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billmahler

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04/05/2008 1:38 PM	Alert
I got this exercise from Linda Cateura's book- David Leffel - Oil Painting Secrets of a Master Just a few colors, almost identical layout. The idea is to show the transparency of the grape vs the solidity of the cherry by shifiting colors and values. The idea is Leffel's but the rendering (sigh) is not quite the same as his!

..send ye not therefore to know for whom the bell tolls- it tolls for thee. John Donne

billmahler

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04/05/2008 1:39 PM	Alert
Here's the grape

..send ye not therefore to know for whom the bell tolls- it tolls for thee. John Donne

Maggie429

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04/07/2008 7:37 AM	Alert
Bill - Great idea and looks like a good exercise. The grape looks delicious.

Mgi www.hoviscreations.com

River

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04/07/2008 2:03 PM	Alert
Hi Bill...I think these are great...love your fearless and yet subtle use of color...and free hand...also this exercise it seems would lend itself to making you 'look' harder at things to see if you are getting the effect you really want.

mikec@pols

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04/08/2008 6:06 PM	Alert
Bill, I love these! Your work shows classic style to it, and is what painting in oils should be....BRAVO! Mike

"You either grow or regress...nothing stays the same...." (unknown) "A man may fall several times in life, but he is not a failure until he says that he was pushed..." www.portraitsoflifestudio.com

billmahler

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04/08/2008 6:48 PM	Alert
Thank you all for looking and commenting. These were fun to do, just 4X4 each. My wife snared them for the kitchen and they're at the framer already. A nice feature of painting on board is that you have these little odd pieces around for things like this. I commend that book. There are parts that I can't quite understand yet, but there are sections like this that are immediately helpful.

..send ye not therefore to know for whom the bell tolls- it tolls for thee. John Donne

Realist2
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04/12/2008 7:21 AM	Alert
Your work Sir, reminds me of the Masters. It is some of the finest on this forum. Viewing your work opens my eyes and my mind and makes me believe that there are still painters in this world.

billmahler

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04/20/2008 9:21 PM	Alert
there are still painters in this world Thank you for your encouraging words. Think the only thing I'd rather be called than a painter is Grandpa!

..send ye not therefore to know for whom the bell tolls- it tolls for thee. John Donne

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