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LMP01
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| 05/17/2007 4:05 PM |
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| Done with black, white, gray,blue and peach pastel on a copper colored paper. Comments, suggestions appreciated. |
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Frank
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| 05/17/2007 7:05 PM |
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Just 20 minutes, impressive ...
beautiful portrait of the tiger
Frank
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Tuscansky
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| 05/17/2007 7:23 PM |
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| Very nice--I have just one observation--the cat's snout on the right side of the painting seems to billow out a little far. This could be the distortion of the post. Also, I'm not sure how to preserve the wiskers on the right, but it would balance the face better if possible. Very nice piece, though. TS. |
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Jim
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| 05/17/2007 7:52 PM |
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Very nice piece. Just think of what you could do with more time.
Is there a reason you are doing it in 20 minutes?
Jim
www.paintingsbyjim.com |
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Diane
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| 05/22/2007 6:17 PM |
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| This is very nice. I think if you took some more time now to build up the layers of fir, it would look very soft and realistic, like Heather's cats, and more dimensional. I'm amazed that you were able to get this much detail in 20 minutes. I have the same question as Jim...why 20 minutes? |
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LMP01
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| 05/22/2007 8:34 PM |
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Thanks everyone for your comments. Appreciated.
Tuscansky, about the snout, I'm aware of the right side billowing out but the pastel smudge like crazy it's hard to fix it. It's not really a serious drawing. I just had fun doing it and was trying to see how quickly I could draw a tiger. The whiskers, they blend in with the white pastel. It's actually like drawing with chalk. Thanks for your ovserbation and compliments.
Jim and Diane, Well as I already mentioned to Tuscansky, I was just trying to see how quickly I could draw a tiger. It's not really a serious drawing.
Frank thanks for the nice comments. |
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Diane
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| 05/23/2007 5:37 PM |
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Lennie, it looks like a serious drawing. It looks very good. IMHO, I think now that you've seen how fast you can draw/paint a tiger, you should continue on and make it a finished painting.  The nose doesn't look too bad too me, but what do I know? Maybe this particular liion had a nose like that.
FYI for future info: I have used a stiff bristle paint brush to flick off unwanted pastel (as suggested to me on this forum) and I also learned in my Maggie Price workshop, that a 1" foam brush is good at removing pastel. Sometimes a neaded eraser works too. |
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gene
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| 05/24/2007 8:29 AM |
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| This is very nice. I agree with Diane that you should go ahead and make a finished painting of the subject. And thanks, Diane, for your tip on using a foam brush to remove pastel. These various workshops teach us so much, and thanks for sharing it...............Gene |
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LMP01
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| 06/01/2007 9:04 PM |
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| Thank you Diane and Gene, Thanks for the advice Diane. I appreciate it and I have to give it a try. I'll take into consideration you suggestion to make a finished painting of a tiger. |
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heatherm
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| 06/01/2007 9:14 PM |
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Lennie,
Don't be afraid to use your pastels. I see paper showing through. Even though it is a quick painting use more pastel. I agree you should make a finished painting of this, the eyes are beautiful. If you are having a problem with pastel dust, hold the painting over a trash bin almost face down (careful not to crinkle your paper) and flick it with your finger, this gets rid of the extra dust you don't want. A lot of the time I want the dust so I can blend other colors into it to get a smooth creamy effect, then I will flick it.
If you want to blend, put saran wrap around your finger to blend pressing slightly before you blend, this will press the pastel into the paper and then you can smooth it out. I like blending with my fingers, but with the warm weather coming moisture or oils on the skin will ruin it. I wash my hands constantly anyway, because holding the sticks I get the pastel all over me - LOL. Wipe your pastels often with tissue, or you will find colors you don't want going down on your paper. To blend you need enough pastel on the paper to it.
For detail work like the whiskers, lightly spray outside holding the spray can way back from the work, and let the breeze take the spray onto the paper, that way you won't get dots of varnish on your work. Also before you spray the painting, spray into the air a couple of times to make sure the spray is fine. Use a fixitive spray. When it is dry use a pastel pencil to do your fine work. Hope these suggestions help. |
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Muckleskate
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| 06/07/2007 4:18 AM |
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| Good for you! Be brave and experiment. Next time start with a paper toned to your mid-values. Do your dark shadows, then your highlights, then go back and do your mid-tones . . . and do it all quickly, in TEN minutes. Turn it to the wall for a day or so, then take a look at it and spend another TEN minutes on it. Bet you'll be surprised at how well it turns out. Or if it doesn't, look at all you will have learned by daring to do something different. |
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Sandy
Signatures Gallery
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