Ellie in her Summer Dress

[Allan Rahbek]

It's beautiful, Chris,

the composition is so elegant and easy and the color harmony is just what I am dreaming to do.

Which colors did you actually use ? It looks like you have done the most with two or three colors.

[Julie Deane]

Very nice, Chris! I love the colors and brush strokes.

[Chris Saper]

Thank you all for commenting.

As to the color, I stilll use all of the paints on my regular palette, but lately have also been using Holbein's Foundation Greenish when I need to mix up large amounts of light colors. FG is a very large tube of a very odd set of colors that I bought for one of Milt Kobayashi's classes about 9 years ago. (For those of you who have studied with Milt, you'll know he is always experimenting with colors no one has ever heard of, and changes a lot of palette colors by the time he gets to class ) It's very opaque and lightened with titanium, so out of the cabinet and onto the palette. It's a VERY big tube, and I also still have a big tube of something called Foundation Umber, so maybe I'll try that when I run out FG.

PS Although frankly, I don't know WHAT to do do with that Coral Red. Sigh.

[Carlos Ygoa]

Chris,

This portrait has a lot of impact and is successful because of the simplicity and elegance of design coupled with the mastery of execution. Both come from YOU, so I

[Tom Edgerton]

Beautiful, Chris!

Love the brushwork--loose and atmospheric, but without sacrificing mass. Extremely hard to do both.

And as Steven noted, the LIFE is there.

Best--TE

[Sharon Knettell]

Chris,

Beautiful as always. I love the freshness and spontaneity of this portrait. Beautiful hands and radiant skin-tones.

[Michele Rushworth]

Beautiful, Chris. As has been already mentioned, I like her intent gaze. The hands are terrific!