"She just couldn't decide between being an artist when she grew up and being a vet. Her mother responded, you don't have to decide sweet girl. you can be both."
"She just couldn't decide between being an artist when she grew up and being a vet. Her mother responded, you don't have to decide sweet girl. you can be both."
Maria - this is a great sepia value study! I like the feeling it gives me, the viewer. I feel like I am looking at a scene from a fairytale. My imagination was sparked by that deep look back into the trees mid- painting. Nice depth!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pattie, I enjoyed working with one color more than I thought I would, but I worked with a black and white photo reference, I will have to give it a go with a color photo...see how that goes!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Pattie, it does look like it could be an illustration in a book of fairy tales. Beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely Maria.Good value study.
ReplyDeleteExcellent painting. Before I read the other comments I thought to myself this looks as if you have painted a magical, fairy wood.
ReplyDeleteAnd you've done it really well. Congrats xx
Thanks everyone, my niece took this photo and it is from the stonewall that ran along our property line where I grew up, there used to be a gate here that let to the back pasture, I spent a lot of time wrestling that gate, bringing in horses and turning them out, I remember spilling icy water down onto my feet trying to get through the gate with water buckets....it really was quite the magical place when I was a kid!
ReplyDeleteVery nice... I like your animals too. Just signed up to follow your blog.
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