This is my entry for the Pay It Forward Curation Contest - Week 50 hosted by @pifc.

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The rules of this challenge are very simple: Feature 2 High Quality Original Content Blog Posts from Steemians with a reputation score of 55 or under.

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This week I bring you another couple of artists from Venezuela: @heyjess and @the7thart.

Here's the preview of both featured posts:

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#1 - @heyjess (52)

Jesber Chávez joined the Steem Network over a year ago, on March 2, 2018. He's a 22 year old artist from Venezuela and says he's a Lover of All Forms of Art.

@heyjess has publishing regularly and lately, he's been making a post in Spanish, and then again in English. So his profile may appeal to our Spanish speaking friends of @pifc, too.

The featured post belongs to a series @heyjess called "Drawing and Illustrating Famous" and now he brings us the portrait of the singer Rihanna:

• Drawing and Illustrating Celebrities | Chapter 8 "RIHANNA"

In the post, @heyjess includes a short biography of Rihanna and the step by step progress to achieve his final work.

@heyjess seems to be focused on this platform and I'm sure he'll bring us some more great piece in the future.

Featured Post Links: 1Ramp / Busy / SteemPeak / Steeve / SteemIt

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#2 - @the7thart (55)

Andrea Morales is a 17 years old Artist, also from Venezuela, who has been blogging in the Steem Network since August 22, 2018. She uses this platform to showcase her artistic skills.

(Some of you might recognise her name, since she was featured in the @pifc contest last December by @seyiodus and also on my Art Curation Initiative #6.)

In the post I've selected from @the7thart she shows us a very vibrant and colourful painting on a cardboard.

• HAGO MI PROPIO DISEÑO CON MIS ELEMENTOS FAVORITOS PARA DIBUJAR

@the7thart usually publishes two versions of her posts, so if you want to wait for the English version, I'm sure it will be up very soon.

@the7thart has a very interesting style and her pieces don't stick to a single theme. She varies quite a lot.

Featured Post Links: 1Ramp / Busy / SteemPeak / Steeve / SteemIt

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# Final Thoughts

At the time I'm writing this, both posts have little rewards, with $0.28 and $0.07, which is very, very low, seeing the effort, time and work both artists have put on these quality publications.

I believe @heyjess and @the7thart are very young but talented artists and I hope they can keep growing and evolving their talents using this platform.

I'd like to point out that the NTopaz project is exclusively dedicated to artists and their artworks and I believe you can take advantage of this, to increase your exposure on this platform. (You can use your STEEM keys to login at that site; Any post from NTopaz will be automatically visible in SteemIt.)

Please give them some love and support. Any help is appreciated.

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If you want to join the contest, here's more info about the "Pay It Forward" contest hosted by @pifc.

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My previous participations are here:

Week	Featuring		Week	Featuring
3	@lesploratore, @natashamoscow & @cebuvibes		5	@sscrow, @nikonat & @alcidsmujica
6	@neliacordeiro, @anomt & @gonzeto		7	@aleisandel, @sentanu74 & @kothy
8	@maryspace, @timmolloy & @viking-ventures		9	@permanayogi, @teafp & @dustsweeper
10	@abrahmatan & @itsdatneighbour		11	@wgustaman & @blue-dragon
12	@skinlovekin04 & @chriscomics		14	@stahlberg & @daio
15	@drowkeudrow & @christianyocte		16	@escfrancis & @marzukie
17	@artbynadine & @unyimeetuk		18	@marya77 & @lady-idra
19	@michellebonaroti and @connor-russo		20	@maya525 and @stuffing
21	@kryptik.tigrrr3d, @rebeca.just20 and @papersmell		22	@vesteban and @haiyentree
23	@adelair and @edanya		24	@mushroomdreams and @sweettais
25	@jeremyrfk and @armandosodano		27	@spi.der and @maysi-art
28	@hedenus and @helenelenoble		29	@marcocosta and @papersmell
30	@alkor and @francisftlp		31	@taifavre and @misssadeyes
33	@thedudebroguy and @madstalfos		34	@faffy and @seanbon
36	@saqib-bashir and @matteopaints		37	@carloscaat and @fragarixie
38	@e254e and @perazart		39	@reggiemilliz and @credlonu
41	@irisnova and @teammoney		42	@miewdrawings and @elfmyselfandi
45	@clareartista and @roveana		46	@giomatos and @marylucy

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Pay It Forward Curation Contest - Week 50 hosted by @pifc.

If possible, I'll be buying 2 SBI (@steembasicincome) shares - one for each artist - with the rewards from this post.

Please support @heyjess and @the7thart with a few upvotes, follows, resteems, comments. 😉

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