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"March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection."
— Khalil Gibran
And so I do, more practise with likeness in my portrait paintings. My goal isn't to paint like a photograph; no, I love looseness in everything I paint, but to recognize the person at first glance.
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A question of backgrounding is my actual theme. And this portrait comes to my mind when I think about how important a background is. I reworked it today, and I like how it turned out and hope you do too.
my contribution for Virtual Studio
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"October, here’s to you. Here’s to the heady aroma of the frost-kissed apples, the winey smell of ripened grapes, the wild-as-the-wind smell of hickory nuts, and the nostalgic whiff of that first wood smoke."
– Ken Weber
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Jane Austen's Scenarios
"You have bewitched me...
My journey with Jane Austen's scenarios goes on during this year of celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday. In quite possibly the most romantic scene of all time, Mr Darcy (Matthew Mcfadyen) confesses his love to Elizabeth Bennett (Kiera Knightley) while the sun rise up on a misty morning in the film "Pride and Prejudice".
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Many thanks Sarah McIntyre on X Virtual Studio - @StudioTeaBreak for her inspiring challenge. This is my version of Self Portrait, Stanley Spencer 1914 - (Tate Gallery)
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Many thanks, Sarah McIntyre, on X Virtual Studio - @StudioTeaBreak, for her inspiring challenge. This is my version of L. S. Lowry's self-portrait, oil on board, in 1925.
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“A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind. Live passionately, even if it kills you, because something is going to kill you anyway.”
— Webb Chiles
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Zauberer Geständnis
Ist schon klar, es geht um einen Zauberer in diesem Gedicht in der Kinder-Gedichte-Welt und das ist die Illustration für das geplante Buch mit meinen Kindergedichten.
Enthalten in meinem ersten Kinder-Gedichte-Buch: Kinder-Gedichte-Welt
erhältlich als Hardcover und als Softcover via Blurb oder über mich -> Kontaktformular
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SKTCHY ARTSCHOOL watercolor #30faces30days. Day 7 thanks for the wonderful tutorial Cecile Welten and many thanks David Epstein for the inspirational image.
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Doing some sketches inspired by @jeanhaines #onlineartschool. The goal is to paint people in motion. Since I‘m planning a large „summer at the sea“ piece, I try to paint cliff or water jumps.
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Philip
@philip.ehret was my muse for this one
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Best Stories
My submission for #12 PAINTING WITH LOVE Challenge at @aligator_watercolor_community
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SKTCHY ART SCHOOL watercolor #30faces30days. Many thanks to Dylan Sara and Jenny Barnes. This is my version.
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SKTCHY ART SCHOOL watercolor #30faces30days. Many thanks to @rootreverb100 and @beata_newbold . This is my version.
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