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| 05/02/2007 9:04 AM |
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i have been working on quite a few paintings, that keeps me pretty busy, but i love visiting and sharing so i will pop up this painting i am working on right now...hopefully this will be done for a show i will attempt to enter, its juried entrance....she is about half done right now....
i believe the canvas,stretched, is a 20x24
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myrna
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| 05/02/2007 9:52 AM |
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She's looking great. One question, when do you get time to paint?  You're one busy woman and obviously a great time manager as well. |
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heatherm
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| 05/02/2007 11:05 PM |
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OWS,
You already have the expression on the face and the body modelled, looking forward to seeing more of it as you go along. |
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one who sees
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| 05/04/2007 5:25 AM |
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| thank you! hubby is home today and i am teaching a class this morning so i wont be updating till possibly monday...sorry!!! |
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Bruce Johnson
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| 05/04/2007 9:09 PM |
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Awesome stuff OWS... you're so good at these big cats... outstanding ...oh and by the way thanks so much for the tip about how to use liquin...  |
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Anna
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| 05/04/2007 10:40 PM |
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Hi OWS,
This is great.
Looking forward to seeing the finished one.
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Jim
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| 05/05/2007 1:14 AM |
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Very nice work. It will be good to see how this ends up.
You always amaze me with this layering technique.
Jim
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All the best,
Jim
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one who sees
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| 05/05/2007 9:07 AM |
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bruce! buddy!...anytime i can help just shout out!.....i am itching to get back to work on her...kind of exciting to work on these big cat pieces!...but it will have to wait till monday...and i am forcing myself to first work onthe giraffe painting a few hours....before rewarding myself by permitting me to work on the lion after! lolol.....still stuck on the dern giraffe...but i will eventually muddle and work through it!!!...
thank you ALL for the positive comments on this piece...hopefully i will be done with her in the next week or so...not tooo much to go....but some more color work first and a bit of tweak on the lip/end of the muzzle area... |
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jbmerrill
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| 05/06/2007 9:39 AM |
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| OWS... Outstanding! I like the "out of focus" on the body and the stark contrast of the background. Will you bring her face further into focus and leave the body a bit blurred? I'd sure like to see progress on this. |
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one who sees
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| 05/07/2007 7:28 AM |
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yupppers jim, thats exactly my plan.....i love to soften and leave out of focus areas, periphreal areas, less distinct, which sets it up so i can sharpen the detail on perspectively closer areas....in this case her head is my focal point....the rest is just supporting cast.....
i am forcing myself though, this morning to work on the african plains giraffe painting, and for my treat? i get to work on the lioness after......so hopefully i will have updates soon!!...thank you for the positive comments!! |
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one who sees
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| 05/07/2007 3:58 PM |
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| lets hope i dont have to try to do this too many times before i have success in posting this update.....a bit more corrective work today and a bit of adding some lighter values...now i will let this sit for a day or so and being some glaze work! yea!! finally! |
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one who sees
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| 05/07/2007 3:59 PM |
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| ack i tried to get this posted and i had to resize it four times! now its smaller than the first one!....ack! my apologies...one cant see a thing! |
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heatherm
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| 05/07/2007 7:32 PM |
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| I know what you mean, sometimes I can post larger and sometimes I can't, and my resolution is hardly ever over 72 pixels. |
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klippie
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| 05/09/2007 11:11 AM |
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one who sees,
really intriqued by your name,
as usual good painting.
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one who sees
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| 05/15/2007 8:52 AM |
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| psst retha? i consider each and everyone of us, as artists.....~ones who see~..i am merely but one...~wink~ |
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Kim
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| 05/15/2007 12:55 PM |
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| I absolutely love this! Can't wait to see the added glazing results. |
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one who sees
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| 05/16/2007 9:52 AM |
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morning!.....well i have begun to glaze now, adding glazes of raw sienna, then glaze that combine indigo and burnt umber.....tightning up things a bit as well.....can ya see the tip of her tongue?  ....
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Anna
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| 05/16/2007 10:38 AM |
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Hi OWS,
Wow, Outstanding.
Yes, I can see the tip of her tongue.
I would like to ask you a few questions if you don't mind.
-Do you use Liquin or transparent paint for glazing?
-How many parts of liquin and parts of paint?
-How many layers do you put on a painting?
-Do you paint on canvas or board?
-What kind of brush you use to glaze?
I hope I don't make you have a headache.
Thank you so much in advance.
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Anna
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| 05/16/2007 10:42 AM |
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Hi again,
I forgot to say the size of the picture is very good now.
Anna.
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klippie
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| 05/17/2007 12:08 AM |
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Posted By one who sees on 05/15/2007 8:52 AM
psst retha? i consider each and everyone of us, as artists.....~ones who see~..i am merely but one...~wink~
I cannot agree more, very original.
Retha
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