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Young Mayan woman26 total reviews
Comment from chickadee
Oh Cleo what a touching and sad story behind the eyes of this beautiful woman! A stunning depiction of the eyes observing you. The art work is amazing and the details remind me of the old Renaissance work. Lovely vibrant colors and a beautifully rendered painting!
/Chickadee
reply by the author on 20-Jan-2012
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Oh Cleo what a touching and sad story behind the eyes of this beautiful woman! A stunning depiction of the eyes observing you. The art work is amazing and the details remind me of the old Renaissance work. Lovely vibrant colors and a beautifully rendered painting!
/Chickadee
Comment Written 20-Jan-2012
reply by the author on 20-Jan-2012
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Thank you very much. Your compliments make me blushing :-)
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You are an amazing artist Cleo! Your work is soo expressive!
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Thank you!
Comment from 4 I AM
If you painted this with oils i believe the wrong category was clicked, and should have been traditional. Hope that helps. The piece is gorgeous and i love the detail very much.
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2012
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If you painted this with oils i believe the wrong category was clicked, and should have been traditional. Hope that helps. The piece is gorgeous and i love the detail very much.
Comment Written 18-Jan-2012
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2012
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Thank you very much for your kind review and your input. The category is right. It is painted digitally. My program ArtRage is very similar to traditional painting. It is done brush Stroke by brush stroke, just that the brushes are moved with my fingers on a pad. I chose basic [digital-] canvas, [digital-] oil brushes in different sizes and the [digital-] palette knife for this painting. The painting is manly done with the knife after applying the color.
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I find that so wild and interesting. It looks just like a real painting on the screen. thanks for filling in the details for me. Ronny D'Haene
Comment from corrinas creations
This is a beautiful portrait. Lovely expression captured, she is a beautiful woman and looks very caring and the type of woman who everyone would want to be friends with.
Lovely colours come through and I really like the technique you have used with the brush strokes. An inspiration piece of art, I would give this more stars if I could
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2012
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This is a beautiful portrait. Lovely expression captured, she is a beautiful woman and looks very caring and the type of woman who everyone would want to be friends with.
Lovely colours come through and I really like the technique you have used with the brush strokes. An inspiration piece of art, I would give this more stars if I could
Comment Written 18-Jan-2012
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2012
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Thank you very much for your kind review and encouragement. Don't worry about ratings. Your review is worse 10 stars.
Comment from Blackjaxe47
Excellent Portrait
Superb Technique very Impressionistic in your approach
Excellent Color Harmony and terrific brush work with the background treatment
Great Entry in the Contest
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reply by the author on 18-Jan-2012
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Excellent Portrait
Superb Technique very Impressionistic in your approach
Excellent Color Harmony and terrific brush work with the background treatment
Great Entry in the Contest
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The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
Comment Written 18-Jan-2012
reply by the author on 18-Jan-2012
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Thank you for your kind and encouraging review and your high rating. I am very happy you like my work.
Comment from seshadri_sreenivasan
Interesting story. The portrait has been very well made. It inspires me to learn this art and expand my creative process. The composition is classical and impressive. Good luck in the contest!
reply by the author on 18-Jan-2012
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Interesting story. The portrait has been very well made. It inspires me to learn this art and expand my creative process. The composition is classical and impressive. Good luck in the contest!
Comment Written 18-Jan-2012
reply by the author on 18-Jan-2012
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Thank you very much for your encouraging review and your wishes.
I use ArtRage an relative inexpensive but effective program for those who have experiences in traditional painting. If you like more information on it feel free to ask.
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Thanks very much for your advice. I would love to know more about the software ArtRage.Please let me know
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I will send a personnal mail soon the contest is over.
Comment from Cephus
What art Artisans?
This image reminds me in style of one of the impressionist painters that painted some images in Japan. The vibrant usage of light and color, nice portrait, simple backgrounds and a lot of life.
I also get the impression of a style obtained with a pallet knife, lack of fine detail but with excellent implied detail. Great visual appeal. Well done.
reply by the author on 18-Jan-2012
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What art Artisans?
This image reminds me in style of one of the impressionist painters that painted some images in Japan. The vibrant usage of light and color, nice portrait, simple backgrounds and a lot of life.
I also get the impression of a style obtained with a pallet knife, lack of fine detail but with excellent implied detail. Great visual appeal. Well done.
Comment Written 17-Jan-2012
reply by the author on 18-Jan-2012
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Thank you very much. You did see exactly what I had in mine to show. You are right I used manly the knife on this painting to obtain an impressionist style.
