Graduation Gift

[Linda Nelson]

Hi Linda

Please add me to the list of admirers! This painting is fabulous - so beautifullly painted , and so beautifully composed. I hope you get much work from it. Thanks for sharing it. Wow just a great job....

Linda

[Linda Brandon]

Hi Cheryl,

Welcome to the Forum! I'm very flattered that you posted such kind words about my painting. I don't think of myself as a colorist and so I'm not sure you should follow my advice with your first foray into oils. I think my paintings all look pretty much the same no matter what colors I use, so there is some emotional/subconcious editing process that is taking place somewhere along the line. I don't try to match photos, for example; I'm always asking myself, does this color make the subject look alive? The second question I ask is, will this color make the viewer want to touch the painting? I'm always trying to get people to want to touch my paintings and if color will help in that process, I'll use it.

Isn't this the most non-intellectual approach to color that you've ever encountered?

So here's the palette for this painting - for me, it's pretty subdued:

Flake White
Yellow Ochre
Naples Yellow Deep (Old Holland)
Transparent Earth Red (Gamblin)
Irgazine Ruby (Ozog, no longer made by this company but now being made by Studio Products; see this post: http://forum.portraitartist.com/showthread.php?t=4680 )
Cerulean Blue Chromium (I love this for indoor flesh)
Ultramarine Blue
Permanent Sap Green
Raw Umber
Asphalutm (Gamblin)
Portland Grey Mediun (Gamblin)
Ivory Black

Linda,

Thank you so much for posting such kind words, and how come we haven't seen your work on the Forum lately?

[Linda Nelson]

I'll be posting some paintings within the next month and hopefully will have more time to contribute to the board this fall. This summer has been busy and unfortunately, filled with stuff other than painting. I did complete 5 paintings, but haven't had the time to get them photographed. Thanks for asking !

[Cheryl Ellicott]

Thanks Linda!


I'll try one with those colors and see how it works out.
It won't be my first oil. I just haven't yet done any that are equal to my pastels (in my opinion.)

But I get requests for oils frequently, so I do need to improve with this medium.

I'm learning a lot from this forum and glad I finally decided to join it.




Cheryl

[Elizabeth Schott]

Linda, did I already say how fantastic this is? If I did, I'll just repeat myself.

Lucky Chris, getting to view this in person.

awesome!

[Elizabeth Schott]

Linda, I forgot to ask - are you shooting your own work? Or, do you send it out for 4 x 5's? It always looks good, mine is an injustice to myself.

Where is the head bang smilie?

[Jimmie Arroyo]

Linda, been asleep lately and never noticed this one posted, but had seen it on your site. The look on her face and texture is beautiful. This is one definitely one of my top ten favorites posted here. (my drawings take up the top nine) Just kidding ofcourse.

[Linda Brandon]

Originally Posted by Elizabeth Schott

Linda, I forgot to ask - are you shooting your own work?

Here is my high-tech, glamorous solution to the problem of photographing paintings with my digital camera: on a table easel in the bathtub under a skylight. Certain times of the day are better than others, but I think I usually get color results remarkably close to the painting.

I don't actually paint in the bathroom. I hope I'm not confusing people with this photo!