Challenge Hunt ATART June 9-12

[sniisk]

Here we go again! This will be the official thread for the Challenge Hunt (ATART) on June 9-12.

A list of special supplies you will need if you want to complete all the tasks:
polymer clay or something similar
book pages
foreign postage stamps
yarn
crayons
paint
inks
bubble wrap
a key
napkins
buttons
brads
staples
ribbons
stickers
stamped images
confetti
watercolors
a map

I don't list any obvious items as normal papers, pens, scissors etc. You can use mostly whatever you have but some tasks are more limited.

Sniisk is hosting and counting points. If you have questions, please put them in the thread. Answering PMs may take longer. Other members may answers to your question faster than me (because of the timezones).

Start and end times: When ever it is starting to be Thursday in NZ. It is Wednesday afternoon in Europe and Wednesday morning in the US. You can start when you see the tasks. This a-thon will end when it will look like Monday on the last timezone = when it is midnight in GMT -12. I will inform about the times in the thread. How ever, you cannot start officially before you see the tasks so no need to stress about it.

Here are some tips and "vocabulary" when checking the tasks: A creation means anything that you make. It does not need to be an ATC if not specified in the task. Anything handmade goes well and it doesn't need to be available for trade. Also, the media is free as long as not mentioned in the task. A card means an ATC, a chunky book page, an inchie or anything that can be called as a card.

Because we are creating different sizes and forms of art here, it may be useful to inform others if it is an ATC, inchie, chunky etc. so we know the size.

Very important: Mention the task (both the number and description so I won't miss it) you have completed when posting a picture. You can count max three tasks in one creation but remember to mention all of them.

I will make marks in the thread to show you when I have counted points so far. When you see the mark, you know that I'm not going to look back anymore. If you change anything in your earlier posts, remember to send a message after that.

1 point per task if nothing else mentioned. Total 100 points. You can get points from one task once only.

If you do not understand a task, please ask. We all are happy to help. Don't take tasks too seriously. Everything goes as long as you can keep some kind of connection to the original task.

TASKS ARE IN THE NEXT POST

And remember, of course you can join this a-thon even if you don't join the hunt!

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General a-thon info (for all ATARTs)

What IS an ATART?
It’s an All Types of ART marathon where you can create art, made over the same time in each time zone. This thread is going to be our crafting room.

HOW IT WORKS:
Start creating art when it's time to start, then upload your lovely creations to your Athon gallery and post to the thread. Trading and chatting are going on all the time.
After all the trading is done move your creations OUT of the Athon Gallery and into their correct Galleries - 'Available ATCs' or 'Mail Art'

HOW TO ASK FOR A TRADE:
When you find a piece of art you would like to trade, please SEND A PERSONAL MESSAGE (PM) to that person asking for a trade. Please DO NOT post requests for trades to the thread. It can get way too confusing.

Note: If you do make a trade, please be sure to send to your trade partner within two weeks. If you’re running late, communicate!

WANT TO COMPLIMENT AN ARTIST:
And you will… remember you can click the You Rock button and leave it there or just simply click Like button.

HOW TO POST YOUR ART TO THE THREAD:

From your atcsforall.com gallery:
It’s easiest to have two windows open.
1) Go to your gallery and copy the image location
2) Go to your post and paste the copied text
3) and then you're done.

Remember that images from the gallery can be small, medium or large. Find the word in the address and change it to the size you want.

From your computer:
1. Click POST REPLY at the bottom of the messages screen. Above the message box, click the paperclip next to the smiley face. Then upload as usual. This will upload your picture as a thumbnail.
2. If you go into the Quick Reply box at the bottom of the messages screen, click GO ADVANCED and you will get the paperclip above the message box.

NEW TO A-THONS?
If you have any questions at all, feel free to pm me or post your questions to the thread. We have a lot of experienced art-a-thoners who are more than willing to help those of you new to this craziness.

[sniisk]

TASKS:

