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Watercolour Painting => Watercolour Classes => Topic started by: dennis on December 05, 2014, 08:53:43 PM
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In order for me to easily find and answer queries about this Lesson I will appreciate it if everyone will keep these to this specific Lesson Posting only. This will also be of benefit to you as well in the future. Thanks
Download the template HERE (http://www.paintbasket.com/paintbaskettv/handouts/watercolours-lesson96-old-mill-template.pdf)
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I printed out the template and look forward to watching this tomorrow. Unfortunately, my "studio" table is filled with Christmas food and drinks :D. The actual painting will have to wait until after the holidays when it is nice and quiet.
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Great lesson, Dennis! :thankyou: very much.
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i watched the lesson and couldnt beleave my eyes - increadiable, how it's possible..this is beyond anth...
i need simplify somehow to be able to do anth... will try to paint primitive house. no doubt not at first attempt.. hope manage until the end of year)
Thank you Dennis! i enjoyed watching very much
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Spectacular painting Dennis, and a great choice of subject, it had everything. Happy Christmas to you and Nolan and your family.
Mark
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Dennis great lesson loved painting the old Mill but found hard to keep up. Kept going long after leson. Please need you to tell me where I have gone wrong. Found centre of the house hard to paint. Any comments would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime I wish you and all a very Happy Christmas and a Happy Healthy and prosperous New Year. Looking forward to my next water colour lesson. Ciao Pinuccia
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Pinuccia,
This is quite a lovely painting. I can see why it was hard to keep up. There are so many details.
Only concern I have is the tan-colored spot to the right of the house. The tree trunk to the left seems to be stuck in it.
Other than that, I'd say you did very well.
aloha
mea
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Thank you Mea. I think I have fixed it. ??? ::) I appreciate your advice. I take this opportunity to wishing you a very Happy Christmas and Good painting in the New Year. Ciao
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:heeha: Brilliant Pinuccia :clap: :clap: :clap: I have been waiting for this lesson...then had to miss it initially as took great grandkids and grandkids up to see mum. Worth it to see her face.
Besides...I was naughty watching too many reruns of drawing dogs and ran out my sister's internet. :eek: So I'm in the doghouse for a few more days until it resets ::) ;D
So... up at mum's using hers! >:D :2funny:
Can't wait to have a go..... :painting:
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Nice job Pinuccia! :coolsmiley:
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:thankyou: Val for the compliment. I am sure you will get to paint the old mill but your Mother was more important, and I can imagine how happy she must have been to see great and grandchildren. Time for festivities now. Next year we can :painting: :painting: to your hrearts content. Don't let the internet run out :confused: Anyway have a wonderfull Christmas and a happy Healthy New Year and great :painting: :painting:
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:thankyou: Natalie. Wishing you and your family a very happy Christmas and a happy healthy New Year and great painting in 2015
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Masterly done, so stunning.
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Stunning painting Pinuccia. :clap:
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:thankyou:Bellarina and Louisa.
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Merry Christmas Pinuccia :1hug:
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:thankyou:Natalie Merry Christmas . :1hug:
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Pinuccia you did a nice painting, :clap: :clap: :clap: one thing I would modify is the left hand side tree, there are branches that are on the house but the tree seem to be in the back because the base of the trunck is to far away, you should bring it down in front of the bridge. (Check Dennis' painting). Hope this helps.
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:thankyou: Danielle. I really appreciate your advice. I had a look at Dennis painting and your so right the trees on the left need modifying. Actually I wasen`t too happy with that side of the painting and you kindly made me see what was wrong. Hopefully I will be able to fix it. Thank you again. Have a Merry Christmas. :1hug: Pinuccia.
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Do not worry, you can fix it, it is not has hard has people think it is.
I myself practicaly ruined my first lesson of the realistic flower by putting a background. It is still not as nice as the white background. I think I will post it in the first lesson to show that things can be fixed to a certain degree.
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Nice job, Pinnucia! I can't wait to do tackle this lesson myself. I agree about the tree - you should be able to correct that easily. Thanks for leading the way on this class!
