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Post by uncleson on Mar 7, 2011 16:56:50 GMT -5
Smiley, did you study at Art Institute of Chicago?
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Post by sleepwalker24 on Mar 7, 2011 16:58:49 GMT -5
Wow sleepwalker! Great art! Alice In Wonderland is magnificent! Thanks Uncleson! Glad you like them
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Post by Bub on Mar 7, 2011 17:47:40 GMT -5
Lovely work, Smiley! Watercolor is a tricky medium to work in and your paintings are so nice.
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Post by Bub on Mar 7, 2011 17:50:57 GMT -5
sleepwalker, I'm really enjoying your beautiful artwork! So fanciful! I bet you would do some awesome renderings of insects. (I'm a bit of an insect fan myself and some of them are so physically outrageous that I reckon they would be really fun for you to paint!)
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Post by Smiley on Mar 7, 2011 17:51:43 GMT -5
Thank you! ;D Yes, it's so easy to let watercolors become muddy. It's what my professor called "An Immediate Medium." Your work needs to stay fresh or it becomes overworked very quickly. Very unlike Acrylic or Oils which you can works on for days or months. No, UncleSon. I studied at the American Academy of Art in Chgo, for 3 years after The University of Colorado at Boulder. and thanks again for Ms. Sleepwalker who let me share her art studio! Dang it, She still can't view. OK, I'll remedy that.
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Post by Bub on Mar 7, 2011 17:56:40 GMT -5
"An Immediate Medium", that's a wonderfully descriptive moniker for watercolors! I think that's what makes watercolor so appealing to me. Particularly since I tend to be a perfectionist, I would probably agonize over any oil or acrylic painting that I would do and thus make it a less pleasant experience. Plus the immediacy of watercolor would make it so much more likely that one would be "in the moment" whilst painting.
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Post by Smiley on Mar 7, 2011 18:01:22 GMT -5
You got it Bub. I am the same way in which I tend to labour over my work for far too long. It taught me so much about being fresh in my approach to my work. In watercolor you do have to work fairly quickly and with fresh strokes. BUT... if you overwork the piece it's not as costly to start again as say acrylics, oil and canvas' -- they are much more pricey.
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Post by Smiley on Mar 7, 2011 18:22:52 GMT -5
This is Wisconsin Farm (sepia study -- I also have one in colour) Attachments:
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Post by Smiley on Mar 7, 2011 18:23:39 GMT -5
This is "The Junk Yard" Attachments:
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Post by Smiley on Mar 7, 2011 18:24:34 GMT -5
This one is called "Left Behind" Attachments:
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Post by Smiley on Mar 7, 2011 18:26:18 GMT -5
This one is "Ice Box Wading Pool" (When I found it lying there it was filled with water from many, many rains.) Attachments:
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Post by Smiley on Mar 7, 2011 18:27:54 GMT -5
Chimneys on the Beach This was found on the shores of the mighty Lake Michigan in my old home towne of Evanston, just north of Chicago. Attachments:
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Post by Smiley on Mar 7, 2011 18:29:17 GMT -5
"Waters Edge" Greenlake Wisconsin about 3-1/2 hours north of Chicago just west of Fond duLac Attachments:
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Post by Smiley on Mar 7, 2011 18:30:52 GMT -5
Pipe Dream it's a drainage pipe in the forest preserve of Illinois State Park about 1 north of Chicago. Attachments:
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Post by maddogtim74 on Mar 7, 2011 20:27:51 GMT -5
Thought i'd add a couple of paintings I did a few years ago All your art is outstanding Sleepwalker but I love these 2 in particular. Sorry I'm just now getting 'round to this thread, I haven't had much free time lately.
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