1) every day you post a new creation in the thread (1p/day = max 4p)
2) make a trade (up to 3 trades, 1p/trade = max 3p, name the trader)
3) give reputation points to five people (you don't need to tell who got them)
4) make a card with things that fly (1p/card, up to 4 flying things = max 4p)
5) theme: herbs
6) use something from your kitchen (a tool for cooking, the packaging of a food...)
7) theme: numbers (1p/card, max 3p)
8) spirelli technique as a part of your creation (see examples in the gallery)
9) theme: windmill
10) mail a surprise (a RAK) to someone who has posted in the thread but do not mention the name (but show the RAK, of course) (3p)
11) make an embellishment or a whole creation by using polymer clay (2p)
12) use found poetry (at least 6 words)
13) theme: Sweden
14) make a card that has a moving part (2p)
15) theme: birdhouse
16) use at least two foreign postage stamps in one creation (1p/creation, up to 5 creation = max 5p)
17) give an art challenge in the thread
18) join a given art challenge (not your own, see the task 17) (3p)
19) theme: garden
20) use yarn in your creation
21) tell us how did you find this forum, why did you join etc. (2p)
22) theme: pests
23) create a serie of ATCs (up to 5 cards) so that the cards work separately but also forms a bigger picture together (1p/card = min 2p, max 5p)
24) use text page as a background of your card (you can draw, paint, collage, sew, stamp or what ever you want to do on it)
25) theme: Sri Lanka
26) use crayon
27) use a non-standard art supply as a part of your creation (anything you can find)
28) use a color you don't like
29) theme: bear
30) use someone else's style in your creation (do not tell who's style)
31) guess who's style someone has used (one guess gives you the point, you don't need to know the correct answer)
32) theme: pleasant
33) paint/ink with bubble wrap
34) use a key as a part of your creation (the key can be real, made of paper, clay or anything else)
35) make a cat/dog card with Piccasso style
36) theme: Australia
37) show an object from 2 or more points of view (such as a flower seen from the top, a stem, the roots...) (1p/card, up to 4 point of views = max 4p)
38) use a decorative napkin in your card
39) theme: Hawaii
40) create a symbol/pattern/image which you use in three different cards (3p)
41) theme: mouth
42) use mostly color yellow only
43) interprete a song/music from the 80s in your card
44) combine at least four things in one creation: button, brad, staple, sticker, ribbon, confetti, stamped image, postage stamp (1p/creation, up to 4 creation = max 4p)
45) theme: iced drink
46) use a theme that is not your favorite, but others might like
47) use 3 or more stickers
48) use something from outside (could be a stick, a leaf used as a stamp, etc.) (2p)
49) theme: turtle/tortoise
50) brown and another color (1p/card, up to 4 different other colors = max 4p)
51) make a card that shows breakfast, lunch or dinner
52) theme: wheels
53) put a positive spin on covid/pandemic in your creation
54) drawn background with collage or vice versa
55) use watercolors only
56) use part of a map in your creation but not as the main element
57) theme: summer solstice
58) monochromatic creation (up to 4 different cards, four different colors, 1p/creation = max 4p)
59) use your non-dominant hand to write or draw something
60) use collage fodder that was given to you

[sniisk]

Given art challenges:

1. Finish something you started and abandoned (given by somnia)

2. Complete 1 card (or whatever art format fits the challenge) each day of the Challenge Hunt that includes as many points as possible (given by jezebelle)

3. Use words or images from your junk mail (given by CastleQueen5)

4. HD/HP a highland cow (“hairy cow”) (given by piggles)

5. Sketch something from life/on location (not from a picture or imagination). It doesn't have to be an ATC. It could be drawn in your sketchbook, napkin, paper cup (I recently saw an urban sketcher doing this), on a receipt or junk mail. Anywhere. (given by Aifrati)

6. Art inspired by a children's book (given by CynthiaSillitoe)

7. Apply ink or paint through a piece of lace for nice texture (given by Lalka)

8. Make two cards exactly the same, but in opposite colors (given by fundygirl)

9. Make an ATC that lists (or illustrates) three things you like about YOUR art! (given by LuAnnP)

10. Make an ATC using fabric and stitching (given by StitchinWitch)

11. Draw an iconic city landmark onto a collage background (given by fernsmama)

12. Make a manadala in your creation (given by chaosatlanta)

13. Use two types (watercolour, acrylic, oil, homemade etc) of paint in one single card (given by katie333)

14. Use shaving cream to colour some backgrounds (given by Donnacr)

15. Create a Neurographic Abstract https://youtu.be/p4bTnRqUNSM (given by Everlorne)

16. Create a card of a country with the first letter beginning with the first or last letter of your name (given by jo.on.the.go)

17. Create something that features your favourite song (given by Beverley)

[jo.on.the.go]

Bookmarking

[Seascape131]

Bookmarking

[somnia]

Bookmarking

[Donnacr]

Can't wait!

[fundygirl]

Woo-hoo! Ready to go!

[CastleQueen5]

Thanks for the pm.

[LuAnnP]

Darn! I've been waiting for the next CHALLENGE ATART.... and it is coming during a weekend that I have a big three-day family event out of town. I shall pack up a few supplies, and my iPad, and participate less fully than I had hoped. Challenges are so much fun.

[HHC]

Checking in!

[StitchinWitch]

Will be here unless something unexpected happens

[katie333]

Woohoo, bookmarking to learn more about this event and the challenge aspect.

[sniisk]

Darn! I've been waiting for the next CHALLENGE ATART.... and it is coming during a weekend that I have a big three-day family event out of town. I shall pack up a few supplies, and my iPad, and participate less fully than I had hoped. Challenges are so much fun.

If you check the time zones, you may have more time than you think.

[Beverley]

Looking forward to playing

[NYJunkie]

Once again....thank you Sniisk for the invitation. I'll keep an eye on this ATART and will try to post a few pieces.

[dsign49]

Thanks for the reminder.

[Suzi]

I’m hoping to be able to participate! I missed the last one!

[chaosatlanta]

Thank you so much for the invite. Maybe this time I will be able to play.

[catladybj]

Thank you for the invite. I have not done one of these challenge thingies, maybe I will be able to do it this time! : )