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Red Tulips drawing (Original Post) lunatica Apr 2020 OP
Very nice underpants Apr 2020 #1
Gorgeous! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #2
Beautiful! So graceful, clearly drawn and subtley colored--even with the complementary colors. femmedem Apr 2020 #3
I drew it 30 years ago lunatica Apr 2020 #8
Lovely! TY appalachiablue Apr 2020 #4
So pretty!!!! Alliepoo Apr 2020 #5
Nice- simple and concise marked50 Apr 2020 #6
Beautiful! MLAA Apr 2020 #7
I've been using photobucket for years lunatica Apr 2020 #9
I will try photobucket tomorrow, thank you! MLAA Apr 2020 #10
Absolutely magnificent! Exquisite! Thanks! BarbD Apr 2020 #11
Nice. LudwigPastorius Apr 2020 #12
i was just gonna say that it feels very art deco. mopinko Apr 2020 #15
Or Art Nouveau. How lovely!! GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #26
Looks like a motif for wallpaper in a craftsman home! Karadeniz Apr 2020 #13
It seems to remind people of design elements. lunatica Apr 2020 #14
till someone wrecks your favorite painting for you. lol. mopinko Apr 2020 #16
Turn it upside down and see if you can unsee what you don't lunatica Apr 2020 #17
boy howdy. mopinko Apr 2020 #18
Your paintings are a success if people see something about themselves lunatica Apr 2020 #19
well, it made her feel kinda dumb. mopinko Apr 2020 #25
Very nice. This would make a cool stain glass window! bif Apr 2020 #20
I never thought of that lunatica Apr 2020 #21
How beautiful!!!! Rebl2 Apr 2020 #22
Gorgeous, always a pleasant surprise at the beauty of your work! UTUSN Apr 2020 #23
Lovely. Thank you for sharing. Saw my first of the season this morning. niyad Apr 2020 #24
Gorgeous!!! GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #27

femmedem

(8,444 posts)
3. Beautiful! So graceful, clearly drawn and subtley colored--even with the complementary colors.
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 04:53 PM
Apr 2020

It feels like an expert illustration in an early twentieth century book.

Did you draw this recently?

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
8. I drew it 30 years ago
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:30 PM
Apr 2020

Right now I’m really stuck on a painting. I think it’s because of the pandemic. Inspiration is pretty secondary for me. But the need for reaching out to share something good about good things we do seems important.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
14. It seems to remind people of design elements.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 06:02 PM
Apr 2020

I hadn’t ever seen that and it’s pretty old. I drew it 30 years ago.

It shows how important it is to get feedback. Thanks!

mopinko

(71,816 posts)
16. till someone wrecks your favorite painting for you. lol.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 08:27 PM
Apr 2020

my most cynical sister saw a cartoon dog in an abstract figure. cant unsee.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
17. Turn it upside down and see if you can unsee what you don't
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 10:33 PM
Apr 2020

Want to see.

There was a very important era in my painting when I went full Abstract Expressionism which some people who didn’t paint wanted to figure out what it was supposed to be. For some reason they insisted on seeing an object in the paintings. They simply couldn’t understand what abstract art is. It was frustrating so I understand what you mean.

mopinko

(71,816 posts)
18. boy howdy.
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 11:48 AM
Apr 2020

i bet that would work, too. i was a 'drawing on the right side of the brain' fan. actually heard the author speak at art school. truly fascinated w the human brain.

even tho my sculpture is far more literal, people still can only see through the lens they have. goes double for the big sister who was #2 when you are the family weirdo.
even the ones who can make the leap that it is about emotion and not matter seem to have their own dark lens that only sees the painful bits of the work. never catch the heart.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
19. Your paintings are a success if people see something about themselves
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:26 PM
Apr 2020

in your abstract art. Everyone reacts with what they know. Perhaps the ones who don’t see the heart simply don’t understand the nature of their path. They see pain as the end all with nothing on the other side of the human journey. Yet what they see is where they are in self discovery.

So count your abstract art as a success. In spite of your sister!

mopinko

(71,816 posts)
25. well, it made her feel kinda dumb.
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 04:53 PM
Apr 2020

i mean, it took her a bit to get others to see it. i may have laughed.
we are good natured in our ribbing.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
21. I never thought of that
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:37 PM
Apr 2020

But now that I see what you mean I can imagine how nice it would look with light going through it. A few people in this thread pointed out the design element it has. I’m very happy that I posted it because now I see something totally new in it. Thanks!

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