Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Macaw

This painting is from a photo provided by Cindi, one of our members in Painting Friends. The painting was done for our Friday Foto Challenge, where one member posts a photo he or she would like to paint. Then we have the option to paint it also. I have recently began using Daniel Smith's watercolors and like the brightness in the paints. This was done looser than I usally paint but like the effect it has with the whites being left to show the light coming in. Thanks Cindi for sharing this photo with us.

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6 comments:

  1. Krista HassonOctober 15, 2009 at 1:50 PM

    He is fantastic, your white absolutely give it a wonderful sense of light and your colors are so clean and vibrant, well done!

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  2. Ross LynemOctober 15, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    Hi Nora;
    Thanks for stopping by my blog today and for your lovely words. I do appreciate it. And your parrot is beautiful. He looks ready to leap off the branch at any time. I love how you maintained the light. I also agree with Krista. The colors are brilliant.

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  3. Christiane KingsleyOctober 17, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    Nora, your parrot is fantastic! Indeed, your colors are so fresh! Well done.

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  4. norapaints@blogspot.comOctober 18, 2009 at 7:58 AM

    Thankyou Krista, Ross and Christiane for your comments. One color I used in here was Daniel Smith's Pthalo Blue which I really didn't use before.

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  5. NORA KASTENOctober 18, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    Nora, leaving the white of the paper show through for your lights brings a wonderful liveliness to your painting. . . . Nora

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  6. norapaints@blogspot.comOctober 18, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    Thank you Nora

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