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04-29-2007, 08:33 AM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Location: St. John's, Canada
Posts: 9
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Greetings from Newfoundland
Hello everyone. I have just received good news that I am in and I am very happy and proud about it. Let me introduce myself. I am Russian born living in Newfoundland Canada. This is a beautiful place to live but with arguably bad climate. My primary occupation is physics but now I spend more and more time painting and I hope to develop this into a part-time job. I started painting a few years ago and I am self-taught. My primary source of knowledge was Internet and especially this Forum. I also bought a few books among which I would like to mention a book on skin tones by Chris Saper (for me as a physicist it was a pleasure to read about color temperatures). Please take a look at my 'professionally looking' website.
Here I would like to throw in a couple of images. The first one is self-portrait which I did in 2005 and then revised recently. You know of course from whom I borrowed that wooden bar! The second image is a female figure which I painted following the tutorial by William Whitaker. I was trying to learn how to paint the folds of fabric and the skin tones. I am not sure what Master would say about this attempt. 
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04-29-2007, 09:04 AM
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UNVEILINGS MODERATOR
Juried Member
Joined: May 2005
Location: Narberth, PA
Posts: 2,485
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Welcome to the forum, Iakov! As a self-taught artist myself, I can vouch for the fact that you can find a lot of educational opportunities right here.
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04-29-2007, 09:05 AM
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Juried Member
Joined: Sep 2004
Location: Madrid, Spain
Posts: 483
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Welcome Iakov,
Rembrandt
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Carlos
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04-29-2007, 11:58 AM
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Juried Member
Joined: Feb 2007
Location: New Britain, CT
Posts: 120
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Welcome
Always nice to see a new member. Beautiful paintings on your website Lakov.
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04-30-2007, 09:59 AM
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Juried Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Location: St. John's, Canada
Posts: 9
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Alexandra, Carlos, Dan,
Thank you very much for your kind words.
Carlos, the wood is indeed from Rembrandt's 1640 self-portrait. I tryed to imitate the pose too.
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04-30-2007, 02:57 PM
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Juried Member
PT Professional
Joined: May 2004
Location: Americana, Brazil
Posts: 1,042
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Welcome to the forum.
I tried to visit your website, but the link didn't work.
I liked your paintings, specially the self-portrait.
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04-30-2007, 05:30 PM
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Juried Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Location: St. John's, Canada
Posts: 9
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Claudemir Bonfim - Thanks a lot.
Here is a link to my webpage www.geocities.com/yakov_studio . Maybe this will work better...
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05-01-2007, 12:48 AM
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Juried Member
Joined: Jul 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 1,734
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Welcome, Iakov!
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05-01-2007, 01:11 PM
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'06 Artists Mag Finalist, '07 Artists Mag Finalist, ArtKudos Merit Award Winner '08
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: U.K.
Posts: 732
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It's nice to meet you, Iakov. Welcome. I like the transitions of light to darks in the folds of your fabric. Nicely and effectively done!
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05-01-2007, 10:47 PM
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SENIOR MODERATOR
SOG Member
FT Professional, Author
'03 Finalist, PSofATL
'02 Finalist, PSofATL
'02 1st Place, WCSPA
'01 Honors, WCSPA
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Joined: Jun 2001
Location: Arizona
Posts: 2,481
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Welcome! I know you will enjoy being part of the Forum
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