This is one of those you paint 100 rejects to achieve. It was worth every reject I created to get here. I am thrilled with this. Don’t know if you can tell when you look at it on the monitor, but it has a very luminous quality in person – it looks almost metallic and sparkles. And it’s only ink. I think the juxtaposition of values gives it that effect, but I’m not sure.
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This is a painting study reproducing the lovely work from a...
roseindigo 10:53 am on September 27, 2009 | #
It definitely works. Love the light, direct and indirect and reflected light. Beautiful!
Margie 11:40 am on September 27, 2009 | #
Roseindigo, you point out something I think adds to the luminous quality: the very bright DIRECT lighting on the left, and the much less bright INDIRECT of REFLECTED (not sure of the source) lighting on the right. I hadn’t thought of it that way prior to your comment. Thank you.
Nikira 9:48 pm on September 27, 2009 | #
Beautifully done, like it a lot.
Sophie Brown 11:17 pm on September 27, 2009 | #
Some of these have an otherworldly quality. You know how the judges on Superman 1 are yelling, “Guilty! Guilty!” When I was little at Casa Bonita (theme restaurant in Denver) they had a talking well and the guy was distorted and green kind of like this. So they are not just technically good but have some character as well.
Margie 7:47 am on September 30, 2009 | #
Thank you, Sophie… I understand what you are saying about other worldy.
mahoning 3:49 am on November 3, 2009 | #
don’t forget the hundred.