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Published: 2009-11-06 00:41:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 2071; Favourites: 64; Downloads: 32
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The first snowfall of the season fell down today, and there is nothing so beautiful.This was done in watercolours on cold press.
I think I might need a break from watercolour for a while... I've forgotten what it was I loved about it.
updated Feb. 6, 2011
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Thanks so much for this amazing critique! It's such a wonderful gift to any artist to have someone care enough to take the time to write like this...
What makes me happiest about your words is that you found it had such a high impact, that was my goal with this portrait, and it is a great feeling to know I have accomplished it with at least one person 
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This is really brilliant,love the colors.
Ive never used watercolors before
might give it a go one day
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You should try it 
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Liek you shouldn't but you should . the colours are just increibly pure...but at the sam time they are tainted
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This is an incredible piece, and aptly titled. Such a close, tight look at a worn girl. She looks regretful, yet completely unaware of what she's done to herself. Intriguing to wonder about. I find addicts, in themselves, to be interesting...despite my sadness for them. In any event, I'm rambling.
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This is a beautiful painting. Excellent work with watercolors.
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wow, can simple use of watercolor be more beautifully crafted and put together in a composition so greatly matching the colors?
It's amazing schema.
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Awesome! I love the strong light & dark contrast
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i think it's beautiful....fierce and vulnerable
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She makes me think she owns my soul.
Oh i adore your watercolors.
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Wow thank you
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Unsettling. The bright colors initially pull me in, but once I get a good look at the expression on her face, I'm a bit repulsed. In other words, a great piece.
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HOLY COW!
The wash on the jaw line is fantastic!
love the sharp transition from light to dark of the clothing. The texture of her collar is memorizing.
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thanks so much !
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Very, very beautiful, That eye...misterious atmosphere going on. You used different colors very well, the mouth equilibrates the light you gave to the upper part of the face...and the lower part have a nice texture.
Hey, try some gouache please, Iยดm sure you will do some great work. Because you have a good technique using different colors.
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Thank you
And I'd like to try gouache some day...I suppose it's just a little bit too expensive for me to get in to right now
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Very good! Ive never tried giving a full effort with water colours. Im not talented at it :C. This is great though! The colours work really well together.
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wow! I love it! Amazing use of colours...
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i think (i know) i love you.
(though i've told you before)
i'll tell you again.
the night snow was so beautiful, even though it was viewed through the window of a grocery store.
this makes me very uncomfortable, but i love it all the same. i think its the lips. like they are torn apart and misused. so poetic. and "the addict" a bit of an archetypical portrait by accident or purposefully?
another, i love you (still)
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Oh and yes, it is an archetypical portrait by accident!
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thought so ; )
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Thank you sara
i love you too.
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I'm still stunned by your creativity every-time I see a piece by you. I don't like its physical aspects, but I can see the work you put into it.
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Thank you dear
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I'm transfixed with this painting - I am both repelled and drawn into it. Which means, of course, you nailed the message but good. The dialog about who she is etc only adds to its power.
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I'm so glad you get 'both repelled and drawn into' this image, that's exactly what I was going for and it means so much that you acknowledged it
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Yah, I rarely feel this kind of emotion with watercolor pieces, but you certainly are skillful with the medium, even if you do need a break (I know that feeling well - I tend to flit around too).
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you have sucha interesting picking of colors.. i love it. may i ask why you didn't color in the right eye?
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I didn't colour the right eye because I've been thinking about blindness a lot lately, quite simply.
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blindness...? so the person is blind?.?
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She's blind in the right eye, yes
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do you use watercolor pencils or the direct paint?.?
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Direct paint for this one. Some of my paintings i will use watercolour pencils...but only a little bit.
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These colors are absolutely incredible!
Also, please don't feel down about watercolors. You are evidently very talented, and I'm sure your skills can still take you beyond the use of just one coloring medium but if you loved it, you loved it. Let it be whatever you feel : )
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Thanks so much
And I think all i need right now is a break from watercolour... i need to work on canvas for once!
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You're welcome! : D
I look forward to your canvas work!
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Carly,
this is chilling!
do you know this person?
you may feel stale, but your
abilities are certainly still
there. you have the touch.
pip
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Do I know this person? I'm not sure that I don't...When I start a painting or drawing with no photo or model reference, it seems to take on a face similar to someone who is on my mind at the time of painting it. So this painting, athough not intentional, is a portrait of my sister.
If that makes any sense...
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well jeez, don't let her see it!
Carrrrly...?
pip
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