on Hallow's Eve
if only you are brave enough to believe.
-Great theme Alice. I guess 132 skulls though I came up with that number before reading Dabblerteer's guess. But I did borrow the idea for a poem! Boo!
I guess 113 and 162. Alice said I got to guess twice because I goofed earlier. Isn't she nice?
The boogie man lives under my bed,
I pull the covers close to my chin,careful not to let a finger hang out, because the Boogie loves tastie children best.
I quess 182 little cranuims yummies.
I love this painting. It says Haloween to me in my child's heart. The most disgustingly sweet candy that you can only get in October. YES! Can't wait to try a painting for this quite wonderful blog.
109 skulls in a jar. A painting forthcoming.
Mark Adams guess is 276 skulls
I love everyone's submissions this year! Maybe it's the cooler weather or the beautiful colors of fall, but it seems like everyone's paintings are so happy and easygoing. Not easy work, mind you, but somehow unloaded.
Thanks, Alice, for your kind words on my blog. I enjoy writing, and painting, very, very much.
I surely hope Calypso Moon Artist Movement lasts a long time. I have given up other challenges as my time is tight, but yours I look forward to tremendously. It's always a surprise!
My seconds guess is 180 skulls.
We witches are very busy these days, getting our best attire ready for our Sunday night party. But I have consulted my crystal ball and yes, I see a number. My second guess is 128.
Now off on my broom to find the flying monkeys. Drat, where did Dorothy go to now. I need those ruby slippers!
My guesses are 72 and 154. Thanks Alice, for the fun challenge.
Hi Alice,a fun challenge and thanks for it.
I appreciate your comments on my blog and also reminding me to make a guess.:)
My guess would be 125 and 154.
Bernard Echanow said...
"Counting on Treats"
The painting I did was duly submitted,
Another skull count Alice quickly suggested.
So, I multiplied the jar's thickness by the coefficient of glass,
For the jar's lid, I subtracted its mass.
For each noggin visible, I calculated the volume,
And divided the ether with digits gone quantum.
For my second result, I crunched numbers galore,
The quantity derived was 124.
Nancy Clearwater Herman said...
I want to guess there are 186 skulls in the jar.
121 skulls and one painting done. Happy haunting to one and all.
Alice, thanks for your creative idea for a Halloween challenge and accepting my submission!
My guess is 133 skulls in the jar.
fun challenge! I'm looking forward to participating in more.
My guess for the skull jar is 186.
Alice has just informed me that I can guess how many skulls twice since I entered a painting in the challenge...so my 2nd guess is 213.
WOW! What an amazing submission of work! So jealous not have participated!!!!
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