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Subject: 72dpi's finisihed Dr

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Rosie

Posts:300
10/10/2007 4:56 PM Alert 

If this comes thru he'll be fuzzy.

He's not really a fuzzy kinda a guy.

For all the past blunders, I am truely sorry.

The drawing of his father came to me fast.... He's in the hallway stage...this is where I place him in the hallway and pass by him several times going about my daily duties, glancing each time to see, if I'm ready to start painting.  I do believe we gotta' go.

Thanks everyone on your comps, patience and time.

Rosie

 





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Kim
Posts:435
10/10/2007 6:33 PM Alert 
Rosie, he will be very proud to have this painting done by you. He looks like a very caring and nice man. Excellent and worth the wait.
vikingwife

Posts:882
10/11/2007 9:41 AM Alert 
Excellent likeness! Nice work on the tie too

Jess
August

Posts:23
10/11/2007 9:46 AM Alert 
This is really good, although it seems uploading it has been more difficult than painting it!  I like the way it fades out at the edges.  Good luck with the next one.
Jim

Posts:2337
10/11/2007 8:04 PM Alert 
Can't ask for much more than this.
Beautiful painting. Worth the wait.
Jim

www.paintingsbyjim.com
All the best,
Jim

www.paintingsbyjim.com
jbmerrill

Posts:274
10/14/2007 7:51 AM Alert 
Beautiful work. Did you contemplate painting the stethoscope around his shoulders?
Jim Merrill
www.workingcanvas.com

If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. -van Gogh
one who sees

Posts:508
10/14/2007 7:57 AM Alert 
i have to admit to thinking the same thing......i like the stethoscope in the ref...gives the portrait a different presence,feel, spirit?

but youve done a fabulous job...wonderful likeness though its very hard to see by the size of your ref...eeeeek!
~I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it~
Vincent Van Gogh

www.bettyannlemist.com
Rosie

Posts:300
10/14/2007 10:42 AM Alert 

Yes, I had thought for a very long time about the tool of the trade, but...in knowing the man and his initial request for his fathers portrait...the paintings are to hang together, he is not one for pronouncing anything that would alter the respect he has for his father.  The stethescope was left out...the reference photos were shot on the fly in his office between patience, as the photos of reference he originally gave me were 1" square and the other a black and white college, had a little bit of a fro...I wanted to paint the man I know the eyes of kindness and the respect he deserves.

thanks for taking the time for making me feel welcome.

Rosie
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gene
Posts:1245
10/14/2007 1:26 PM Alert 
Rosie, this is very nice. I really like the way you faded out the background behind his head. I'm sure he will love it..............Gene
one who sees

Posts:508
10/15/2007 6:59 PM Alert 
i can relate for sure rosie, opting myself to sometimes leave things out that i consider not necessary to get the ~spirit~ of the person's character!...
~I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it~
Vincent Van Gogh

www.bettyannlemist.com
eyecandy

Posts:179
10/20/2007 2:27 PM Alert 
Rosie, I find the stark white part of the background blinding. I would tone it down just a little and reduce the intensity of the hot spot on top of his forehead a little. The picture looks like it was taken with a flash and I would like to see it with a little more modeling. Head on flash makes the image too flat. Better to have a light source from the side and maybe a little fill in light to bring in the shadows a little. Very often a white sheet or canvas can be used to reflect some light into the shadows without overdoing it.
Sorry, but I don't mean to belittle your efforts, but these are some of the principals that I have learned in my study of portrait work. It is a nice likeness and I'm sure that it will be appreciated.
Phil Sydell
Boynton Beach, Fl
phil-4a@comcast.net or phil4a@msn.com
Rosie

Posts:300
10/21/2007 8:19 AM Alert 

The background isn't really white the spot light I had at the side of the painting caused a glare on wet paint.

I don't know if this photo picks up the grey smokey background, I am new at posting photos and adjusting them to be accepted to the website.

I hope I got the numbers right on this one and it comes thru, I had a time posting the first one.

Thanks for the input, I agree with you on having a stark white background, It would not look right.

Rosie





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Rosie

Posts:300
10/21/2007 8:26 AM Alert 

Try again.

Dr. is so stuborn...he told me he is a very private man and I think this is why I have so much trouble posting him.

Rosie

If this don't work I give up.








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Rosie

Posts:300
10/21/2007 8:37 AM Alert 
One more.





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