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Originally Posted by Garth Herrick
Welcome Monique!
It's nice to have you here. There are so many good oil painters and so few watercolorists. You're needed here!
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Well....lol...I'm crossing over myself...look at :
this
I've gotten the bug...all because of you guys, lol...it's YOUR fault.. I seriously love it...I learned likenesses the hardway, in watercolors..now I'm stepping back and trying my hand at oils..knowing how to do the likeness thing...but having to learn a medium from scratch!! I'm excited about the possibilities!!
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Originally Posted by Garth Herrick
You know, we probably crossed paths somewhere at the PSOA conference last May. I hope you don't mind me saying, but I like the first version of your son as a baby equally as much as your fixed version, because it has a more believable luminosity, in keeping with the setting. Sorry I didn't get to see it in person in D.C.
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OH yes, I saw your work, and have recently looked up the thread on here about it...it was fabulous. I spent a good while a few inches away from it, trying to soak every single stroke up into my memory. There were so many perfectly wonderful portraits there that It was nearly IMPOSSIBLE to pick a favorite and vote. Once I did so, I regretted it and wanted about two or three or four others to have been my choice. It was nuts!! Do you remember Stephen Pann's portrait? Wasn't it beautiful? so very different than ANYTHING I could do...his style was so different and very artsy. I really really like it also. Plus to make it even more appealing was meeting him and his very humble nature. It was a real honor, to me. I saw you many times there, in passing, but of course, not knowing anyone there except the two I went there with, it was difficult to just jump into a conversation with a stranger to compliment them and their work. We met a few people standing in line each time and ended up sitting with them at the different demonstrations...that was really neat. I love interesting artsy, but not so far out, folks. Oh yea, loved the kilt!! You did stand out from the crowd with that on. That was you, right? or am I making a fool out of myself....maybe I'm thinking of the fantastic man standing on the hearth, the painting in the corner. The one that the incredibly YOUNG artist did....
what a memory...what a wonderful wonderful experience. So glad to have taken part.
Thanks for taking time to respond to my introduction....it was a nice surprise. Wish me luck in my oil journey!!
Monique