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Donna Mibus

1 Year Ago

5 Day Beach Challenge Sign Up

5 Day Image Challenge Sign Up!
The Image Challenge will begin January 30 and continue through February 3.

Theme - Let’s go to the…BEACH! (Thanks to Lucia Waterson for the theme!)

All media accepted

CHALLENGE RULES

1. Your image must be created the day you post to the challenge thread. Challenges are for NEW work only.
2. You must complete all challenge days
3. If you miss a day in that 5 days you are disqualified from the challenge and will need to wait for a new challenge.
4. The work MUST be yours, copyright to you, and free from any legal issues.
5. 24 hour Days start from when I add the image thread.

Please note that I intend to open the Image Thread at 9:00 AM CST on the 30th. That is when Day 1 begins. On the 31st I will post again at 9:00 AM CST for Day 2 to begin, and so on.

Please comment below if you would like to participate!

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Her Arts Desire

1 Year Ago

Sounds like fun, sign me up

 

Nina Prommer

1 Year Ago

ok, if it means going to the beach I am in!!!

 

Gaby Ethington

1 Year Ago

Me too, please!

 

Kathy K McClellan

1 Year Ago

My happy place!

I'll be traveling so once again I'll have to skip this one.

But the beach!

Well, maybe I'll actually get there on this road trip south!

 

Lindley Johnson

1 Year Ago

Sign me up!

 

Gosh, I'm in.....sick of Winter here! Thanks, Donna!

 

Donna Mibus

1 Year Ago

Lol, me too Rose! That’s why this theme really appeals to me. We could all use a little time at the beach right about now. :)

 

Amen!

 

Lois Churchward

1 Year Ago

Sign me up as I like going to beaches even if it is only in pictures.

 

Matthias Hauser

1 Year Ago

Yeah, bring me to the beach... I'm in for sure :-)

 

Lucia Waterson

1 Year Ago

Wao that is so nice! Thanks a million, Donna! I would like to try as well!

 

Mo Barton

1 Year Ago

Yes please! Anything to banish the cold winter gloom!

 

Shelli Fitzpatrick

1 Year Ago

I'm addicted, sign me up. :)

 

Donna Mibus

1 Year Ago

Great! So far I have on my list:

Donna
Her Arts Desire
Nina
Gaby
Lindley
Rose
Lois
Matthias
Lucia
Mo
Shelli

Will update the list as more sign up!

 

Sandi OReilly

1 Year Ago

Please sign me up! Am with Kathy, my happy place!!

 

Roberta Byram

1 Year Ago

Yes! I would love to do this one! I have missed everyone since the 365 Challenge ended!

 

David Choate

1 Year Ago

You bet I'm in. The beach at sunrise is my favorite place to be.....

 

Luther Fine Art

1 Year Ago

Yes! Definitely! woohoo!

 

Tatiana Travelways

1 Year Ago

Yes, I'll go to the beach :) Please sign me up!

 

Laurie's Intuitive

1 Year Ago

Sounds like fun. I'll give it a try. Thank you, Donna!

 

Karen Silvestri

1 Year Ago

Living on an Island I certainly can not pass on this theme. This should be fun!

 

Carmen Hathaway

1 Year Ago

 

Beach... it's a beach of a day day here today (mid-western Canada) @ -17 Celcius, or 1.4 F.

Yes please. I'm in :)

 

Only A Fine Day

1 Year Ago

Yes, I'd like to participate.

 

Donna Mibus

1 Year Ago

Great! Here is the updated list:

Her Arts Desire
Nina
Gaby
Lindley
Rose
Lois
Matthias
Lucia
Mo
Shelli
Sandi
Roberta
David
Luther Fine Art
Tatiana
Laurie
Karen S
Carmen
Only a Fine Day

Remember, I will open the image thread Monday at 9:00 am CST for Day 1



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Amalia Suruceanu

1 Year Ago

Bring me to the beach, please!... I'm in for sure :-)

 

Gaby Ethington

1 Year Ago

Oops - I may have to do another image - or you can take my word for it for todays (Day 3) there is a sliver of the beach below the front wave in the bottom left corner of the image. If that is not acceptable, please let me know and I will make another one for today.

Edit: Yes, the baby oil was slathered on as we went to the beach in SoCal growing up (I would never do that now!). :)

 

Donna Mibus

1 Year Ago

Gaby, no worries. :)

Ha! As teens we sometimes used baby oil. Sheesh. It’s like we were wanting to literally FRY in the sun! Lol. Nowadays I avoid the sun.

