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Published: 2005-03-15 08:22:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 8737; Favourites: 480; Downloads: 784
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Last weekend I went to an antiques fair and I bought some really old postcards of pretty young ladies. Some of them were from the early 1900s. They were all written on, too! Talk about some interesting history. I felt kind of guilty prying into someone's life, even though it was from 100 years ago!Anyway, I decided to have a muck around and paint one of the ladies- Miss Denise Orme, dated 1933 (even though the letter on the back was dated 1910, go figure). I've turned her into a faerie Debutante- Miss Cotton Candy.
Watercolour and acrylic, 7 x 10 inches.
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This is so beautiful,romantic and nostalgic.The colours and their softness add to those qualities too.
Such a lovely painting.
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I have a print of this postcard at home! I saw it and was like "wow that's that awesome picture I have lying around somewhere!" Nice job! This is so pretty!
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She's so pretty, your work is amazing! I can't stop staring at her hair...so beautiful.
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This really reminds me of John Waterhouse's work. Lovely!
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The dew drops were a particularly nice tough. Lovely!
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You have a feature in my journal!! I hope you donΒ΄t mind !
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This is SO breathtaking! You're my hero. 
I love your use of colour, too!
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This is absolutely beautiful, you've definitely captured the gracefulness old portraits always have. I love the hair and the soft tones in the rest of the painting.
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I love your graceful style with this piece and how the name is still playful
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Wow! when I saw this I thought "hey! that looks really 20's-ish!" well I guess I was right in the middle! I loooooove this! It's so delicate and light!
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Incredible, I love the Gibson girl look. Your work with watercolors, a medium I find hard to control, is superb! Such ethereal beauty.
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oh wow, that is special.. its like... it has an art nuveo feeling to it but it also looks like a da vinci.
it is just beautiful... pure and sweet and natural and god I love that hair... not only the way you've drawn it... but I love that style... I would love to have hair like that.
what can I say that you haven't already heard?
you've definitely got special talent,
yeah.. arh... its bloody good.... words fail me.
*worships you*
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very pretty and though her expression's just plain, it's really beautiful. it has the pose of the 1900s. and wow, you say 100 years ago?? hope it doesn't haunt you.. hehehe... nice piece!
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I love this! Very Art Neuvo... its so pretty! The colors are wonderful...and its just so stylistically done! Great job!
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She's beautiful. What an old fashioned air, with fairy-fantasy color that makes my heart happy!
This is a fantastic piece! : ) Keep up the good work!
God bless!
Mallory
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OH my this is so pretty and delicate, love it!
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OH... I just love it she is such a protrait of a victorian age... and your tonalities are so soft... 
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Hehehe. Well, I recieved two DDs before, so I'm not complaining. 
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I do was expecting you had... such a gallery deserves
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This is so lovely! I try not to fave things with faves in the triple digits, but this is too beautiful not to.
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outstanding work. I'd love to see more of these!!! She is so beautiful and serene and there is a delicate look to her. AWESOME!
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I don't think I've seen anything nearly so pretty. I love this
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you know what would give this a mysterious affect. put ink thumb prints on her neck. people will say, "how did those get there. i want to know the story."
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She is beautifully done! Your art makes me wish to find you more, while I am at flea markets, so that we can see what you will do with them. You are awesome!
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Hey thanks for your sweet comment.
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You are welcome and I can't wait to see them and the print!
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When I was a pro photographer we somtimes used to do Edwardian stylii portraits,y'know - archaic outfits,sepia tinting (the old way in a bath of chemicals), vignetting round the edges,etc. It's a fascinating period.
I like the way you've woven in an elemental/faerie aspect with the water like shawl, I didn't notice it at first, it's only in writing this that it suddenly jumped out at me!
I've got a stack of old postcards from the early part of the last century that I sort of inherited from some Great Great Uncle who was a stamp collector, & I know what you mean about the history/prying thing. They are like pieces of the lost jigsaw puzzles of forgotten lives, in reading them we conjure fragile ghosts from the Ether - a vague
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First of all, I apologize for taking so damn long to reply to your comment.
I absolutely love Edwardian style! I'd love to get all dressed up and have an authentic photoshoot. I can imagine it would be a lot of fun.
You are lucky to have all those postcards too! 
Thank you so much for taking the time to write another lovely and thoughful comment. You have such a lovely use of words! I'm glad you found beauty in this piece.
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anytime for a watercolor master!!:hobbes:
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