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jempavia — Pioneer Square, Seattle
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Seattle's Pioneer Square. Watercolor (and a little guache) on Arches. 9x6Related content
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Very nice indeed! (the writing on the sign...did you emulate the handwriting exactly? Or it that your own?) It always impresses me when artist can copy another's handwriting perfectly)
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Really nice!!!!! I would have NEVER been able to do this!!!! I love how you paint little street corners. it is really cute!!
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Or cafes? Or music venues / bars? I know some local places in all parts of the states love to show artists work - even with a price tag on them! (& without taking any of the money, since you are basically giving them free, temporary decor)
I've lived in WA, TX, MA, CA, IL and visited FL, VT, NM, OR, ID, WI, AR, CT, ME, NV, and all had places that did this - and not necessarily the touristy places, but places with a yen towards political & community activism.
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Thanks for the nice thought, but I'm not very eager to market myself
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I understand what you are saying (but only because Eamonn explained what a pain in the ass it can be to try and market yourself, lol!), but I still must express how truly beautiful your work is and how much people need to see it - the colors just are sooooo rich!
and I must insist that you at least think about how cool they would look as children's book illustrations
or as postcards/calendars - which you could do very easily at cafepress...
and then just color print out and laminate a single sheet of paper on which you have byte sized examples of each work (along with your website and/or cafepress address at the bottom)
and just have like 10 of them in your car or handbag or backpack at all times - and just give them to anyone you have interactions with as part of your normal schedule (like some place you get coffee at all the time - or the place you work out - or the place you get your groceries at)
that's the last I'll say about it I promise!
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I will do something similar, soon! I promise,thanks!
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Your Seattle street scenes are just so beautiful - have you taken them to galleries or to the tourist board or to any local book stores/art stores who might sell prints or posters or postcards or calendars or the like? They have so much going on, and the colors are so fresh/unique, that I can just stare at them for hours --- anyone who has a fondness for Seattle - or for street scenes - would love to take your paintings home to brighten up their lives.
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I want to let you know that I love this work just the way it is. However, I'll be happy to give you some productive feedback.
There's something really amazing about all the glazing and transparency and pattern one can create with watercolor, however, if you get carried away the painting can become cluttered and confusing. I wouldn't go as far as to say this is a "confusing" piece, but it is definitely busy. When creating paintings like this, where you're trying to convey a lot of information it can be difficult to exclude anything. However, I think you may find that if you did a street scene like this again and chose to focus on fewer objects, letting the rest of the painting become --- well, emptier, filled with gradated washes and color --- the painting would GAIN a significant amount of clarity. Let things bleed into each other, especially when working background elements.
But like I said --- I LIKE IT! 
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Thank you for the feedback. It's much appreciated. It's always a balance that is easily tipped one way or the other. I'll certainly keep your input inmind.
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I hope it was helpful. Still, I love it the way it is. It's usually better just to try to grow with each painting, rather than dwelling on problems. Such thinking tends to leave one discouraged and unmotivated.
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Thank you. And thank you for commenting!
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