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vikingwife
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| 08/30/2008 11:54 AM |
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| Hi all! It's so good to be back on-line again! I really missed checking in and seeing everyone's projects! This one is a stippling that I did a few months ago for a friend (my first commissioned project!...YIIPPPEEE!!) It is a small portrait (4X6) of my friend's sister's boys. They are missionaries and thus.....any portrait I made had to be small enough to tuck into luggage! Crits and comments welcome!
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jimmy4u
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| 09/04/2008 10:37 PM |
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This is amazing Jess!!
I wonder if people here are aware of just what it takes to produce a painting like this.
Just what stippling is and how it's done. I think you have to have the patience of a saint.
Maybe you could explain a little of what it takes to produce a piece of art like this!
I'm looking forward to your venture into watercolor.
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mikec@pols
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| 09/05/2008 5:41 AM |
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This is very well done and it has a definite look to it that makes it unique....
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"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..."
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vikingwife
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| 09/12/2008 6:58 AM |
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Thanks Jim and Mike!
My method....I choose a photograph that I think would make a good black and white subject. Then I scan it into my computer and turn it to greyscale so I can see if there are enough values to work with. Then I print out my black & white copy.....and that is my reference material. In this case (because it was a commissioned piece) I used a light table and some tracing paper to do a contour outline of the boys so I could get the placement where I wanted it on my board. Then I went in and did the detailwork freehand. After that, I just sat down and started dotting away. The more dots you add, the darker the area....as seen in the clothing. All of this was done in dot except for the hair, in which I used linework. The only issue that I have in posting here is that I do not use a tripod to photograph my work, so sometimes the dots get blurred a bit. Thanks for looking 
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LovetoPastel
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| 09/12/2008 2:07 PM |
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| Very nice! It looks so natural for a method that could drive you nuts! Great job!...although with the detail I throw in my stuff, I could say the same thing! Show us more! |
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