Mother with Child

[Alexandra Tyng]

Thomasin,

Wonderful! I don't know how you managed to do this from life. Did you pose yourself first, then held your son for short periods of time? Tell me your secret. Anyway, I think it's brilliant how you stopped at just the right point modeling his face, so that just the delicate colors describe the cheeks and nose, and you really don't need any more information to see how sweet he is. Your face captures the viewer's attention and holds it. There's a very protective feeling about your look and arm gesture. It also looks as if the viewer has startled you, walking in on a private moment between mother and child. I really love this--oh, I haven't even said anything about the fresh, clean color (are those cads in the shadows?) and great big wonderful swathes of color/light in the background. I think THIS is a prizewinner--don't give up.

[Karine Monaco]

Thomasin,

I'm impressed. Spontaneous and strong, and I love your original background... very inspiring. I love this painting and wish I could see it "for real".
Congratulations and thank you for sharing!

Karine

[Marina Dieul]

Very nice work, Thomasin !
I like it a lot. Your colors seem to glow and are very particular to you. Like Alex, i'm also very curious to know how you painted this from life. I was able to draw my 5 years old for 1 hour, but my 2 years old: never more than 1 or 2 mn sketches...(and with the thumb in the mouth)

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Thank you so much for your replies. Gosh! I really didn't think anyone would like this. I put it up to see how badly people would react to it. I really never expected such enthusiasm. I was actually influenced by [URL=http://www.hakon-gullvag.no/]H

[Grethe Angen]

Thomasin, this is lovely. And I see no Gullv