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:thankyou: Sharon. I am surprised no one else has done this lesson, was looking forward to seeing other compositions looking forward to seeing them in the New Year. When the festivities are over I will modify the trees and post it. Thank you for all your advice girls much appreciated.. Today is Christmas here in Australia and its turned out to be a lovely sunny day. Going to our Son`s place for Christmas lunch. Merry Christmas Sharon and may the New year bring you love peace Health and everythisg you wish for. Pinuccia :1hug:
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Happy day after Xmas to you in Australia, Pinuccia!
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Beautiful Painting Pinnuccia...You did very well I think . I love it.
Dennis, this is lovely. I love how you did the trees.. something I need to practice on.
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:thankyou: Mary Lou. I have not attempted to change the trees on the left of the painting I am still trying to work out how to do it. :help:
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Loved having such a great lesson to come home to - lot of details, good way to dive back into watercolor painting without getting too overwhelmed. I'm sure there is lots of room for improvement so please send any suggestions my way...thanks for the great lesson, Dennis!
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Sharon,
You did not lose your touch while in PV. Love your tree skeletons - so well shaped!
aloha
mea
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Pinuccia and Sharon.....you both did such a super job on that wonderful old mill. They are lovely, and you both did such a great job. Terrific!!
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Sharon nice job. I like your trees and your building. The only thing that does not look right to me is the water wheel. The spokes (or what ever they are call) looks like they are angled up. Look at the one Dennis did. You will see what I am saying. :clap:
Nina :flowers:
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Thanks Mea, Retta and Nina. And I'll take a stab at correcting the wheel spokes - thanks for the suggestion!
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Sharon your painting of the Old Mill is beautiful. The trees the building how you have caught the light just great congrats. :clap: :clap:
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Fine job, Sharon!
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Beautifully done Sharron, i do agree with Nina for the wheel. All it is is the perspective it should be smaller as it is farther then front part. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Thanks, everyone - here's my attempt at making the wheel look better!
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Yup, Sharon, the wonky wheel is better now.
The very bottom of the front/side wall is a tiny bit out of line - not perfectly perpendicular.
Otherwise, it's great. Just love those tree skeletons!
aloha
mea
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Great job Sharon :clap:
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Thanks mea and Sally. And since this is an old mill it's settled so no perpendicular lines required!!
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Much better that weel. O0
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Here is my Old Mill revised. I did a few adjustments . Need your comments. Thank you Pinuccia.
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[smg id=18983 I do not know if my first photo was posted here so I am sending another of the revised "The old Mill". Your comments will be greatly appreciated. I altered the left hand trees and brought them down to the bridge. The right hand trees brought further in and added some green on the right hand side. Separated the right hand side brick wall from the small upper brick wall. I thought I had better stop before I completely spoil the painting. Looking forward to hearing from you. Ciao Pinuccia.
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Sharon, your painting is beautiful and your wheel looks perfect now. Wonderful job :smitten:
Pinuccia, I think your revised painting is perfect too! :smitten:
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Good job on those revisions, Pinuccia! This is a challenging lesson, isn't it? I'm finishing up mine now, and hope to post it shortly.
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very good Pinnucia, the tree looks in front now. :clap: :clap:
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Nice work ladies :clap:
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Pinuccia,
I like your old mill painting.
It's interesting how yours is dark and Sharon's is very light, but they are equally as good.
Great work, both of you.
aloha
mea
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Thanks ladies - and Nice job on your revisions Pinuccia. Painting is like a recipe - you can give the same recipe to 3 people and none of them will taste alike!
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Here is my rendition. I decided to make my mill stucco instead of brick and to retain that interesting fence on the right.
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:thankyou: Mea and sharon. Sue love your Old Mill you did such a great painting one can see who has talent. I have a long way to go. Your right Sharon painting IS like a recipe eaven though we follow Dennis ingredients everyone's painting is different. Ciao Piniccia.
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Pinuccia you painting is a lot better. :clap: if you will look at the right side of the building where the rock wall is you will see that it goes down the side of the building. Your wall stops and it makes the building look like it has a hole under it. Or floating. Bring the wall down and it will make the building settle down. Hope this helps.
Nina :flowers:
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Nina I noticed this when I was adjusting everything else and I just thought it was all too hard!!!!!I I will not give up I will adjust it. Thanks Nina for all your help I appreciate it. Ciao Pinuccia
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Good job, Susan - i like how you have water running through the mill! On the brick fence to the right, I think your bricks would pop more if you added a bit of underlining beneath each stone - and I think the big hole is see through - a touch of orange will tie it into the background...Love the light on the house!
