The Wood Carver

[John Reidy]

Thank you Kim, Alex, Steve, Claudemir and Dianne,

I didn't think I would be able to thank all of you for your generous remarks but Dianne resurrected the post and gave me this opportunity. Another thanks to you, Dianne.

[Mischa Milosevic]

John this is awesome! Sure the details and the drawing is all there but it is the values that do it for me. Grate job! Bay the way, amongst other things, I too like the way you represented the shirt.

Sincere regards,
mischa

[John Reidy]

Thank you Mischa,

I appreciate all of the nice comments. When I saw the photograph I knew that the shirt was one of those things that would make it or break it. I'm happy that so many have made such positive remarks.

Thanks again.

[Pat Graham]

John, this piece seems to have an appealing, limited palette feel to it. Am I correct? I could look at it for a long time (in fact, I did!)

Pat

[John Reidy]

Pat,

You're correct, it is a limited pallette. It is the pallette developed by Marvin Mattelson and consists of earth tones, 4 strings of color - a grey string, a yellow string, a warm red string and a cool red string. These are for flesh tones which I use primarily for the overall painting rounding out the pallette with other colors as needed such as blue.

You can find many posts on Marvin's pallette here in the forum.

Thanks for your kind words.

[Grethe Angen]

Hello John,
Congratulations. the joy of creating is evident both by the subject and the artist, wonderful.

[John Reidy]

Thank you Gretha,

You are correct about the joy of creating. Today I delivered a small portrait and the response from the subject and her husband was very moving. I swear that if I didn't need the money I'd do it just for the sheer joy.

Thanks for looking.