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| 05/09/2007 5:48 PM |
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JM Artist............excellent work. Dramatic contrasts and shading, love it.
Thank you Retha. I'm afraid I've ruined it though. I sprayed it with fixative, and the charcole went poff, and now it has tiny black specks throughout.I'd say I got a little too close with the spray. Guess that's what's called live and learn! Thank goodness I took the picture before I sprayed. |
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lwurster
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| 05/10/2007 9:49 AM |
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I'm so tremendously impressed by the response--and the wonderful images everyone has posted.
Let's do another paint-off in June. If anyone has suggestions, please email TAMedit@fwpubs.com with "Paint-off" in the subject line.
Awesome work everyone!
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klippie
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| 05/10/2007 2:54 PM |
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Myrna, what a pity, mind you I have done that too.
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HeatherL
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| 05/15/2007 1:50 PM |
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Hi
I'm new to this forum. This is a rose from my garden in watercolor on cold press paper. There are some really beautiful pieces here, I'm looking forward to sharing my work with such a talented group.
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HeatherL
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| 05/15/2007 1:57 PM |
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Myrn,
I did the same thing to a pastel portrait I did of my daughters in black and white. It can be so sensitive! This is where computer technology can really come in hand. I scanned the image and cleaned it up in Photoshop and it's perfect now. I was fortunate to get a free copy of PS but you can get an inexpensive version of it called Photoshop Elements (I got a free copy with my digital Camera I just bought)and it has enough of the tools to let you do minor clean up.
If computer work is not your thing, you can always go over it again with pastels or say it was MEANT tolook like that. You've added your own unique texture! Hey! You're the artist, it's all up to your interpretation!
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laartgallery
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| 05/15/2007 2:09 PM |
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Sha Daisies.. Daisies and shadows on my counter. I am new here as well. Am looking forward to seeing and hearing from this highly talented group.
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laartgallery
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| 05/15/2007 3:47 PM |
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| Heather - Hi I'm new too.. Lovely rose. |
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myrna
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| 05/15/2007 5:27 PM |
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| Heather and Lori...............welcome to the forum. Your pictures are fabulous!!!!!!!!! I am looking forward to seeing more work from both of you. Thank you for the suggestions Heather, a friend actually said today that it still looks great, she thought it was supposed to be like that. But when you know different it still kind of bothers you. I may try a bit of pastel though, never thought of that. |
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laartgallery
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| 05/15/2007 5:58 PM |
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Myrna, thank you. I just took a moment and viewed ALL the posts this time. LOL I'm still trying to find my way around, it seems I get the oldest posts first, so I missed a lot. Your flowers are all lovely.  P.S. My sister, whom I dearly loved and just recently passed away was Myrna, and just wanted to say you have a great name for a reminder for me.  |
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star_grl
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| 05/15/2007 8:57 PM |
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Wow! Very striking -- I really like the contrast of colors and shapes. It is peaceful yet enegetic. This is the first I have heard of chigiri-e. it looks like thin layers of paper -- is it collage?
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L'artiste-poete
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| 05/15/2007 9:17 PM |
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Hi, Sabrina,
Thanks for the nice comments. Yes, it's collage. Somewhere in one of the posts, I explained (somewhat simply) how it's done. Basically, the collage is put together with a mixture of water and white glue, applied with a brush. the paper is Japanese paper, with inks dropped into it, then the paper is torn into shapes. Surely there is a more sophisticated way to achieve chigiri-e according to Japanese tradition, but this is what I learned.
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Jim
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| 05/15/2007 11:07 PM |
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Hi Lori,
Welcome and great work! Nice colors, great shading
and I love reflective work.
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Jim
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| 05/15/2007 11:09 PM |
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Heather,
Very nice work on the rose. Pastels and watercolors.
Anything else?
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carrolls_art
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| 05/16/2007 7:33 AM |
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Hi Lori and Heather! It's great to have you here. Your watercolors are beautiful! I'm inspired to dust mine off and try them again.
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laartgallery
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| 05/16/2007 9:08 AM |
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Thank you Jim. Reflective and realism my fav. will have to go take a look at your website.
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laartgallery
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| 05/16/2007 9:09 AM |
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Carroll, No dust on my waters only on my oils.
Thanks
Lori
Looking for a tutorial, I have some on my blog
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heatherm
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| 05/18/2007 3:45 PM |
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Lori and Heather,
Welcome to you both to the forum. Beautiful works. I hope to see you posting more in the other forums. |
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laartgallery
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| 05/18/2007 4:12 PM |
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| Heather - Thank you, took a look at your site. Nice work, and I see your an ACEO addict like me. Great to be friends here too! |
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Tuscansky
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| 05/18/2007 8:40 PM |
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| Here's an iris with a visitor in my garden. Just got it out in graphite--thinking about expanding it to pastels, but here it is. TS |
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Johanna
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| 05/18/2007 9:49 PM |
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That is cute TS. Like your graphite work. It would stand out in pastel. Nice work.
Johanna. I keep wanting to be working on my art. I just have to many of lifes "to do" things on the go at the moment.
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