Artisans down here a things located somewhere between Arts and Crafts, often things made by self thought people without formal education and/or degree as folk art paintings [native art] native carvings in wood, needlework, waving and embroidery, hand made jewelry made from minder materials as seashell and semiprecious stones often wired with gold padded gauche or sterling silver. In her case she sold the famous Mayan needlework and wood carvings of her husband. I had chosen
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You are very welcome.
Comment from Reflections2
I sometimes hesitate to review painted art postings because I lack the talent (although I recently decided since I have always wanted to try watercolors I will while I can still hold a brush without too much shake, and try and cultivate more artistic talent in myself). But every so often I come across art that reaches out to me and compels me to comment. This picture has draw appeal I could not resist. Whether it was the colors, your subjects calm, becoming expression, her pose or ?? I don't know. But the pull is real; my eyes keep roving over her facial features and expression (the slight rise in her eyebrow adds an air of knowing, a connection) hair, dress, jewelry, and then back to her face again. Her eyes have a gentle wisdom to them; she is not shy put not too forthright either. Your lighting and gentle use of shadows is exceedingly becoming to your subject. (I have no idea why an artist would use black canvas over white since paint is applied anyway, but wonder if it is because it provides increased depth to certain colors?) A very nice portrait; thank you for sharing. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 18-Jan-2012
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I sometimes hesitate to review painted art postings because I lack the talent (although I recently decided since I have always wanted to try watercolors I will while I can still hold a brush without too much shake, and try and cultivate more artistic talent in myself). But every so often I come across art that reaches out to me and compels me to comment. This picture has draw appeal I could not resist. Whether it was the colors, your subjects calm, becoming expression, her pose or ?? I don't know. But the pull is real; my eyes keep roving over her facial features and expression (the slight rise in her eyebrow adds an air of knowing, a connection) hair, dress, jewelry, and then back to her face again. Her eyes have a gentle wisdom to them; she is not shy put not too forthright either. Your lighting and gentle use of shadows is exceedingly becoming to your subject. (I have no idea why an artist would use black canvas over white since paint is applied anyway, but wonder if it is because it provides increased depth to certain colors?) A very nice portrait; thank you for sharing. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 17-Jan-2012
reply by the author on 18-Jan-2012
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Thank you very much. First I am sorry for the confusion, the picture is not painted on black canvas but on BLANK canvas. Blank canvas is a therm used in 2D-digital painting, a painting similar to traditional painting. I chose white white basic canvas for this painting, Oil colors and brushes and the palette knife. I used mainly the knife. The main difference between traditional painting and and my kind of digital painting is that the tools are moved with my fingers on a pad and that it is possible to work in layers. It is a convenient way to paint in areas were it is hard to obtain traditional materials and has the nice side effect that no paint get splattered. If you like more information, feel free to ask.
Thank you again for your thought review and your wishes. I appreciate both.
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This stuns me. I did read your notes (must have read "black" insted of "blank" :) and was sure what I was viewing was handpainted using traditional brushes and canvas. If that increases the compliment paid, I'm glad. Because I am very impressed to learn that you did this digitally, on he compuer. Truly lovely! Thank you very much for correcting my misconception.
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Thank you very much. Yes it incrises the compliment :-)
To do that on the computer needs experiemnces in traditional painting, lots of digital praxis and lots of time. Thank you again very much.
Comment from blujdrawings
really good blend of colours here
the expression on womans face is really good
i love colour pink use in this
thanks for sharing
reply by the author on 17-Jan-2012
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really good blend of colours here
the expression on womans face is really good
i love colour pink use in this
thanks for sharing
Comment Written 17-Jan-2012
reply by the author on 17-Jan-2012
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Thank you for your encouraging review.
Comment from Christine389
A super portrait of this young Mayan woman with a really nice expression captured. Also very interesting notes accompanying the picture.
reply by the author on 17-Jan-2012
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A super portrait of this young Mayan woman with a really nice expression captured. Also very interesting notes accompanying the picture.
Comment Written 17-Jan-2012
reply by the author on 17-Jan-2012
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Thank you very much. I appreciate your encouraging review.
Comment from GaliaG
what5 a special and uique story added to this paint, just to show us people are the same all over the globus
excelelnt paint, good technqiue and composition
good luck with the contest
reply by the author on 17-Jan-2012
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what5 a special and uique story added to this paint, just to show us people are the same all over the globus
excelelnt paint, good technqiue and composition
good luck with the contest
Comment Written 17-Jan-2012
reply by the author on 17-Jan-2012
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Thank you! I appreciate your encouraging review and your wishes.