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Published: 2008-04-05 12:55:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 16481; Favourites: 281; Downloads: 724
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Original oil painting produced on stretched 91cm x 61cm canvas using a knife, mixing only on the canvas using a limited colour palette.There's many more figurative, dance and portrait fine art original oil paintings, pastels and signed gicleΓ© prints on my website: R Young Art
Re-uploaded and made available as prints following requests.
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I don't like the purple shawl, but nethertheless it is so fascinating! Love it!
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and it seems as if the neck is a little bit (too) long...
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Gosh! i just love how you draw people's gestures and movements!
it's like their really gonna just dance right out of the picture!
i wish i could draw people moving so naturally like you draw them!
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it's very skillfull and you are tallented, how long have you been painting for?
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Thx. 
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i put this painting in my blog, is it ok? let me know if you mind
great painting anyway
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damarakhma
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That's fine Damar - Thanks.
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woah, see looks so real, its so weird how art can do that. nice work
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you've darkened it..
the contrast is definitely better now, and the background looks better than before, but you miss out on the transparency of the veil she's holding. it's so dark here that it seems almost opaque..
did you digitally darken it or did you edit the original itself?
i wonder if you could brighten up the right end and hint out the texture of that cloth..?
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I replaced the photo of the painting with a low resolution image from the scan.
This is now a more accurate reproduction of the original, though unfortunately the resolution is too low to see more detail. Unfortunately, I haven't time to edit the images as I have work to do!
Thx for viewing and commenting though...
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ah ok..
whenever you find the time, i hope to see that veil again.
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The light is what we thought of passion.. so i adored this one! the background looks great.....
yep i posted it twice. hehe.
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Your "amazing" artwork is featured [link] in this News Article...
"Thank You" for sharing your work with all of us!
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Hi!
I have featured a couple of your amazing pieces of art in my current journal title, "I Hope You Dance!" [link]
If you would like your works removed, please let me know...if not, "Thank You" in advance for sharing your wonderful art with the rest of us!
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sensual and stunning..
love the capture of her movement..
aaaaaaaaaah...
i be jealous!!!
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your best one yet. Do you just use neutral colors in your paintings, or do you try to make them all monochromatic?
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Thanks Athena. I try to over emphasise the light and shadow with fairly neutral colours that don't conflict...
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Way cool, you are very welcome.
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A suspended moment captured...
I think its great that there is always such lighting in your paintings. I personally love them very much myself - people with dramatic lighting.
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Not sure how I feel about the background.
I really dig the shadows on this, there is a dramatic intensity to the the light. Very purposeful.
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91cmX61cm.....every squre cm is praisworthy.....but words are not worthy....
Dear Richard my friend your talent are really too RICH.......
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your technical ability in light and shadow is astounding! As a whole it's a breathtaking piece. I'd fav it 5 times if I could... kudos.
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I love the posture!
I have a bit similar one, please see here [link] !
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Great use of light and shadow. I wonder, do you initially draw in the features that end up hidden in shadow, like her other eye?
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Thanks Gordon. Ineither draw in nor paint totally shaded features, though I try to subtley distinguish major outlines most of the time.
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like always beautiful! The light its great!
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Amazing, as always. Your artwork is really ...one of the more realistic and beautiful i've ever seen, to say, honestly
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Wow, but why you use this same efect : the light ?
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Thanks. I absolutely adore light, and of course shadow. It's my prime medium. The oil, pastel and watercolours are totally secondary. I hope it's my distinguishing feature, to some extent... If I quote what I say on my personal website home page it may explain a little:
"My ballerinas and flamenco / belly / tango dancers are passionate, moody and emotional. My preferred lighting, shading and contrast are dramatic. I simply adore light and am fascinated with its arguably undue influence on any subject. After all, without light, what is art? Unlike the vast majority of past and current artists, I delve extensively between the extremes of highlights and lowlights in my artwork in a chiaroscuro technique, occasionally minimalist, often leaving the viewer's mind to complete the picture and to add depth. I always strive to create an atmosphere in whatever I produce, at the highest possible quality and using a knife, brush, canvas and a very limited colour palette of oil paint or pastels, often alla prima, mixing only on the canvas!"
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Well now I'm understand
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Very beautiful. Poor girl about to get hit by a wave!
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Thanks Leman. Yes, the background is a little dramatic I guess...
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waaaaa
its so realistic!!!!!
and very expressive!
really really great!!
congratulations!!
^^
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