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C J
- Buena Park, CA
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An honest NEGATIVE critique is better than a dozen empty praises.
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You did a great job on the roses.
Howard, this turned out great. It was well worth the pain. Congratulations.....
Awww! Great job!
Hey girl. Think it through before hand. Like a carpenter told me once, "measure TWICE and cut ONCE." Same for us. Save this one for further notes. Tip to find out where you went wrong. Put a piece of acitate over the original out line it and then la…
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- orange county california
- What's your favorite media?
- Oils
- How long have you been drawing or painting?
- I'm returning to art after a long lay off
- Tell us a bit about yourself:
- I live in sunny Southern California with my Red Irish Setter, Molly Malone. I am teaching myself to paint dogs. I use friends dogs, dogs at dog beach, and at the dog park. While I'm there I take photos of them so that I have a reference to go by in between visits to make sure I have it right.
My goal is to practice on every subject daily, 24/7. If professional musician, sports players, and other artist of other field put in long hours of practice, why shouldn't we as artist. The paintings I posted are small 4x6 and 5x7 inches post card. This size is a pain to do but it tends to be a challenge and adds discipline. Every painting I will be doing is a learning piece and will go into the save and study box in the corner of the room. In-between practice I am also working on my other art work in order to see if I still can do it.
My life painting, portraits, landscapes, style is different from the animals as they ( animals ) are new territory for me right now.
Thank you so very much for visiting my page, and have a great day.
Post card size oil paintings. Photos taken too close.
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- At 7:18am on September 2, 2010,
DANIEL JOSEPH RICHARD McGOWAN said…
- Hi CJ,
Know just what you mean about ideas that don't come to fruition, until sometimes years later. Not often the case with me as I've always been a 'Do it Now' person, which has always paid off in business, but probably not in my art. I am looking forward to seeing those five horses.
Sincerely,
Daniel
- At 5:53pm on September 1, 2010,
Monica Wyland said…
- LOVE that picture of Molly on the boat! What a beautiful dog!
Thanks for the tips on my Angelina. measure TWICE and cut ONCE - Yep I've heard that before and it's one to live by for sure.
Part of the problem with my angelina is that I'm drawing her out on a bigger piece of paper than the 8 X 11 that I'm copying from. So I have to make one grid for the 8 X 11, and then a different grid for the bigger sheet. What happens is that my brain looks at the small one and wants to make the same size mark on the big one, and it's hard to judge the bigger proportion. But a smaller grid (with more squares) aught to help me get it.
I love your work by the way. You really capture the spirit of the animals that you do. Love them!
- At 10:34am on September 1, 2010,
DANIEL JOSEPH RICHARD McGOWAN said…
- Hi CJ,
You are absolutely right in all you say (and do). I wish I could be that good in my mind set. I suppose in a nutshell we could put this down to mind, vision, action? In my case, needing a lot of practice too. lol
- At 11:16pm on August 31, 2010,
Mike said… - Hey CJ
Cant wait to see the painting. Still waiting on the Blueberry pie though. LOL
I love all your art work, it is amazing what you can do. It seems that you really get into the piece and feel it as you paint. They have so much character.
Thanks for letting me know.
- At 10:21pm on August 31, 2010,
Willow said… - CJ, I just read your comment on my page and I thank you. I also want to say, "You made my day". It is sooo nice to know people enjoy my paintings. Thanks again.
- At 3:06pm on August 30, 2010,
jackie gregory said… - Hi CJ, looking after the grandchildren mostly because my Daughter is on her own now with 3 children, she is a senior staff nurse and has to work more hours now because of her situation, they are great kids so i don't mind having them, i do find time now and again to draw because you only need paper and pencil and there is no clearing up lol xx
- At 10:42am on August 30, 2010,
jackie gregory said…
- I'm happy you liked my portrait of Angelina, thank's CJ , i don't get much time these days for drawing but i see you are stilll producing wonderful art work xx
- At 9:40pm on August 29, 2010,
Colin said… - Hi CJ, thanks for your time and kind comments on my oil painting that i did many years ago
I am pleased you like
- At 8:35pm on August 24, 2010,
Brenda Morgado said… - Thanks CJ ...I do paln on giving it a day's rest and try to work on it a bit more ...see things that need improving .
- At 3:23am on August 23, 2010,
Joseph DeCommer said… - Thanks CJ! I'm glad you like my work! :D
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And I believe Nan and Pop would be very proud of your work
Mansi,
I like this, the woman has "Attitude" by the bucket load. Does it reflect real live??
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I perhaps would not label this "contemporary". Rather, it harkens back to very old Japanese stylistic painting. Its beautiful, but .....
Jo,
I have just tried boats and reflections... Nightmare! These look much better!
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Malcolm,
This is really good . I really like this series... however I believe the police may develop an intrest in your Acer... or is that where the insperation for the colours stems from!!
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