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This week’s Simon is artist Amanda Makepeace. Her theme for Simon Sez is clouds. She describes what she is looking for like this: “I’ve been thinking about clouds a lot lately, long before the floods hit us here in the south. They can be so many things, like and dreamy or dark and brooding!  So [...]


Sharing an open-to-the-public challenge from vfem:
Welcome to the ECO – Challenge:
Some say I’m a hippy, but I just try to do my part. When it comes to being earth friendly in this house, we do it out of habit everyday. Its easy, but now lets make it fun!

This challenge is for every artist! Every non [...]


Amanda Makepeace is the winner of Simon Sez… Spiders and Snakes! She was dubbed Simon for her wonderful Black Widow Spider.

If you want keep up with Simon Sez, be sure to go to the EBSQ Forum and check Challenge Central. Challenge Central is the place to check on current and past Simon Sez challenges – [...]


This week’s Simon is Shannon Girouard-Fogl and she says “Simon Sez… Body Parts!” Shannon was dubbed Simon by Stephanie D’Aigle who felt her entry depicting summer in Simon Sez… Show Me Your Favorite Season was “a wonderful catch”.

For her turn as Simon, Shannon wants to see body parts. To be specific, “I want to see [...]


The winner of this week’s Simon Sez challenge is Alma Lee. Lisa Miller – this week’s Simon, had requested portraits. What she said about Alma’s entry was simple and short… “Sigh………Alma, I love your style. Stunning.”

If you want keep up with Simon Sez, be sure to go to the EBSQ Forum and check Challenge Central. [...]


This week’s Simon is artist Lisa Miller. Her theme for Simon Sez is portraits. She describes what she is looking for like this: “As some of you know I’m fairly obsessed with portraits….anything goes, people, pets, animals as long as it breathes.  Unlimited entries…..any media.  Bring it!”

All Simon Sez challenges are open to everyone. To [...]


The winner of this week’s Simon Sez challenge is Lisa Miller! Vikki King had requested a theme that was all about recreation and play. Vikki said that it wasn’t an easy choice but in the end Lisa’s entry got the nod because: “…gosh darn it that girl on the swing out in front is just [...]


This week’s Simon is artist Vikki King. Her theme for Simon Sez is “play”. She describes what she is looking for like this: “Recreation. Sports, hobbies, kids. People doing what they think is fun, just keep it PG ok? So “play time”. Fun in the Sun. Any thing that clearly makes the viewer think the [...]


The winner of this week’s Simon Sez challenge is Vikki King. Alma Lee had requested a trip back to the 1960’s with her theme. She explained her reasons for choosing Vikki’s entry thus… “Oh let’s face it, the entries are all so (groovimus)! I have so enjoyed this nostalgic trip. In the pursuit of art [...]


This week’s Simon is Alma Lee and her theme for Simon Sez is The 1960’s. Alma presented her theme like this – “1960’s were a time of change. Where radicals had a reason and love was of the highest order. Hippies danced in daisy speckled fields long after the establishment cried “experiment failed”. I am [...]