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Published: 2012-11-26 05:17:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 548; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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I'm alive!Sorry for the infrequent posting. I haven't actually painted since August, when the semester started--I've been taking a 3D art class, but didn't have a chance to paint till Thanksgiving break. This is a one hour speedpaint I did of my sister, from life. Not a perfect likeness--some weirdness in the colors--but, I like it.
(Oils on cotton, 9x12")
artwork © 2012 by Starlace
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Comments: 13
Your sister is beautiful You have drawn her so well. When you say it is not a perfect likeness, I wonder what she looks like in a photo. I think you must be a wonderful sister. Because you compose your siblings so well. My sister is wonderful, however she usually is unhappy with me. But then I am probably someone to be unhappy with. So I get what I deserve I would imagine.
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Thank you! I get along well with my sister (not that we don't have our spats; we're very different people.)
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All this in just one hour?! Amazing! Your sister must be really flattered cos this is a great job! I like the roughness of it all and the way the colours scream at you. It's like a sharp contrast with her calm almost neutral expression.
Keep up the great work!
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Thank you so much! I can paint pretty fast, although some of the accuracy gets lost by the wayside. I'm glad you like it
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Sometimes accuracy is way overrated! Raw, spontaneous ideas have such a dramatic impact, and taking the time to clean up the lines and details might get in the way of the flow of expression.
I think you were able to say all that needed to be said here. More accuracy wouldn't have added much more useful information. But that's just my opinion.
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Yeah, I definitely like a loose, sketchy (or in this case painterly) style. It's actually surprisingly hard to maintain looseness AND accuracy, which is my ideal.
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Well, maybe they're not meant to go together in the first place. Different kinds of expressions could sometimes conflict with one another.
Whatever the case may be, you did a great job and that's all that really matters, isn't it? With art, the end always justifies the means.
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