One of the best things an artist can do, is to ask another artist for input, a critique or at the very least, ask another artist for help in "seeing" for you. My good friend and fantastic artist Diane Mannion saw my "Lemon-Lime Refresher" painting and told me to round out the bottom of the glass, to think of a baby food jar's bottom. She said, "you'll get it, you'll see it now that I pointed it out." And yes I did!
Up close you can see, what I did, just a slight rounding up of the bottom did the trick!
But now I'm seeing too much of the pencil lines and I don't like that, and I don't like the top rim...will this painting ever be done? Regardless, it's been a fantastic experience. And yes, I will paint glass again, it hasn't stopped me. In fact, my next painting is of a car's headlight!
I just love to paint the beach...I call this one "Flip Flop Beach". I need to paint the frame white.
Here it is without the frame. Simple, simple painting.
4" X 5", Oils
A 5" X 7" oil painting of the beach and I titled it,
"Vacation View".
I'm not crazy about the clouds, but I really like how the water changes color and it's the best sand I have ever done! With every painting I learn.
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