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bif

(24,002 posts)
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 06:54 AM Aug 2019

I think my painting has come a long way

I started painting this spring and am teaching myself. I started a blog where I post them with commentary. When I look at my earlier work (ha!), I'm almost embarrassed. I may even paint over those canvases. It's been a humbling experience. Here's a link to my blog. Comments, suggestions, tips are more than welcome. What do you guys think?

https://markdomincreative.blogspot.com

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I think my painting has come a long way (Original Post) bif Aug 2019 OP
Wow blm Aug 2019 #1
You have a wonderful sense of color elias7 Aug 2019 #2
I really enjoy your style. BlueDawn Aug 2019 #3
Start painting again. bif Aug 2019 #5
My wife paints also, kozar Aug 2019 #4
A local gallery is going to sell my paintings! bif Aug 2019 #6

blm

(113,820 posts)
1. Wow
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 07:26 AM
Aug 2019

You must be a natural. Hard to believe it’s only been months when it looks more like years. Your shadow work looks pretty advanced.

elias7

(4,188 posts)
2. You have a wonderful sense of color
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 07:28 AM
Aug 2019

For a novice, your paintings as a whole are pleasing. Keep going...

BlueDawn

(953 posts)
3. I really enjoy your style.
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 07:41 AM
Aug 2019

I am also an artist, but I have not painted in years. Life somehow got in the way. You have inspired me! I really want to get out my palette, paints, and canvas and start painting.

I like your use of color, too. I am really glad that you are enjoying it. I always found it relaxing to get "lost" in the world of my creation on canvas.

Thanks so much for sharing this with us. You have truly inspired me!

bif

(24,002 posts)
5. Start painting again.
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 08:59 AM
Aug 2019

I'd love to see what you come up with. You're so right about getting "lost" in the work. I'll start painting early afternoon, and before I know it, it's dinner time!

kozar

(2,851 posts)
4. My wife paints also,
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 08:40 AM
Aug 2019

she is the artistic half of us,while I played sports and dealt with my given talents. I watch her sit down and in 10 minutes do something amazing. I look at you paintings and have the same amazement, as my brain wont let the picture in my head, move to my hands. You are gifted!

Koz

bif

(24,002 posts)
6. A local gallery is going to sell my paintings!
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 02:38 PM
Aug 2019

And one of my paintings was accepted in a local art show. Wow! And I've only really been painting for about six months. I'm try humbled!

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