Another sighting of masterwork copy Girl w/Pearl

[Patricia Joyce]

Thank you, Garth!
I am so flattered by your compliment. And I have printed up your advice to read and reread, digest as much as I can before I get back to the painting. I am anxious to see how this whole glazing works, how it makes the painting glow...I found numerous images of the painting and was suprised by the variety of coloring and tonal range. In one particular reference the overall tonal range was much lighter and very yellow. In this image you can actually see detail in the darkness between the ear/earring and scarf/turban. So I actually discovered, quite by accident just how contrasty and severe photos can be. I will try to keep this in mind as I continue.

Thank you so much for the encouraging words. I will post more as I go along.

[Patricia Joyce]

Well, I am turning in this painting to class for critique this evening. I realize it is far from finished but "time is up"! I will work on it some more when I get it back from class. I am fairly happy with this although I felt I "lost" the correct color in the last stages. I have an extremely difficult time formulating colors as I have never worked in color before (ever!). but I am satisfied with this first painting and can say that I really enjoy working with a brush and oil paints. I am eager to do some portraits from life in monochrome to get more comfortable with paint and paintbrushes...

Thanks for looking

[Kimberly Dow]

Patricia,

This is a great start. Far better than my first ones.

[Patricia Joyce]

That's encouraging because I love the work you re doing! So there's hope for me . . .

[Elizabeth Schott]

Patricia, this is wonderful! You have really caught the sensitivity in this wonderful work! I am looking forward to the next!

I'm afraid you took lessons from me on how to photograph your paintings though

[Patricia Joyce]

Thanks, Elizabeth. Oh, I have a terrible time photographing this. The colors are so off what you see in person. This is another "learning project" I have added to my long list. I took the painting to class last night for the critique and received allot of "oohs and ahhhs" It was really fun. And I spoke with the instructor about the rest of the semester. She said if enough students would show interest we could have a live model in for figure painting! So I talked to each student there and most of them are eager to give it a try. I much more encouraged this morning that I was yesterday about my tuition for this class being a wothwhile investment!

[Michele Rushworth]

And I spoke with the instructor about the rest of the semester. She said if enough students would show interest we could have a live model in for figure painting! So I talked to each student there and most of them are eager to give it a try. I much more encouraged this morning that I was yesterday about my tuition for this class being a wothwhile investment!

Good for you, Pat. You just might single-handedly turn around the whole Cleveland art scene. In a year or two you can offer your own realism classes and you'll have students banging down your door.