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Thanks, Sharon. Good points, well taken.
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Nice work Susan :clap:
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Susan,
Great work on the old mill. Agree with Sharon on "popping" the wall.
Love the water flowing from the mill wheel.
aloha
mea
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Thanks so much, Natalie and Mea. I really enjoyed this lesson.
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Well done Susan. I like your water and the fresh feel to this. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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I did this in pen and ink a little while ago and just love this scene. Thanks Dennis for a great lesson and I have learned how to do those darn pesky trees when they are in the background! Here is my stab at this in pure watercolor this time:
For some reason my digital camera is picking up the shadows on the mill as very blue. They are much more muted in person.
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Mary Lou,
Nice work on the old mill painting.
All you girls are really doing a great job with that.
aloha
mea
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Nicely done Mary Lou :clap: :clap:
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How pretty, Mary Lou! Love the softness to your background, behind the trees. Just a few small things: Perhaps the shadow on the side of the building could fade away a bit more toward the bottom? And I notice a white patch of paper between the 2 fences that would likely be in the shade. Could you make your black between the spokes of the wheel just a tad darker?
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Thank you Mea, Pinnuccia and Beasue. I can make revisions after the holiday.
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Nice job Mary Lou. :clap: :clap:
Nina :flowers:
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Well done, Mary Lou - it will be interesting when you take a photo of your revisions if the shadows on the buildings become more muted...i think it's so cool you got to do this with 2 different mediums - and did them both so well!
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:clap: :clap: :clap: Mary Lou I just love it. :smitten:
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You have all done a wonderful job on the Old Mill! I am looking forward to trying this one after I get back to Ontario. The Old Mill is a familiar sight for me as it is located near where I grew up! :) Those interesting rails are actually formed out of concrete, believe it or not!
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That's an intetesting fact to know Tania! :thankyou:
I will keep that mind when I do my lesson. O0
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Here is my revision. I have toned down the shadows on the mill, darken the darks and put a bit more blue in the stream.
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Mary Lou,
This mill painting is very nice now. The mill wheel looks really good.
aloha
mea
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Thank you Mea!
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Beautiful painting of the mill Mary Lou :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Very good, Mary Lou :clap: :clap: :clap: You have nice clean colours and an excellent tonal range O0
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Very nice Marylou :clap:
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Lovely rework, love your color choices
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Thank you Danielle, Dennis, Pinnuccia and Robin. Thanks Dennis for this lesson. I have learned a bit more again and I like how you did the trees. This is one of my favorite paintings that I have done.
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Here is my version of the old mill.
Dennis is my background to dark?
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Danielle is beautiful! I don't think your background is to dark. this is a late summer/early fall scene :clap: :clap:
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Danielle,
Your old mill painting is beautiful. My only suggestion is to widen the area of sky a bit at the roofline as it looks too rectangular.
Otherwise, it is so very nice!
aloha
mea
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Lovely painting of the Old Mill, Danielle.
Just had a chance to look at Pinuccia's, Sharon's and Mary Lou's. Each one different, I love them all.
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Beautiful, Danielle! :yippee: I don't think the background is too dark. It invokes a certain mood.
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Danielle its beautiful. Your trees are so real. The shading on the front of the Mil so good. I still have to adjust my brick wall and the water stream flowing from the wheel will do next week. :clap: :clap:
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Dear Danielle123;
Beautiful tonal range, balance and harmony in this one.
A joy to look at. :)
Well executed lesson Indeed!! :painting:
May lynn
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What a great subject this is to paint. You have all done a wonderful job :clap:.
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Danielle, this is absolutely gorgeous! :smitten:
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:thankyou: So much for your wonderfull word of encouragement everyone. :hug:
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Really pretty Danielle! I love it! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :yippee:
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Danielle, absolutely excellent, with lovely colours :clap: :clap: :clap:
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:thankyou: Njnjgirl and Dennis for the nice comment and encouragement.
Great lesson Dennis.
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:heeha: Brilliant Danielle O0 :clap: :clap: :clap:
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:smitten: I so enjoy seeing your work, another great one!!!
