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Still having trouble getting myself to paint. Here's a cool yard sale bottle l found last week. (Original Post) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 OP
I like that, very nice rendition ornotna Aug 2020 #1
Thank you. :) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #6
Wow, neat bottle! soothsayer Aug 2020 #2
Thank you. :) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #5
What a lovely bottle! CrispyQ Aug 2020 #3
Yes. I had another layer planned, but bad paper pulled up on me. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #4
Very cool! bif Aug 2020 #7
Thanks! GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #17
Wow! lunatica Aug 2020 #8
Thank you! I was so excited seeing the shadow break up GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #18
Excellent! I like it very much. Nitram Aug 2020 #9
Thanks! GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #19
Nice! I like it! CaptainTruth Aug 2020 #10
Thank you! GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #20
Lovely! Chellee Aug 2020 #11
Thanks! GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #21
Wonderful! In my next life, I'm asking to have a talent!!! Karadeniz Aug 2020 #12
Thank you! I am sure you have one now :) GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #22
Wonderful! I've been taking water color classes, and loving it. But the pandemic LuckyLib Aug 2020 #13
Thanks! Yes, the depression and anxiety have really taken hold. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #23
Hows that indoor A/C unit working for you? AZ8theist Aug 2020 #14
I like it, but it doesn't get as cold as I want, esp in a combined GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #24
unusual. AllaN01Bear Aug 2020 #15
Thanks! GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #25
I thought there was too much violins on TV... Sloumeau Aug 2020 #16
Thanks GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #26
Roseanne, Is that you? Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #30
Grandmother's Bottle pjyonemura Aug 2020 #27
Old stuff has a lot of memories aleesiazane Aug 2020 #28
Oh man! I love your painting!!! Trueblue Texan Aug 2020 #29
Very nicely done! Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #31
I love both the painting and the.bottle Demovictory9 Aug 2020 #32
Artwise, some of us older folks still only know how to draw a stick figure & smiley face... Illumination Aug 2020 #33
I had one of those years ago. True Blue American Aug 2020 #34
Hope you enjoy this site! True Blue American Aug 2020 #35
What type of air system do you have going there? Kacy Sep 2020 #36
It's a mobile air conditioning unit. Can also be use as a dehumidifier. It's lovely to have on hot GreenPartyVoter Sep 2020 #37

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
8. Wow!
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 11:53 AM
Aug 2020

It’s always tricky to work with light effects on different reflective surfaces. In this case you did a wonderful job of showing light as it bounces off the surface of the bottle AND it’s effects as it penetrates the object and casts the bottle’s shadow. You include the way the light going through it highlights the shadow, making the effect Look like a gem.

I also like that you caught the undulating quality of the blown glass in its imperfect surface structure, also showing the effect of light in its dual quality on the subject.

GreenPartyVoter

(73,050 posts)
18. Thank you! I was so excited seeing the shadow break up
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 08:02 PM
Aug 2020

with those shards. I knew it would be a fun challenge.

LuckyLib

(6,893 posts)
13. Wonderful! I've been taking water color classes, and loving it. But the pandemic
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 09:50 PM
Aug 2020

has made it tough for me as well. Heard the same from other friends who enjoy their art. It can prove so therapeutic and yet it's tough to sit down to.

GreenPartyVoter

(73,050 posts)
24. I like it, but it doesn't get as cold as I want, esp in a combined
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 08:06 PM
Aug 2020

kitchen/living/dining when it gets over 90 out.

Sloumeau

(2,657 posts)
16. I thought there was too much violins on TV...
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 11:18 PM
Aug 2020

then I come here, and this is what I see!

Nice picture, by the way.

pjyonemura

(9 posts)
27. Grandmother's Bottle
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 11:35 AM
Aug 2020

My grandmother had a bottle very similar to that. She hung it on the wall. She had ivy trailing from it. Fond memory. I'm so glad to see something so akin to it.

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
33. Artwise, some of us older folks still only know how to draw a stick figure & smiley face...
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 08:05 AM
Aug 2020

so you're doing pretty darn good! Keep sharing!

True Blue American

(18,167 posts)
34. I had one of those years ago.
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 01:19 PM
Aug 2020

For some reason that was a fad back in the 60’s, mine broke. I have a blue hand blown swan.

Put in a charity bag, took it back out. Around the same time stores Began selling replica’s of Carnival and Depression glass, too.


I have originals that came from family. Replica’s I bought.The replica’s are antiques now!

Kacy

(32 posts)
36. What type of air system do you have going there?
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 12:50 PM
Sep 2020

I’m baffled by what’s behind the bottle: the accordion tubes flowing from the window and the elbow tube in the corner. Is a fan backed up to the tubes? How does the elbow tube work? If you don’t mind…

GreenPartyVoter

(73,050 posts)
37. It's a mobile air conditioning unit. Can also be use as a dehumidifier. It's lovely to have on hot
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 01:32 PM
Sep 2020

days, but there are a couple of drawbacks. The first is that it’s large and sitting in front of my window seat. The other, the water tank fills up and we have to wheel it to the back door to drain it. But it’s still worth it.

The tubes are the exhaust, I think. I honestly don’t really know how it works, just that it does.

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