 

Shelli Fitzpatrick

1 Year Ago

I wanted to contribute to how much I am enjoying this theme, everyone's art and making beach art myself... being from Colorado and now living in Oklahoma beaches are not part of my experience but I am enjoying my imaginary beach trips through creating artwork. :)

 

GJ Glorijean

1 Year Ago

ah shucks... my memories of the beach are so often beachcombing... shells, digging artifacts, etc... that was my plan...
okay I go find some ocean waves that i usually dismiss sharing...

 

Donna Mibus

1 Year Ago

GJ, when I was a kid I always wished I had a metal detector so I could discover buried treasures on the beach!

My image today rather sucks. I did half of it with my dog Tootsie in my lap. Not a good plan. But I tried! And that's what matters most (right??)

Shelli, I grew up a short distance from Galveston Island and loved the beach. It wasn't until I was 20 and had married and took a Carribean cruise that I discovered SOME beaches had crystal clear water, as opposed to the gray murky waters in Galveston. In Galveston you can be ankle deep and not even see your feet! But I didn't know any different, so I was happy. Now I'm spoiled at having visited numerous islands with crystal clear water and I do not think I would be happy with the murky waters of Galveston island. :-)

 

Gaby Ethington

1 Year Ago

I grew up in Southern California and went to the beach often with friends when I got my driver's license at age 16. When I got married, we moved to Texas but almost every year we went back to CA to visit family and the beach. I always picked up a few rocks and shells to put in my big glass vase in our living room. So many memories!

 

Lucia Waterson

1 Year Ago

Day 3
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-mediterranean-rose-color-beach-lucia-waterson.html?newartwork=true
The Mediterranean rose color beach
Who said that old is ugly? Look at this breathtaking beach: it's made up of thousands of broken pink shells, they are so old that actually they are fossils that date back even 500 million years!

The result is a rare, unique pink beach. If you think it's all in my fantasy, then you are wrong, it truly exists and it's all natural.
This magic pink stardust can be found in Greece, near Crete, it's the Elafonissi beach, which offers you an authentic fairy-like experience!

 

Lucia Waterson

1 Year Ago

I'm always the last one!

Donna, your image is so beautiful!

 

Shelli Fitzpatrick

1 Year Ago

Well, I missed day three... but I still will enjoy seeing what everyone else posts.

 

Lucia Waterson

1 Year Ago

I'm sorry Shelli, I got mixed up with your day 2, that's why I didn't notice it! But it's true what you say, all the entries are inspiring!

 

GJ Glorijean

1 Year Ago

Lucia, You pink Mediterranean sand plus the whelk shell is just magnificent... shared more on your page... I hope to travel from Gibraltar along the coast over to Italy, wind around to Greece on over to Turkey some day... There's a Santa Claus cruise every couple years, maybe I'll land a licensing and splurge, dreamy... Thanks for sharing your pink sand (a kin to mineral rich pink Himalayan salt)... GJ

Donna, Okay... I went CAC cruisin through beach w/ ocean photos... I have so many that I dismiss, never seem to post... Thinking there's so many beach, ocean... no one wants to see my captures... well it took hours & hours, had so much fun looking back... new muse, seeing new things... Well I stuck w/ my Beach CAC plan transforming into Teapot Salty Sea Tasting... Tho the original photo as well as 3 teapots & another version of Native Sunrise wide pano processed & uploaded today in my Images & Creativity that flows gallery.

Shelli... That happened to me too... and this is the 1st time I've been back in a challenge... I love the CAC & being in each other's daily virtual studios whether in/out of the challenge... I get messed up w the times, not managerial... It's really hard to work in the middle of the day. It somehow throws me off when the clock doesn't begin at my happy hour 12:01 AM. See you in another challenge!!! Thx for your clicks & views!

ps Sorry to CACers that share via Pixels... I have so many tabs open that I monitor & admin here in FAA, I just never seem to get over to pixels to log in so it doesn't let me click or comment... Tho I'm enjoying everyone's beach images this week. Uplifting! GJ glorijean

 

Lucia Waterson

1 Year Ago

How kind, GJ, thank you very much! And great works as well!

 

Lucia Waterson

1 Year Ago

Day 4
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mediterranean-white-pebble-beach-lucia-waterson.html?newartwork=true
Mediterranean white pebble beach
Not all beaches are the same.
Mediterranean white pebble beach is a contemporary artwork featuring the famous Kefalonia Island, in Greece, with its beautiful Myrtos beach.

 

GJ Glorijean

1 Year Ago

WOW what a crazy day... JOLTING BANG against my house...

Discovering a 20ft garage was flying through the air landing in my yard,
taking down my cable... Calling the police to come to help...
Knocking down wires across the street, then continued blowing across
three properties, knocking over Joseph at my Nativity...
Thankfully calling the police able to clear away w/ road dept & wire safety.
Even the officer couldn't get thru to the cable company about the outage.
I figured I'd be without internet til next week...

