Midsummer Challenge

Image : Art doll by Jay Stelling from True Colours Challenge 2017.

ADO CHALLENGE April - June 2018 


MIDSUMMER 
Create an art doll inspired by the theme 'Midsummer' - ideas include "A midsummer night's dream', summer solstice, summer holidays, summer flowers, summer fashion, sunshine,summer pastimes, midsummer history and rituals , festivals,feasting, singing, Maypole dancing... T
his "MIDSUMMER" challenge will start on 21 April and finish on 21 June 2018. 
Please post an image of your doll (s) (completed or in progress) any time from now on this Event Page  You do not need to be a member of Art Dolls Only to participate. 

This is not a competition but a prompt to inspire you to create, challenge you to try something different and a shared showcase of art dolls inspired by the challenge theme. 

Please click JOIN  on the event page if you would like to participate.  .This challenge allows plenty of time but don't stop at one art doll! You can use any medium ie paper, cloth, felt, clay etc but the creation MUST be a doll in representation. 

It is understood by participating in this challenge and posting  images of your work, your photos will also be used ( credit given) on the ADO blog. and/or other ADO social media. You do not need to do anything as I will transfer them to the relevant sites after the challenge. - 
Hope you will enjoy the challenge, Wilma

Please contact me via the comments here or via ADO messages on the Facebook page  if you have questions. 

Art Dolls Only Challenge 2017: True Colors

All doll makers love a challenge... Do you need a little motivation to make a doll?
Here it is - Art Dolls Only is hosting a doll challenge called "True Colors" .... 

I am sure you have heard of these colloquial sayings.... 

"white as the driven snow" 
"seeing red" 
"green with envy'
'blue in the face"
"tickled pink"

Create an art doll inspired by one of the colorful idioms above.

This challenge starts on 13 March 2017 and  will finish on 13 May 2017

To participate in this challenge - post an image  on our Facebook Event page . If that is not possible for you, just leave me a message on this blog in the comments section below.  I will then message you my email address and you can email me your photo.
You may post an image of your doll (completed or in progress) any time from now.
You do not need to be a member of Art Dolls Only to participate in the challenges shared here!
This is not a competition but a prompt to inspire you to create and a showcase of what you can create.

 .This challenge allows plenty of time but don't stop at one art doll! You can use any medium ie paper, cloth, felt, clay etc but the creation MUST be a doll in representation.

It is understood by posting  your photos they  will also be used ( credit given) on this blog.

Here are some entries in our last challenge " In your Neighbourhood" 

 By Ulla Anobile: I think my CAT'S PAJAMAS qualifies as a neighborhood character, since she's based on a feral (now semi-feral) community cat called Muru. The doll is hand stitched wool/rayon felt, 11 1/2" tall.

by JB Turla: Hi this alexandra.She is a volunteer.She rescue and adopt abandoned,sick and stray cat.She give shelter,food and medicine.She didn't have anything but all she need in return pls.adopt a cat. ❤

.By  Linda Nowlin (dollsdollsdollsbyLinda)). Meet Gay Wright my ADO challenge doll, who lives on a small gourd farm in Central Texas. A women who knows no limits. Chickens have been one of her passions for many years. In fact, when she comes to visit me she usually brings a live rooster who patiently sits on her lap. Her earrings are made of rooster spurs. Her tee shirts are usually holy covered by a lace over blouse which she crocheted. If she is not fighting off the neighbors goats, she mowing and mowing trying to keep the grass in tow. 

 by Wilma Simmons : left to right - Office manager,  House wife , Florist, Doctor - Machine stitched stump dolls 

CLOUDS : ADO March 2014 Challenge

" Aquarius - Zodiac Sign" by Athina Koufaki 

The ADO  monthly challenge theme for March 2014  was  "CLOUDS." 
 
In meteorology, a cloud is a visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body.  As you can see , art doll creators found many creative and different interpretations of "clouds" to inspire  them

Kymeli Mary Zeaki provided a beautiful angel on fluffy clouds as the challenge cover girl  

Visions of blue and white by Amy Esry, Maggie Tuite and Monica Smart 

White clouds and sunny days inspired jp Turla and Aurelia Nowak 

Grey clouds by Wilma Simmons 

Reminder : You do not need to be a member of Art Dolls Only to participate in the challenges shared here! The challenge themes change each month and  have been suggested by ADO members and have been randomly chosen.... check them out on the Art Dolls Only  Events page  and remember to click on past events to see all the great creations in past challenges as well as the current one. 

Art Dolls Only Challenges 2013 Part1

Art Dolls Only hosted monthly challenges throughout  2013 – and what exciting art dolls were created for these challenges. All the challenges were open which meant that all doll makers were invited to participate.  All the suggested themes for the challenges came from members themselves. I started the year with a long list of all wonderful suggested themes, so I used Random Generator and we were in business with the first six months chosen even before the ink was dry  on the 2013 calendar!  The photo collages below are representative of the dolls posted for  each month's challenge - not all art dolls have been posted here. However, they can all been seen by going to the  Art Dolls Only Facebook page  and click on to the Events section.

 “Zodiac “ in January was obviously not a popular subject or perhaps we were all still recovering from Christmas and writing our New Year’s resolution lists. 

January - Zodiac 

In February, we seemed to love the idea of 'water' with so many beautiful mermaids, and water sprites.

February -Water

From a cute chihuahua to a sinister satyr ...and all sorts of Animalia inspired art dolls appeared for March 

March - Animalia

Please return here  next week for Part 2 ..... 

You can enter our current challenge, inspired by a Nursery Rhyme  here