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practicingone of my favorite Vermeer paintings
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it's funny that when i first saw this painting before a long time ago. to me, the girl kinda looked a little black to me, especially because i thought she had a giant doo rag (to hide her dreadlocks like black people?). i guess now i know that she's white and didn't have a doo rag. uh....Vermeer's color tone choice for his painting is kinda little off
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black people dont wear that to hide their dreads do they? I think they just do it to keep their super soft hair covered from getting stuff in it. I often wear one whenever I was painting because I have long hair that otherwise can drag in the paint or if Im working on a ceiling or tall wall I definitely dont want it to fall on the top of my head, paint is hard to get out of hair. I don't think she looks black at all
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thanks so much its my second attempt, first time digital
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I love Ver Meer and saw the movie about the making of that painting (highly dramatized) and this is one of my all-time favorite works. It is sublime. You did an EXCELLENT job recreating the magic of the original.
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thanks so much. I never saw that movie, I thought, how can you make a whole movie over just that painting?
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Amazing! You did fantastic.
It's a very beautiful and smart painting. I like it a lot, too. I'm pretty sure I saw it in person at the Met. If not it was one very similar.
I like how little touches of you are here, like how pretty her lips are and how bright and engaging her eyes seem to be.
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engaging 
thanks
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the cracks are a great effect.
what do you do with these digital paintings?
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thanks.
what do you mean?
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do you print them out and display them around the house?
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oh no, not yet at least eventually i might just so i always have some on hand to ssell in person
but i just work via digital file commission or i do faux finishing and mural work traditionally... i dont sell actual paintings that often but i dont do many of them anymore either....
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i see. you just have a lot of digital works posted, couldn't help but wonder.
the faux finishing works are amazing btw, is that what you specialize in for a living?
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thank you. Well yes, I got started in digital like 3 years ago, so my work now is mostly digital because I had to learn so I made alot of art learning - still am... and all the OC stuff is commission (if not gift) and on top of that digital art is clean and besides software theres no cost for materials
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excellent.
that's a good point, there's no cleanup.
but the smell of actual paint = amazing.
and how else would you accidentally put your paintbrush in your tea
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or drink your turpentine?
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dude! totally almost did that once.
after a while with all the dissolved oils it smelled like Coca-cola and i got very curious.
luckily it was a SUPERVISED children's art class.
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it didnt taste like coke but it might be equally bad for u
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haha, you're probably right.
which is why we only drink boiled leaf juice.
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baked some chocolate crackle cookies for a BBQ. they had molten chocolate chips in them and they were a huge hit
have you been baking lately?
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wow that sounds amazing! no just banana bread and wait... I have been making alot of pancakes but that doesnt count. I didnt have very much ingredients so I tried to make some bread using yogurt and it was horrible texture but i made it thinner and used the same idea for pancakes instead and its great. yogurt instead of milk for pancakes
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mmmmm pancakes are a classic.
been dying to get some pancakes and waffles lately...
subing yogurt for milk... must try this some time!
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