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Old 06-14-2005, 02:13 AM   #24
Dianne Gardner Dianne Gardner is offline
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I agree wholeheartedly with Kim. We had this conversation many times with our Art guild. I have to admit I was surprised at all the different ways folks use to transfer images onto the canvas described here. I was taught first by my mother and she used her eye, the end of her brush and her thumb and that's the school that I come from. Granted, my paintings don't compare to the work represented here. But I also am of the belief that it is the journey that matters, and not the destination. I find satisfaction if I can finally look at something either from life or a photo and coordinate my mind and my hand to place those lines, color and forms onto the canvas accurately. I don't always as some of you already know, but sometimes I do and there is great satisfaction in that. Along the way, as Kim also mentioned, there's a little bit of life, movement, and character that gets transfered too.

For the last three years I have found that plein air painting has helped my portrait painting because not only do I have to work quickly, but I have learned to see color and light in a different way-a way that photographs do not record. Its helped me tremendously.

Dianne
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