I'm tryin' again

Mary Sparrow · 02-16-2005, 08:19 AM

WOW! Jimmie it looks fantastic.

Garth Herrick · 02-16-2005, 09:16 AM

Geez! Jimmie you are fantastic!

Patricia Joyce · 02-16-2005, 09:38 AM

Jimmie,
You are so AWESOME!!!! Viewing this piece this morning just gave me a shot of endorphins. What a great way to start my morning. I love this, Jimmie!!!!!!

Carol Broman · 02-16-2005, 09:40 AM

You need to buy yourself some oil paint and a canvas and get cracking! You have a gorgeous painterly style that is just screaming to be translated in a wet medium!

Very inspiring. Thank you!

Jimmie Arroyo · 02-16-2005, 01:29 PM

Thanks very much guys.

Carol, I had been taking oil classes but it did'nt work out for a few reasons. Once things get better, I have intentions to start up again.

Thanks again.

David Draime · 02-16-2005, 02:13 PM

Jimmie,

You have raised the bar for pastels. Thanks a LOT!!!

Sharon Knettell · 02-16-2005, 04:18 PM

Personally I think (ahem) that pastels are underrated as a serious medium. They have a freshness, immediacy and sparkling color that oils sometimes cannot touch. In the 18th century pastellists were banned from showing their work at the French Salons' annual show because they outshone the oils. That helped speed their decline in popular usage. Most of us remember Degas from his beautiful ballet pastels, which he devoted himself to later in his career.

That said, I want to congratulate Jimmie for the beautiful piece, bringing pastel into the 21th century. It was not too long ago he was wallowing in his first effort trying to make sense of this particular medium. That usually happens in the first several attempts. That he was able to do this lovely piece on his second try is remarkable.

Beautiful blues Jimmie.

Secondly, I would not worry about getting closeups of eye details, there is usually distortion and the excess of detail can make our efforts look rather photographic and less painterly.

Terri Ficenec · 02-16-2005, 09:45 PM

Oh, Jimmie--this is stunning.

Jimmie Arroyo · 02-17-2005, 07:05 PM

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You have raised the bar for pastels. Thanks a LOT!!!

Uhh, you're welcome? Now all I need to do is stress over making the next one better! and the next one, and the next one,.....

Sharon, thank you. I always go to the Degas rooms every time I visit the Met. IMO, it's the purest, most beautiful collection there.

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I hope you see what everyone else is seeing here, because we're seeing gold, my friend.

Thanks, but that's EXACTLY what I'm always thinking when someone likes my work. Why do other people like it, and why don't I see it? I wonder if it's mainly technique, is it a connection to the model? I usually look at my work and wonder if I would like it if I did'nt do it. There are many pieces by other artist's that I like that I can't explain.

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The blue of her shirt (a great blue, by the way) looks to be the same blue of the moon tattoo. Since these things overlap, there is a bit of confusion at first glance. Perhaps the tat (since it's small) could be a slightly different temperature blue?

I chuckled when you said "a great blue" because, holy cow, I used so many different colors before finally coming up with the shirt. Burnt orange, few shades of ultramarine, cobalt, grays. Ughh.

Anyhoo, I was planning on graying the tattoo a bit, I agree about it running into the shirt.

I posted a couple of pics on my site under "current work" showing a pic from the near beginning till now, and it's a big difference.

Thanks all.