Emma O'Shaughnessy.

Feast your eyes on this and then come back for seconds.

Emma O'Shaughnessy, ink, chalk pastels and a little digital editing.

Robert P. Ryan.

Here you go, a lovely gift from me to your peepers.

Robert P, Ryan, "Give and Take", digital painting.

The receipt's in the bag.

Shane Horan.

Shane Horan, "Merry Krampus", pen and post-it.

I've done my homework on this one: Krampus is the central European Christmas tradition of dressing as a monster in order to scare children into being good.
As for the character on the left, your guess is as good as mine.

Theme for December.

Hello. Now what can I do for you? A theme, you say? Well I've got a nice special theme here just for you:

Give and Take.

Give it a go, see what you make of it.
Take as long as you like with it (within the month), then send a copy of your image to trysquareart@gmail.com and it will appear here on the blog.
Give a look at the Information page for more details, but square and in some way arty is all you really need to know.
Take whatever interpretation of the theme you wish, it's entirely up to you.
Give yourself a break and create some art just for the fun of it.


Take it easy!