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    Becky Foster
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        “Catbird”, 18″x24″ Holbein and Senneliers on Masterpiece oil-primed linen. I painted this on top of an oil painted background (the brown). I really loved working on this surface and plan on doing some more like this. I’m not sure if I’m finished and critiques are very welcome.

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        Becky

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        Rich A
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            Very nice Becky. The details look crisp and this little guy is very life-like. Well done!

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            Lovely bird, Becky!

            Christel

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            terriks
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                He is a beautiful bird, Becky – I love all those grays. Beautifully done – the eye is just exquisite! I think you could call your subject finished. The background is nice as is, too, though maybe not as colorful as some of your other ones. You could go either way – let it be as is, or maybe have a play with the background.

                Your new surface sounds very interesting. Looking forward to seeing what else you do with it! :)

                Terri

                Film photographer with special love for alternative photographic processes - especially ones that get my hands dirty!

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                Mira
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                    Absolutely lovely bird and fresh, bright colors!
                    To me, the background could be a little more varied in tone. I believe it’s not very important, but personally I feel if the left part of the background was darkened a bit, it would probably look even better.

                    I love oil pastels and have created a blog about this medium. While the blog posts are in Russian, still I invite you to get inspired with various artists' beautiful OP paintings in my blog's gallery: https://oilpastelist.wordpress.com/gallery

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                    SarahY
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                        Lovely, great expression.

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                        laika
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                            Beautiful! The eye really brings him to life. I agree that some kind of variation in the bg might be an improvement, and you’re great with backgrounds, so…

                            Lamar

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