11-28-2005, 05:35 PM | #1 (permalink) |
Helplessly hoping
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A recent painting (acrylic)
It's for my mother-in-law as a Christmas gift...
It's size is 36 x 40. I'm making a flat wooden natural stained frame for it. I'll show you guys the finished product, this is only two days of work, and the photo was taken from eight ft. back so the quality is not good, but here goes: |
11-28-2005, 06:18 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Holly smokes. It's beautiful.
As you keep paining try to make the leafs darker as they compete with the flower at the moment. Look at some pictures of leaves and noto how the light reflects across them. Note how the ones in the forgrounds are often bright as they get the most light. The flower is absolutely gorgeous, I love the red highlights. Infact I like them so much I think you can bring it out a little more for effect and perhaps just a hint more red on the background pettals. Finally, I think the two red rectangles in the top left and right cornder compete for attention with the red in the flower. I would tone the red down a bit. Can't wait to see the final work! Cheers. |
11-28-2005, 06:36 PM | #4 (permalink) |
Helplessly hoping
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Hey Mantus that's all wonderful advice, thank you!
As a matter of fact I had already been thinking all of the same things - no kidding! I agree with the red/orange at the top, but I haven't decided to go with a color, or just a shade. I was thinking of replacing it with a cream color, I just don't want to bring too many colors into the outer sections. The red, yes definitely. The actual flower had brilliant reds in it. That was an excellent suggestion, and affirms what I was already wondering if I should do. Lastly, the leaves have no shading yet, and when I'm finished, there will be more depth and perspective. After all there should be a shadow on the leaves from the flower, and it's not there yet. I need the sun to come out so I can get a better picture of it. That was taken at night, and flashes suck. pandafaye , thanks. I can’t wait to give it to her. |
11-28-2005, 09:54 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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That's absolutely beautiful. I wish I could do something like that for my MIL (not like she would appreciate it, anyway). I really love the vibrant reds mixed with the purple. It reminds me of a beautiful sunset.
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11-30-2005, 09:01 AM | #11 (permalink) | |
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Oh, and you'll need to compliment Mantus on my avatar. Entirely his doing, I just resized it to fit in the little box. |
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11-30-2005, 10:28 AM | #13 (permalink) | |
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Charlatan ~ Thank you. I do want to get around to painting some of your awesome phone-photos. I finally just decided to throw down the cash, and get started again. |
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12-05-2005, 09:43 AM | #20 (permalink) |
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Pinkie... It's been fun watching the painting progress. I love the choices you made.
Excellent!
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12-08-2005, 01:03 PM | #23 (permalink) |
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Very, very nice pinkie. It's absolutely beautiful. I hope your MIL loves and appreciates it!
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12-08-2005, 10:35 PM | #25 (permalink) |
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That's really beautiful, Pinkie. The colors in the flower are so vibrant, but I have to say I really like the way you did the leaves. The greens complement the petals. I love it - your MIL should too.
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12-24-2005, 10:38 AM | #31 (permalink) |
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That's a lovely gift. There's got to be a lot of love in there.
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12-24-2005, 10:40 AM | #32 (permalink) |
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ok, i'm not much into paintings, especially ones of flowers, however that is beautiful, so much so, that even not being very into paintings or paintings of flowers, I would be absolutely thrilled to receive that as a gift and would proudly display it in my living room. Awesome job, it's outstandingly beautiful, and you have a great talent.
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12-24-2005, 10:45 PM | #33 (permalink) |
Helplessly hoping
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Man you guys are so sweet, thank you!
Well, she loved it, she cried... I was so happy to give it to her. My family all helped pay for the framimg job so it was from all of us. It turned out wonderful. Thanks so much to everyone for the encouragement and support! This was my first flower. Merry Christmas! |
12-27-2005, 04:38 PM | #36 (permalink) |
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Sweet combination of forms and textures, colours and movement. A wonderful and thoughtful work that will neither fade into the wall after a while, nor will it overwhelm the room it finally rests in. Totally excellent in every respect Pinkie. Thanks for sharing the process.
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