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MLAA

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12. Dear femmedem,

Reply to femmedem (Original post)

Sun Nov 29, 2020, 02:02 PM

Nov 2020

They are both exquisite. You have great range to masterfully create a landscape and a portrait.

Your skin tones are luminescent and with so few colors to work with. The landscape feels soft and strong at the same time to me.

You are motivating me to try a self portrait.

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A couple of new paintings [View all] femmedem Nov 2020 OP

Thank you so much for sharing. They (you) are lovely. niyad Nov 2020 #1

The landscape is immersive and familiar, and I like the sense of perspective ... it carries the eye. JudyM Nov 2020 #2

I was editing it because I posted the wrong version. I think you'll see it now. femmedem Nov 2020 #5

Beautiful! MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 #3

Harkness Park in Southeastern Connecticut. femmedem Nov 2020 #4

Very nice - thank you MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 #7

art school almost bdtrppr6 Nov 2020 #6

Very close to my story! I'm glad you kept painting. femmedem Nov 2020 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author femmedem Nov 2020 #10

The self-portrait just popped up - for some reason not at first MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 #9

Thank you. I had to look up Moses Soyer: beautiful and intriguing work. femmedem Nov 2020 #13

Thank you, femmedem - I lost him 6 years ago but it's still a joy to talk about him MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 #15

Nice work - both of them. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #11

Thanks, Velveteen. femmedem Nov 2020 #14

Thank you. I've done some more work on that painting The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #18

Dear femmedem, MLAA Nov 2020 #12

Thank you, MLAA. I hope you do try a self-portrait. femmedem Nov 2020 #16

And interesting haha MLAA Nov 2020 #17

I am so so so very jealous angstlessk Nov 2020 #19

I understand. I was lucky: my grandfather was a dixieland musician who became an accountant. femmedem Nov 2020 #21

What I see is good art lunatica Nov 2020 #20

Thank you, Lunatica. femmedem Nov 2020 #22

I love them both. Thank you for sharing them. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Nov 2020 #23

Thank you! Thanks for looking at them with kind eyes. n/t femmedem Nov 2020 #26

Both paintings are lovely. Star-Thrower Nov 2020 #24

Thanks, Star-Thrower. femmedem Nov 2020 #27

Your teacher was way off base bif Nov 2020 #25

Thanks, bif. I love your work, too. femmedem Nov 2020 #28

Thank you so much! bif Dec 2020 #31

I signed up for a year's worth of videos at New Master's Academy. femmedem Dec 2020 #32

Thanks. I may check them out bif Dec 2020 #36

Ohhh leighbythesea2 Dec 2020 #29

Thank you! n/t femmedem Dec 2020 #33

And that professor leighbythesea2 Dec 2020 #30

Everything clicked for me when I read Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain! femmedem Dec 2020 #34

I taught a lot leighbythesea2 Dec 2020 #35