Reworked Quickie...

[arlene]

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/21-Sep-2001/orchidfinalscan11.jpg

This is from a photo that Miss Mouse took and I cropped.

This was finished in about 7 hours on rag mat board. size is 4" x 6."

[Shoope1]

Nice.
:)

Check going out in the mail today!
Ronnie

[halachmi]

wow, is this a quickie ?!
looks great !
i specially like the crop you did. it aded so much.

[Beau]

Beautiful Arlene!...Cant wait for the next one!....Might try to post some more of mine soon if I can get decent pics....would be ashamed to now LOL!

your doing great girl!

Beau...........................

[Ivyleaf]

This looks very nice Arlene! How did you like working on the mat board???

[Earlene]

Arlene this is a quickie? Oh how I wish I could produce a sketch as good as this even when I take my time. You are an awesome artist.

[Bubi]

:clap: beautiful Arlene :)
great work in such a short time, I wish I could do something like this even in 3 times as much :)

[arlene]

Earlene and Bubi, after you have your outline it's just a question of getting your darks and lights put in...look at it as shapes and not a finished item when you start...

Ivy, I found the matboard good for this technique of wanting to have the background show through, but I prefer the stonehenge...

Beau, We're all waiting to see yours...

Halachmi, thank you and yes compared to my usual 40-60 hours per drawing, this is quick...I try my best even when doing a quickie... :angel:

Ronnie, thanks and I'm looking forward to meeting you.

[arlene]

I kept staring at this and it was bothering me...not enough contrast...i went back and added more...the colors actually are cleaner than in the scan.

[TeAnne]

Deliscious :) The 3D effect from the center is excellent. Well done Arlene (((hugz))))

[PhilC]

Really like this Arlene.

I use mat borad alot, have yet to try stonehenge. I did pick some up at the art store on Monday when I was there. Now what to do with it?

PhilC

[arlene]

Thanks TeAnne...It was fun doing something fast for a change...course now I keep looking at it and wanting to tweak it a bit! LOL.

Phil...While I enjoyed working on this, it wasn't the same as stonehenge...for layering tons of color, nothing beats the stonehenge...it seems to absorb the color.

[TeAnne]

Why not draw another one then and do to it what you want too?
The fast one works. :) Leave as is.
Go for it girl. I dare ya. :D

[arlene]

Actually, I am leaving it alone, as I've already started a new large, detailed flower...a dahlia taken from another of Miss Mouse's photos, and cropped.

[Lulu]

This is lovely Arlene. Looking forward to seeing the dahlia.
Actually you have inspired me to take close-up cropped photos of the flowers in my garden.

As for the stonehenge, am finally trying it:) and I love it too. Darrell, if you happen to be reading this don't fall off your chair, ok? lol