Thursday, July 11, 2013

Busy Week's Quick Paintings

For most of the week I thought this chair sketched in watercolor
pencils and then dampened might be my only entry to Paint Party
Friday this week. However, while "watching" TV, I was able to
get this rose done. I am having trouble getting the computer screen to 
display the color correctly. Dila, a very talented photographer and oil painter,
has allowed me to use her most beautiful photo of a rose to paint my
interpretation in watercolors and watercolor pencils. I have included 
her photograph. Please check out her blog.








44 comments:

  1. The chair is neat, Faye...but that rose is gorgeous!!!

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  2. Which rose is the photograph! Brilliantly done. Super little chair.

    Janet xx

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  3. Oooo my Friend Janet stole my line lol, both are beautifully done. Elizabeth x

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  4. Loving your gorgeous rose and that neat chair Faye, hugs Annette x

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  5. Lovely drawings. Interesting with the chair and gorgeous rose.

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  6. Some sketching and drawing is better than non Faye, your little chair is sweet. Have a good weekend.

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  7. love this pinky bloom, nic work Faye

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  8. Your rose is spectacular. saludos

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  9. Your rose is stunning, as is the photo - no flower is more beautiful for me! Valerie

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  10. forgot to say Happy PPF, Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  11. That rose is amazing and they are so difficult. Beautiful and HPPF

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  12. That rose drawing is magnificant.

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  13. GORGEOUS rose..wow..IMPRESSIVE!! You are so good at flowers!! I love the chair too, with my favorite combination of colors, green and purple...Great week Faye!

    Hugs Giggles

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  14. superb rose..have a great weekend

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  15. Beautiful rose Faye. We have a lot of David Austin roses in our yard. That chair need someone to sit in it.:) Great job. gloria

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  16. I had to look twice to be sure which was the photo and which was your painting! so lovely! Your chair is great too!

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  17. lovely chair sketch-and that rose -wow-gorgeous Faye!!!

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  18. I've been in summer vacation and haven't got nothing to paper.

    You have painted beautiful sketches. Wow, how wonderful rose, I can feel its smell.

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  19. For quick paintings they are marvelous. xox

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  20. Beautiful paintings Faye..you really captured that lovely rose!
    Alison x

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  21. That rose is stunning!! Just gorgeous! And great perspective on your chair!

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  22. That's a beautiful rose!
    Happy PPF, have a great weekend.
    xx

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  23. Your paintings are lovely. The rose looks very realistic

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  24. Hi Faye: I both LOVE the chair (interesting that you dampened it and it still stayed so crisp and beautiful and not smeary) and that rose - my gosh - the photography looks fantastic! I thought it was THE photograph at first then saw the photograph and was mesmerized how similar you got it. For me, this is an incredible piece of art and accomplishment. I hope you are SOOOOO proud! As for that 3rd child, I hear you about the first and second. I think for me Faye, it was the difference of being 29 and 32 and then 41. At 41 I was a single mom and was able to decide "how" to do it my way - unencumbered - and also to call upon the other two for what I screwed up and what I didn't. Often the advice was unsolicited, which at times was difficult. I thought they would make awful parents because they wanted me to be SO strict with Taylor yet they loved that I was so lenient with them - funny how that goes. Being an "old" mom, I was - meh, a cold. meh, a tantrum (times 10 relaxed), meh, they are staring at how I parent - bugger off, meh, who cares what he wears out - and all this did affect him. But having said that, who knows what he will turn out like. Will he call me when he goes to University or will he be like my (like your girl) and in her first year say "stop calling me so I can have a social life!" omg I nearly died! Then, like the elastic bank theory - they came back. Now I am dealing with feeling like I am losing my 29 year old boy to his wife. I am jealous, I admit it, and I know it is a phase, so I plan on snatching the grandkids when they come and my DIL (daughter in love) tells me she is going to Fed Ex them to me anyway!!!! lol lol Sometimes you can't win Faye, whether it is just a husband and no kids, one, two or three kids. I am now a DT on a blog (going back to DTing after quitting 10 6 months ago - but only to ones that REALLY pull my heart strings) and her husband is one of 21 and she is an only child. Imagine that structure as husband and wife!!!! Oy! I think you and I did splendidly, besides, girls are very different than our boy children - it truly is just so - even though we really work to stamp our sexism to a huge degree! It is useless saying men are the same as women so I think it is bizarre to say girls are like boys...my view only! Faye, thanks for opening up to me. I hope I haven't over burdened YOU! Lovies, Samara p.s. you did ministerial work? I am a D.Min, Chaplain and Minister. Nice co-incidence! xox

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  25. Wonderful rose, beautiful light and shadow, looks so crisp and fresh! I really love your chair painting, too, so pretty! <3

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  26. Heel goed geworden Faye zacht van kleur ziet er erg mooi uti en de roos wat een plaatje geworden lieve groetjes Danielle

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  27. My iPad is allowing me to see the rise. It is outstanding ! When I get to my computer I hope to see the rest! HPPF!!

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  28. Wow! Beautiful rose in both versions! Great 3D effect with your colouring.

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  29. Your rose is magnificent! I think they are very hard to paint, but you have done so beautifully!

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  30. Wonderful work! Amazing that you got this done while watching TV!

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  31. Faye, your rose is stunning. I've tried drawing them but has never been successful. I love this so much.
    Have a wonderful week
    Susan

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  32. Wow! I love the rose! You are so talented.

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  33. Hi Faye, these are wonderful. The rose is stunning. Well done.
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  34. Wow... Faye, your drawing is wonderful! Love the beautiful chair and gorgeous rose. Thank you for sharing. :)

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  35. hi Faye!! :) love your artwork, the rose is stunning ♥
    thank you for your kind words, I appreciate them xx

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  36. Maybe I should be watching more TV! You have been busy. Nice work!

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  37. Great interpretation. Nice textures too:)

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  38. Faye , your rose is most excellent :) I'm impressed :)lovely color here !

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  39. The chair looks very comfy and your rose is lovely! Wonderful pieces!

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  40. Your drawing is gorgeous. You've done a wonderful job--I love how you've captured the texture of those silky petals!

    Happy PPF!

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  41. Your rose is so beautiful and the chair is fabulous too!

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