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[pintor]

Hello, everyone! This is my latest painting done on a 11.5 x 7 in. canvas. For this painting I used raw umber, burnt sienna, venetian red, genuine naples yellow light, yellow ochre, viridian, ultramarine blue and cremnitz white.

Comments and critiques are welcomed. Thanks for looking!!

[*Deirdre*]

José....Love it...appreciate it's a game but are those matches below the money? If so, what do the numbers mean....I realise I have managed to achieve a great age without knowing the rules of most card games!!

[pintor]

Hi, Deirdre! Thank you for your comments. The numbers on the paper is just an addition that will result in 21: 6+4+3+1+7=21. 21 is also repeated on the $20 dollar bill plus the two half dollar coins and on the cards: the Jack of hearts = 10 + the ace which equals 1 or 11, in this case is 11 to get the winning hand of 21.

[*Deirdre*]

Aha....so it's lined paper then...that explains it! Yes...my upbringing was sadly lacking in card games....my most exciting board game was cribbage - which my grandfather loved to play! When I was at home I mainly drew or painted....

[pintor]

I don´t know how to play too many card games myself, but I love to play some Spanish cards games..they´re so much fun. I also like to play board games like checkers and chinese checkers, I used to play them a lot when I was a kid. Now that I´m way over 21 I mostly draw or paint .

[chiriacdc]

Well done!
Just curious...are you using Rublev oils?

[pintor]

Hola, Daniel! Gracias for your comments. No, I´m not using Rublev oils, they´re quite expensive and cannot afford them. I wish, lol. The genuine naples yellow light I´m using is a Michael Harding 40ml tube that I bought in 2005 when they were very inexpensive compared to now: $23 the tube..now they´re sold for like $56! The Venetian red I´m using is also from Michael Harding. The other colors are from Daniel Smith: burnt sienna, yellow ochre, french ultramarine blue deep, Grumbacher: raw umber and viridian, and cremnitz white from Windsor and Newton.