The structure was from a tree company & the owner actually came by to see
what was going on that I called to alert his crew... I said thankfully contained w/
on minor damage but will be unable to work for a few days due to this Arctic Blast
& high winds expected to get worst in the NE USA overnight... The owner said oh
I can climb my ladder and restore the cable line.. Really!!! OMG!!!

So I am working sort of primitively repurposing my beach scene from yesterday...
Ruby slippers, whirling wind, news streaming some mysterious surveillance balloon
the size of 2 school buses over Montana... No I'm not in Montana or Kansas but the
garage canopy whirled through the air like Oz...

So I offer up lantern w/ rabbit, peace dove, asian woman w/ protective parasol
bring prayers, healing, gesture of solidarity set on Red4 background for love.

Thankful for many, many gifts from this 5D Off to the Beach Challenge.
Light a LANTERN for PEACE!!!
Prayers for Common Good for our planet, GJ glorijean

 

Lois Churchward

1 Year Ago

It looks like our days at the beach are just about done. Great work from everyone here. This was another fun challenge. Thank you Donna.

 

Gaby Ethington

1 Year Ago

Glad you are ok, GJ! What a scare!

Yes, thank you, Donna for another great and fun challenge!

Fun and beautiful images from everyone!

 

Thanks, Donna! Great work, y'all!

 

Carmen Hathaway

1 Year Ago

 

Thanks for this 5 Day Challenge, Donna & Abbie — always a fine sense of camaraderie as we share our imagery.

 

Laurie's Intuitive

1 Year Ago

Thank you for hosting this fun challenge, Donna! Abbie, thank you for these challenges! I have enjoyed everyone's uplifting, beautiful creativity, and the beach has been a very happy place to be in especially today with our temps this evening of 30-40 below zero Fahrenheit!!

 

Matthias Hauser

1 Year Ago

Wow, GJ, that sounds scary! Glad you are safe.

An incredible challenge. Many thanks to Donna and Abbie.

So, what do we do next? ;-)

 

GJ Glorijean

1 Year Ago

Thx for Gaby & Matthias, Yes it was scary as the loud noise also rocked the house...

Now my independent Aunt (turning 99 next wk) is enduring the ME Arctic Freeze; of course w/o any complaint!

I think a next CAC Challenge could be ART around the mysterious balloon floating...
How do we artist take courage every day in our art to embrace, resonate & make a different in our world.

Tho I also think this mindful beach escape could be a regular practice, challenge...
Thank YOU, I received MANY GIFTS having taken this challenge. Turning pt was the need to add ocean.
While it was grueling to go back & plan my work for the week, blessings came overpouring...
Now I am so busy w/ my creativity... working almost nonstop I can't seem to get enough time to keep up w the flow...

Thank YOU for this VIP CAC fellowship & the beach vibes despite the Arctic Cold (5 degrees overnight) here.
Grateful Joy! GJ

 

Lucia Waterson

1 Year Ago

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/loving-red-starfish-lucia-waterson.html?newartwork=true

Loving red starfish

Nobody loves you like your mum. She always keeps an eye on you. The search for new adventures is always so tempting for the baby ones, they are not scared of anything because they know that if they loose an arm they can reproduce a new one just like that.
They don't yet understand that outside the water they can suffocate. And what about if they meet a human who wants to touch them or take them home to display on their shelves?

So their mum has to monitor them all the time, at least she can count on more than 2 eyes, one at the tip of each arm. Not that they can see that much, just enough for what they need: to take the baby back home safely.


 

Lucia Waterson

1 Year Ago

I'm so sorry for your disadventure GJ!

Thanks a million Donna and Abbie for this great challenge! And well done everyone!

 

Donna Mibus

1 Year Ago

Well done to these 23 participants who completed!!

Amalia
Carmen
David
Debra
Donna
Gaby
GJ
Her Arts Desire
Laurie
Lindley
Lori
Lois
Lucia
Luther Fine Art
Karen S
Matthias
Nancy
Nina
Only a Fine Day
Roberta
Rose
Sandi
Tatiana

This was loads of fun! Thank you to everyone for all the wonderful beach images! Just the thing to chase the winter blues away!!

 

Laurie's Intuitive

1 Year Ago

Glad you are safe GJ!!

 

Sandi OReilly

1 Year Ago

So glad you all is well, GJ!!

Donna, really great job hosting this awesome challenge. Thank you so much. Abbie, appreciate your doing this one for us, really enjoyed it!

 

Debra Banks

1 Year Ago

Just checking in now. Sorry to hear the news GJ.. Good to know you are ok now. Fingers crossed for you.


Thank you Donna for your work in this challenge. You too Abbie

Great work everybody, will get round to looking at all the fab submissions tomorrow.

Take care all

 

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