tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post4026497492096596639..comments2024-01-14T04:36:22.872-08:00Comments on Susan Smolensky: A Glorious Sunday Afternoon!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-10336772230143322552014-06-18T16:38:55.042-07:002014-06-18T16:38:55.042-07:00Thanks, Diana - his pale skin demanded a pastel ap...Thanks, Diana - his pale skin demanded a pastel approach with the skin tones. I never decide what colors to use until I see the subject under the lights. Painting from life is such a challenge - you hvae to think, choose and create on the fly!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-8681150421087207362014-06-18T16:37:22.340-07:002014-06-18T16:37:22.340-07:00Merci, Cath! Thank you for your kind words!Merci, Cath! Thank you for your kind words!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-19316177917335412622014-06-18T16:36:50.416-07:002014-06-18T16:36:50.416-07:00Good afternoon to you, my faithful art buddy! I ha...Good afternoon to you, my faithful art buddy! I had a great time painting Caleb and am not unhappy with the result. I have yet to try 40x40 inches - it would take a lot of courage and a very special subject for me to attempt a canvas that size! Perhaps I will work up to it in small increments! The largest canvas I have done so far is 24 x36. I have painted a few of those. I love your quote from, Vincent I would love to follow in his painterly footsteps but perhaps keep a vestige of my mind in the process!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-25290667843087508082014-06-18T16:33:01.567-07:002014-06-18T16:33:01.567-07:00How kind you are! Thank you so much! :)How kind you are! Thank you so much! :)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-89993041837081562762014-06-18T16:32:39.234-07:002014-06-18T16:32:39.234-07:00Many thanks, Judy - practice, practice, practice i...Many thanks, Judy - practice, practice, practice is finally giving me a bit of boldness in my figure painting.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-6275997149612596502014-06-18T16:31:57.015-07:002014-06-18T16:31:57.015-07:00Thanks, Sandra - I guess I am grateful that I at l...Thanks, Sandra - I guess I am grateful that I at least came close to fitting him all in! I struggled with the portrait but am glad its not too apparent!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-22841991794430545162014-06-18T16:30:23.380-07:002014-06-18T16:30:23.380-07:00I have been especially unhappy with my portraits l...I have been especially unhappy with my portraits lately - I seen to be using colors that are too vibrant, too unnatural. Even though I am not trying to paint in a very realistic manner, I don't want my color to be jarring. I am working on it!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-47055740747839522982014-06-15T23:08:26.754-07:002014-06-15T23:08:26.754-07:00What wonderful flesh colors you achieved painting ...What wonderful flesh colors you achieved painting Caleb. Lovely work, Susan!Diana Moses Botkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254521493118166524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-45764045122099522712014-06-11T22:40:06.406-07:002014-06-11T22:40:06.406-07:00Très beau travail, l'étude des sujets est magn...Très beau travail, l'étude des sujets est magnifique!<br />Have a nice day-<br /> Cath.cath https://www.blogger.com/profile/00100505094552828785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-53340696925401516122014-06-08T18:42:43.776-07:002014-06-08T18:42:43.776-07:00Two wonderful paintings Susan! Also a wonderful w...Two wonderful paintings Susan! Also a wonderful written entry. I so love the way you described your day! I am so happy picturing you happy! How great happiness is!<br />Glorious Sunday and a glorious job with Caleb! Relaxed and pleased to model! You capture so much with your painterly style! I am happy you are working on a larger scale. I would love to see you work even larger. Maybe forty inches by forty eight inches or so! Wild huge colorful brush strokes! You are so talented! I think you could paint anything and your love of the subject matter and your love of making a wonderful work of art would come through! So large or small in many ways it doesn't matter as long as your heart and soul show in your work. I know you love Vincent Van Gogh! One of my favorite quotes of his is...."I put my heart and soul into my work and I lost my mind in the process!" <br />Your Loving Anything Painted By Susan Art Buddy!<br />Michaelart by Michael Perchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767323223269323935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-64410199172909258332014-06-07T14:10:39.123-07:002014-06-07T14:10:39.123-07:00Je portretten worden steeds levendiger Susan.
fijn...Je portretten worden steeds levendiger Susan.<br />fijn weekend,<br />Simonne<br />Simonne's fantasiestudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949507948705634973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-38273743778988801242014-06-05T03:24:42.365-07:002014-06-05T03:24:42.365-07:00Both paintings are beautiful, Susan! I admire so m...Both paintings are beautiful, Susan! I admire so much the way you paint human figures!Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715473069364081174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-78026156501836134562014-06-03T06:54:17.372-07:002014-06-03T06:54:17.372-07:00You are so hard on yourself Susan! I think that ha...You are so hard on yourself Susan! I think that having the figure slightly off the page is more interesting than having him all in, if you know what I mean... and honestly, the portrait as always looks lively and not in the least forced :0)Sandra Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622208510609673242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-551497158637489002014-06-02T11:59:33.492-07:002014-06-02T11:59:33.492-07:00I am so glad to see you paint and paint.
Big size...I am so glad to see you paint and paint. <br />Big size of canvas is great idea, it helps to free hand, to forget the details, specially when you are limited in time. <br />I like both paintings. Bravo to portrait, and artist is often not happy with the result.irinapictureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850627821782513051noreply@blogger.com