nice touch, good handling of colors and shapes, not crazy about the presentation
Artist Reply: thank you Dan - your constructive criticism is well taken. You are right it's not a good presentation at all! It is actually just a watercolor sketch in my book. it's not a serious or finished piece by any means. I just happened to see this iris withp aint in hand so i sketched it. Your art is to be the praise of something that you love. It may only be the praise of a shell or a stone. John Ruskin
Barbara, this is a stunning Iris and the technical work is perfect. Michael
Artist Reply: why thank you michael! good to hear from you again. it's good to paint things one loves - it always turns out better. i think painting in my sketch book took out the pressure to make a masterpiece which actually gave freedom to do better than that! here's my favorite quote: "Your art is to be the praise of something that you love. It may only be the praise of a shell or a stone." John Ruskin
11 Comments
Kerra Lindsey 10 Jan 2007
FANTASTIC purple hue---I love the simplicity and skill in which you've rendered this. It shows your skilled eye. :) -KerraLinda Bartlett 05 Dec 2006
WONDERFUL!Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 21 Nov 2006
perfect and brilliant work and more then that!! and i love this presentation, pure and direct!!Alberto D'Assumpcao 18 Nov 2006
Another beautiful work, Barbara! Excellent technique!Dan Ault 17 Nov 2006
nice touch, good handling of colors and shapes, not crazy about the presentationLeah Jaarveth 17 Nov 2006
beautiful work Barbara :)helen tyralik 17 Nov 2006
lovely workMichael Forbus 17 Nov 2006
Barbara, this is a stunning Iris and the technical work is perfect. MichaelNira Dabush 16 Nov 2006
marvelous watercolour...beautifully done!Bruce Black 16 Nov 2006
Elegant Use of Watercolor.Chris Williams 16 Nov 2006
very subtle good work