Portraits plus...

[Kimberly Dow]

I am painting two figuratives, a cow painting and a landscape right now. Then again, I do not get a whole lot of commission work.

[Ngaire Winwood]

Kimberley,

That is interesting. Do you have a favourite subject?

It seems you are quite versatile. I really enjoy your work.

Does your creativity flow better because of your confidence with some subjects?

[Allan Rahbek]

Hi Ngaire,

I must admit that I spent most of my available time on portraits, either thinking, planning or painting them. But that is mainly because it is so new to me. I joined this forum last winter ( northern winter that is ).

But before that I used to paint mostly watercolor landscapes and nature morte.

I am certainly not going to quit that. I plan to make some nature morte to paint in oil. Some of them with flowers that I like to do, it build up a fresh attitude to colors.

I would not mind to show some of these earlier things in here if Cynthia would allow us to.

Maybe there could be a week of total madness, showing a couple of the things we do to recover from the hard labor of portraiture. One week and then it should be removed, how about that ???

For Christmas ?

Allan

[Kimberly Dow]

Ngaire,

Yes - my favorite it painting a figurative. That way I can control the costume, the story - the whole thing. I do find that if I have been painting figures for a couple months without anything else then I am a bit less confident when I go to do a still life or landscape. That's why I try to fit those in here and there so I won't lose anything I might learn along the way.

What else are you painting Ngaire?

[Ngaire Winwood]

To Allan and Kimberley

I am not sure if Cynthia would let us, but I think as a special week of interest it would be interesting to see other subject interests from the members here on this forum. Why not a Halloween special Cynthia?

Kimberley, I was fortunate for a while over the last couple of months to have had a few life models with the community artist group I initiated but at the last one I was left to hold the purse as those that promised to come to share the costs didn't turn up.

So I am trying to tighten my skills up now with still lifes until I can afford to buy my own modelling time. I do still like to play with modern work to keep the creative spark burning and the freedom of expression from it.

[Linda Brandon]

Originally Posted by Ngaire Winwood

Why not a Halloween special Cynthia?

If there's a Halloween special, I would like an animated writhing Medusa head for my photo on the left.