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Old 06-04-2008, 11:45 AM   #1
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Yum, Alex! I love the lush color harmony and the design of this painting!
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Old 06-04-2008, 12:01 PM   #2
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That is a great painting, Alexandra, I can learn so much from it! I wish my paintings were as loose, yet accurate as yours!

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Old 06-04-2008, 04:32 PM   #3
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Thank you, Michael, David, Chris and Bob! This just happened to be a tad better than the usual dud.

I really am not sure how much time I actually spent on it. She posed for a total of about 8 hours, so I'm estimating I got about two hours total time to work on this, but as I said that doesn't include the dress and flowers which I roughly blocked in from life and finished later from a photo. Usually my students are so impatient to start painting that they don't want to stand around watching me do a demo.

It's oil on linen, toned with umber, black and white.
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Old 06-04-2008, 11:03 PM   #4
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This is lovely Alexandra! I especially love the wishful look she has. I'll bet she would have rather been in Hawaii than hold still... LOL
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Old 06-05-2008, 06:48 AM   #5
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It's lovely, Alex and lively, you even got the Hawaii'n sunset included.
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Old 06-05-2008, 12:51 PM   #6
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Thanks, Enzie! Connie has such expressive eyes. Sometimes she looks elfin to me.

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you even got the Hawaii'n sunset included.
Ha! Allan, I should have known that, if I posted a portrait sketch from life, you would spot the incidental odd blooper and give it a relevant symbolic meaning! Now I can say it was intentional.

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Old 06-05-2008, 03:02 PM   #7
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I do remember.
Every artwork should be personally kissed, all of yours certainly are.
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Old 06-07-2008, 04:07 PM   #8
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This just happened to be a tad better than the usual dud.
Then, would that all my efforts could get to look like your duds!

Alex, I
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Old 06-10-2008, 11:02 AM   #9
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Carlos, thank you! I'm not sure really how much time it took. I'm just estimating. If I said more than two hours I might look like a bad teacher, painting when I should have been circulating around the room attending to my students (who are a great bunch, by the way). It might look more finished because I worked on the lower part later.
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Old 06-11-2008, 11:08 AM   #10
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Very confident work, Alex. I especially like the flowers around the neck of her blouse. Beautifully done!
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