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Published: 2006-02-09 05:01:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 16054; Favourites: 567; Downloads: 849
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Finally finished this... whew. I realize lots of detail is lost because this is a small size version, but in the light of the recent rampant art thievery here on DA I'm kinda reluctant to post anything larger...
Some closeups can be found here: [link] . You can also see WIP here: [link] .Oil on illustration board, 15x20".
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Well to be honest I wasn't asking for a meaning. I rarely do, if ever. A meaning for every peice of art is for everyone that sees it to find. I looked through the rest of your art and yes I saw that you liked to mix it up, all I wanted to know was rather or not you drew the mural behind the young woman or just used it as a fixed back ground, then put the young woman over it.
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Not sure I understand... This is an oil painting. Every element here is painted.
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That is exactly what I was asking rather thaat was so or not. By the way it is quite beautiful.
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your quite welcome.
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Help! This is to good of a picture to stand! JK.
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that's extremely beautiful; superb job
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The details and colour on this are awe worthy. Wow. Great job.
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this isn't just good it's AMAZING! @_@ I mean OMG IT'S BEAUTIFUL!
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Very nice, I hope some day soon to have a next page
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this piece (and everything else you seem to do) is just phenominal! the detail and use of color is incredible. very nice work! 
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Thanks! Technically it took a month, but then I only work on a painting a little bit at a time and not every day. I'm slow!
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i guess someone could consider that slow but i think that's pretty quick for the amount of detail and thought you obviously put into it!
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The amount of detail and realism blows my mind
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Very colorful, full of the tribal touch and added the flavor to this painting. I love the careful handling of her hair, the clothes and the background. But I do see her figure lacks some details to her elbow, and a bit of flattening is going on at the forearm... I don't know whether that's intentional. That's what I see.
Overall, good painting.
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Foo on me; another dumb technique question. How does your board stand up to the oils? This piece is REALLY spectacular. The detail alone makes my hand cramp, just looking at it....
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Thanks! I use thick 40-ply boards (Crescent) and gesso them beforehand. It works out great.
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OK, no critique. I was only going to tell you that I love it.
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very beautiful piece of work. love the detail. + fav
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Painting like this requires great skills.
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wow!! i can't imagine how hard for people can do stuff like that in oil
exelent job! :thumsup:
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The material and the wall are brilliant. You've selected a great title to explicate her mood.
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I simply love this peice of work. There's expression in the eyes and the face all together.
The backround is amazing as well.
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Wow amazing piece. Excelente work the shading and the colors are Spectacular! The bg Choice is perfect it matches and gives contrast to the overall image°!!! to my 
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Thank you! I greatly admire your work, and having you comment and fave this means a lot!
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I spotted this one on your shoutboard and was astounded. This is probably the most beautiful picture I've ever seen you do.
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WOW.
how long did this take you?
i saw your graphite tutorial. very nice, but do you have one for oil too? i would really like to check it out if you have such a tutorial.
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This took about a month from conception (i.e. rough sketch) to finish. I worked more often than usual on it though, sometimes it takes longer because I can't paint every day.
There's no tutorial for this particular painting, but I'm working on an oil tutorial for this one: [link] I will post it here as well as on my site when it's done.
P.S. Thanks for the
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awesome, i can't wait!
(nice pic by the way!) ^_^
wow, you work pretty fast. a month to do all that work. i applaud you, you truly have talent.
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Beautiful and powerful painting. I love the light, colours and richness of details in this.
... Stunning...
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Wow, this is amazing what mediums did you use? Acrylics perhaps?
I'm just learning how to paint in Gouache/acrylics now and so far I really enjoy acrylics! However, I'm having troubles getting a dapple shadow from branches without leaves....Anyways, if you could give me a source or useful info I would appreciate it, if not, I guess I'll just experiment.
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Glad you like this. I'd love to help, but I don't use acrylics (I hate them, in fact... 
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you hate acrylics? Why? I mean, I've only used them and gouache and I've just started learning how to paint but so far I like them better than gouache.
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They just dry too fast for my liking. Oils are much more volatile, that's why I like them better. And gouache is great too, though I only use it for subtle layers under colored pencils.
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That's cool.
Unfortunately, I don't have much experience with different paint mediums like I mentioned before. So far I'm really enjoying the ability to "fix" mistakes in Acrylics. With Gouche I had to be supercareful because mistakes seem to be difficult to correct without further muddling things up since it's water-based and putting more gouache on top would wet the gouache below and mess things up.
Anyways, I love both so far and I can't wait til my Painting Fundamentals class where I get to learn how to use Oils!
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Water mediums are the most difficult to work with. They don't forgive mistakes!
Have fun with oils!
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This is such a great painting! The details are amazing, and the colors are so vibrant! 
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