A Seat in the Sun

[Charlie's Mum]

Spent about 3 hours on this today - from a ref in the RIL, by mmdm.
Please let me know what you think :D - thank you.
Painting is 2.5x2.5ins., acrylics on matt w/c paper.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/14-Jan-2005/30494-Mini_-_Sunny_Spot_to_Sit.jpg

[jfsart7]

Charlie-
Love this one!!! Great job with the color and the drawing with chair!! I do not like to paint chairs and you did a great job it!!

Love the miniature forum!!!
Jaef

[Bertoni]

Maureen:
This is so good! There isn't enough room here for all the clapping hands I could put on this page!!! One of the very best!:clap: Superb color and effects of light!!!

[yoyita_yoyita]

I think it is great and you should be sending it to shows! :clap: :clap:

[AriadneArts]

This is absolutely gorgeous! I agree with Yoyita--frame this and send it to a show. :clap:

[Asterea]

Wow ! Outstanding! I love the way you handled the shadows, clean crisp lines in the chair, a lovely looseness in the foliage. Darn good job!
:clap: :clap: :clap:

[champagneharley]

Maureen:
This is so good! There isn't enough room here for all the clapping hands I could put on this page!!! One of the very best!:clap: Superb color and effects of light!!!
I'll quadriple that.
It is REALLY wonderful!
Congratulations!
Regards,
Jillian

[tuckerbird]

Absolutely beautiful! Love the colors. Definately show worthy. :clap: :clap:

[numbat]

Fantastic. Wonderful composition, colour, depth, detail. Please let us know what prize it gets.

[Charlie's Mum]

Crikey! Thanks everyone - I'm bowled over by the response - phew! :o :D
So, is it worth me joining some kind of society? Must look this up in the Art mags........thanks again.

[champagneharley]

Crikey! Thanks everyone - I'm bowled over by the response - phew! :o :D
So, is it worth me joining some kind of society? Must look this up in the Art mags........thanks again.
There are links here already (in this forum - see anything relating to size, dimension, etc).
In England the Hilliard artinminiature (there is a hyphen in there somewhere).
And the Miniature Society in Florida, USA is about the best known.
If entering shows, search for la petite, small format and miniature.
If you want to see more miniatures go to dollshouses on ebay - miniatures, artists offerings, contemporary and run a search on 'paintings' as a key word.
In the art section you can run a seach there too, on 'miniature'. Some people end up spelling it wrong, without the a though. :) I think in the art section you can check for art under 6" anyway - so a lot of that will be 'miniature'.
Regards,
Jillian

[champagneharley]

By the way, this would even be gorgeous as a large painting, you have so much wonderful light in it.
Regards,
Jillian

[Shelley Grund]

What a TREASURE! THe color and detail is wonderful!

[wayfarer]

Nicely done! :clap: You have the chair so well drawn, proportions correct. I don't like drawing chairs either, but I can certainly admire an artist that can do it well.

Chris

[Charlie's Mum]

Thank you Shelley and Chris for your kind words :D

Jillian, thank you again for your responses - I'd read your threads/comments/links.....actually, my comment about joining a society was really 'tongue in cheek'! I've exhibited locally, but never thought I was good enough to 'go national'......and these are my first miniatures.........food for thought though - thanks! :D

[champagneharley]

Thank you Shelley and Chris for your kind words :D

Jillian, thank you again for your responses - I'd read your threads/comments/links.....actually, my comment about joining a society was really 'tongue in cheek'! I've exhibited locally, but never thought I was good enough to 'go national'......and these are my first miniatures.........food for thought though - thanks! :D
My very first miniature went INTERNATIONAL (Dec 2001) - so why can't yours?
:D
Regards,
Jillian

[lorna12]

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/15-Jan-2005/11613-jawdrop.gif Maureen, I've always liked the work you do but this one blows me away!! I just love it!! So much light and wonderful color and intricate detail...stunning!! You get my standing ovation clappie...reserved only for the best! You and miniatures certainly agree with each other!

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/15-Jan-2005/11613-Junes_animations_011.gif

[mal]

I think this is vary nice. What do you do with a painting this small? Do you sit it on a table or hang it on a wall ?

[yoyita_yoyita]

I tried to edit my post and ran out of time.

I think it will depend on the type of material tehy were made of and it's archival qualities.

The Vault National Archives of Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/miniatures/051501_e.html) has this indications:


Caring for miniature portraits

Miniatures are extremely sensitive to light and should be stored in the dark and exhibited or shown always under low light levels at maximum 45 Lux except for pertinent photography and/or laboratory examination.

Miniatures should be kept in a cool, dry, dark place with a stable environment, ideally at 50% relative humidity (RH) and 18 degrees Celsius.

The collection is available for consultation by appointment.

Only designated archival staff can move, handle and show miniatures.

White cotton gloves must be worn at all times to handle miniature cases, lockets and frames.

Miniatures are exhibited only in environmentally controlled and stable exhibition rooms and display cases.

Miniatures may be loaned for exhibitions when the highest standards are guaranteed for packing, crating, shipping and installation.

Great care must be taken when handling unframed miniature paintings as body heat generated by the hand will immediately transfer to the miniature.

The one on my mantle is in oils.

[CharM]

I have seen this reference done LARGE in the wc forum, a few times!!! You have done a magnificent job with it in miniature!!!

[Charlie's Mum]

Thanks for the encouragement Jillian :)

Lorna, praise indeed! I'm so glad you like this - I was happy with this too (unlike my WDE this week), think I'll stick to minis from now :wink2:

Thank you Mal - at the moment, they're sitting on a table.....some are going for the disaster relief fund in the UK.

Yoyita - thank you for all the info - I think it would be a good idea to copy this to the sticky thread at the top of the forum page...........if you don't do it, I'll copy it later :)


CharM - yes, I noticed in the RIL that it had been used elsewhere - such a nice photo.....thank you for your lovely comment :)

[valchina612]

This is superb. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

You are SO BRILLIANT with your Miniatures, and they would excell in any Miniature Show I am sure.

Great work!!!!!!!

Val. :wave:

[Charlie's Mum]

Brilliant eh? :o :o Thanks Val - I'm blushing to the roots of my once red hair :D

[bjcpaints]

Maureen, This is really wonderful!! I love it - the detail is great. Why do mine get so crowded and muddied up? Yours is fantastic.
Barbara

[paintingcarlan]

This is a fabulous miniature. The detail is fantastic. I would have to agree that you need to enter this in a show.

[JamieWG]

Wow, Maureen, what an incredible amount of detail you got in there! Great color too. Did you use magnification to do this? Stunning!

Jamie

[paintingcarlan]

You said you got this picture out of the RIL by mmbm. What section was it in. It is a lovely scene and I would like to see if there are more that are similar. Once again great job. :wave:

[Charlie's Mum]

Paintingcarlan - thank you for your compliment! Here's the ref. link for the pic.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/RefLib/showphoto.php?photo=4659&sort=1&cat=fav&page=1

Barbara and Jamie - thank you for your lovely comments - I'm chuffed Jamie, you know these are my first tries!....and it's all thanks to you. :D
No magnifyer - yet - though that may come when the glasses get stronger!
Lol, can't see to read etc without specs but seem able to do these with my reading glasses. I printed the pic to about5x4ins or thereabouts - can't work from the computer screen.