WDE 05June09 - A Rose is still a rose is still a rose (hopefully MI)

[jlloren]

I knew I could only manage a pencil drawing so I thought the rose was my best bet because of the superb light and shadow in the ref photo. After more than 2 hours of tweedling and erasing, here's what I got. I dare say it looks a tad better IRL because it's easier to ignore the mis-shaded portions.

Approx. 5x6 on WC card.

Thanks for looking!

Ey, Beth! Thanks for hosting!

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/06-Jun-2009/43267-rose-7june09.JPG

[bchlvr]

gorgeous!

[Paulafv]

Joel,

This is a beautiful drawing. Don't see a tad of "mis-shading" here. Excellent work.

Paula

[Signchick]

Hi Joel! I'm so glad you could come play! :clap: I love your rose, with it's delicate shading!! :)

[susme48]

Joel...this is beautiful!!

[jlloren]

Thanks Susan, Beth, Paula and Linn. I manged to do another one, this one the barn in watercolor on a 6x9 WC paper. Feels good to use the brush again after such a long time.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/06-Jun-2009/43267-barn-7june09.JPG

[bluefrog]

Wonderful pieces!

[connievanwinssen]

Good work on both!:)

[crispur2005]

I love your beautiful rose, those frilled edges on the petals are gorgeous. Love the barn as well

[Signchick]

The barn is great, Joel!!! I love that you included the beautiful Colorado sky. The day I took these pictures, the sun had just come out after 2 days of misty rain & I was sooooo happy!

You should not neglect your painting time, Joel! I know lawyers work crazy, long hours and you have young children, but this barn is really wonderful! Can you get that same feeling from doing anything else? I think not! :D

Thanks for participating this weekend, Joel! :)

[Dewi]

Perfect shape and crop on your beautiful rose Joel, nice shadow too, love it.
Nice barn too. :)

[eyepaint]

Wonderful job on both!

I guess you don't see many barns like that in your regular every day life ... either in Europe or at home ? :)

[justjean]

A lovely rose :thumbsup:

[susme48]

Loved the rose, but the barn is really great too!

[jlloren]

Thanks Everyone!

Yes Beth, the satisfaction we get from finishing any painting (bad or good) is proceless, and I am heeding your advise by at least coming up with one artwork per week. Just a little sacrifice by waking up earlier than everybody else on weekends!

Bot EP, we don't have many barns around here - at least not as nice looking as the one in the ref photo. I saw a lot of those when we drove from New York all the way up to Toronto, Canada many years ago.

[artbyjune]

Lovely work, Joel. I agree about the satisfaction element!

[Signchick]

Good plan, Joel. That's how I do mine. I get up a little earlier than DH and paint. I usually quit when he gets up. It works really well for me. :p

[Joan T]

The rose is lovely...so well shaded!!! Nice job on the barn too!

[vickilyn]

Wonderful rose, both good.

[missswiss]

I really like them both. Hope to see you keep up on at least the once a week thing and share with us.

[artastic]

beautiful drawing and delightful WC on the barn