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E-Cards available and a sneak peek in a figurative painting
I am happy to tell you that I am offering E-Cards on my website.
E-Cards are a great tool to stay in touch with family or friends. I have created a nice collection of roses, flowers, figures and cats. This E-Cards are safe and absolutely…
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Young girl sitting on stairs reading a book – realistic figurative painting
I am so behind with posting on my blog - I am sorry.
I was on vacations with my family - a wonderful time and wonderful to see the Ocean again. Of course I did a lot of photos and hope some of them will turn into some new paintings.
This…
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And another figure painting
I have done another figurative work. I am trying to find out what colours and which methods work the best for me.
In this painting and also on the girl painting posted before I used mainly Raw Sienna, Scarlet Lake and Winsor Blue (green shade).…
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New Figure Study
Beside my Roses I found finally time for doing a new figure study, which I enjoyed very much.
I already painted this girl on the rocks some time ago, but didn't like it and so I wanted to do it again. For now I am leaving the background…
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Figurative work Progress and an Orange Challenge
In one of my previous posts I showed a picture of a figurative painting, on which I am currently working.
I have worked more on this, especially this time on the hair, to get a better suggestion how it will look. I must be careful to…