Visitors' poll

[Steven Sweeney]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Even though I like your web very much. English is not my mother tongue, so that I am afraid of not being able of expressing adequately my technical and philosophical points of view on the different topics that you discuss. If you could be understanding of possible errors of expression, undoubtedly I would dare to take part.

Your post alone indicates more than enough command of the language to be able to easily participate. There are several members whose posts reveal that English is not their dominant language, yet it rarely if ever is an impediment to understanding. If a usage or misspelling is confusing, someone else will simply attempt to clarify it on your behalf. I think you would find that any effort to express yourself would be welcome and would be accommodated without any criticism.

[Armand Gran]

Thank you very much for your encouraging comment.

I just happened upon this site and am not sure I really understand what it is yet, but even if I did I am not sure I would ?join.? It seems that the computer gets a hold on me and consumes me and my time. I could spend days and days chasing rabbit trails and looking things up, thus avoiding painting. There are just way too many cool sites and interesting and beneficial things out there in cyberspace. I was looking for some tips on how to paint teeth for a portrait I will be doing when I happened upon this site, and now I have been sidetracked by this poll! I will bookmark this site and probably return at some point, but right now I am commitment-phobic.

[Steven Sweeney]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

It seems that the computer gets a hold on me and consumes me and my time. I could spend days and days chasing rabbit trails and looking things up, thus avoiding painting. There are just way too many cool sites and interesting and beneficial things out there in cyberspace.

It's a real hazard, and good to be aware of it. There are a lot of nuggets out there, but panning for them can be a lot of work and sometimes you just wind up wet and cold. Or you log on next morning and find yourself having impulsively signed up for a piano tuning course when you were really just looking for advice on cleaning brushes.

I was looking for some tips on how to paint teeth for a portrait.

This site has a "Search" function, which sometimes calls up a lot more than you wanted to know, but after rapidly skimming the thread titles in the Search results, you would in this case eventually find an informative and unusually extensive presentation of observations and advices on this topic:

http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...ighlight=teeth

For the price (free), you can't beat it, but good time management requires that you do kind of have to get in, get what you're after, and get out. Or else add "Piano Tuning" to your "Portrait Artist" business card.

[Julie Deane]

Dear "unregistered" -

English may not be your native language, but what you wrote was perfectly understandable. Please consider joining and posting.

[Armand Gran]

Many thanks Julie, I will do

Do enjoy your site (bravo) just don't like cookies. Won't even go to NY Times site for the same reason.

I think there is a certain ambiguity about just who the forum is for. The front page inviting registrations does have a kind of 'No riff raff' message and one is left wondering where one's place is.

I have been lurking for a couple of years now and will probably try to register soon with no real idea of just how difficult this will be. I do belong to one or two other non art but selective forums and they do have their place but perhaps the 'only people serious about making portrait painting their profession are wanted' criteria is setting the bar just a little too high.