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Danielle you version of the old mill is super beautiful. :flowers:
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:thankyou: so much for your kind words and encouragement, Val, Liana, Louisa.
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Danielle....Outstanding!!! It's gorgeous. I, too, was wondering about my background and sky being too dark, ....but.....it's that kinda day!! LOL
I'm just at the shadow stage, but I hope it comes out even half as well as yours. It's so lovely. Be sure to frame it.
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:thankyou: So much for your words of encouragmemt, i appreciate. You will do just great I am sure, i am anxious to see your version.. :smitten:
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This is my third revision of the Old Mill. I have adjusted the archway on the front of the building. Added water flowing from the wheel and extended down the brick wall on the right hand side. Have I improved it any input. would be greatly appreciated.
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Josie, those modifications have made this a really lovely painting--frame it!
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:thankyou: Susan and Robin.
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You did great, i like what you did to the brick wall, and the stream. Well done. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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:thankyou: Daniella. .
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Well, I finally finished it!! Phone camera didn't pick up the brickwork, and a few other things. LOL Got the frame just fine... :2funny: .
I'd like to redo this one for my living room.
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Lovely old mill painting Retta. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Thanks, Danielle. I enjoyed doing this one, and there is some "tweaking" to be done.
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Retta, don't you just hate when you can't photograph once behind the glazing
You've done a lovely job with this watercolor. :clap:
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Nice work on this one, Retta. Beautiful frame, too.
aloha
mea
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Retta lovely painting of the Old Mill. :clap:
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Lovely painting, Retta :clap: :clap: :clap: I've often had to take a painting out of the frame to take a sharp photograph of it, and then reframe.
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Thanks so much Robin, Mea, Josie and Dennis. It's been a long time since I have had anything up on the forum...(darned camera!). LOL
There is no glass on the picture....that's why I really like it!! It's easy to change, but I've had my rose pic in it for a couple of years and needed something new.
Thanks, again. Am working on the fuschia. Phew! Looking forward to class two days from now!
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Retta, after looking at your piece I noticed too there wasn't any glass. sorry I didn't notice earlier
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Looks brilliant Bella. O0 :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Looks good, Retta! :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Dear Retta, wonderful colors painting and frame:) I hope you enjoy watching it on your wall.
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Thank you so much, Val, Tania and Selen. It was fun, and I think it's a 'do again' picture. It was enjoyable to do.
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Beautiful painting Retta.
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Josie nice job. :clap: :clap:
Bella very pretty. You did it girl. O0 O0
Nina :flowers:
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Rhetta this is wonderful-and that frame makes it sing! :yippee:
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I found some info on this old mill. This old mill is in Little Rock Arkansas. It is a recreation of an old 1880's mill, that was used in the opening scenes of Gone With The Wind movie. Just thought you might like to know that.
If I ever get to Little Rock I will have to check it out.
Nina :flowers:
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Thanks for the info. Very interesting, and good to know O0
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Hi Dennis, It has been a while since I have been on PB. Yesterday I got this video and I was wondering why the Old mill is not opening. It says that "this video does not exist". Thank you Dennis :smitten:
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Just checked and you are right Danielle. It has gone "POOF"!!! :eek:
Will look into it for you.
Should be sorted shortly Danielle. Our techies are on the way! :run:
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:thankyou: so much Val. :smitten:
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Danielle, lovely to see you back. I have missed you, where have you been? Patricia
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Problem fixed for you Danielle. Coding hitch. Glad to have you back :flowers:
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Thank you Dennis for the fix. :-*
Patricia and friends , I have been busy spending time with my son, daughter in law an my little Ella (grand daughter) a week here and there this summer. After spending a week or so at there place 3.5hrs away I was exausted. Little ones do need your attention, and it took me a while to get back into drawing. But I loved every minute of it. Ella is growing so fast 6 months now and in 10 days we will go see them again for a few days. I was also sewing, crocheing little dresses for Ella and baby showers. I also wanted to spend a bit more time outdoors since summer is short. I have been doing some portrait practice sketch with Nolan and other artist lesson this past 2 weeks. I will pop in one in a while.
Keep the great work. :hug:
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Have fun with the grandbabies while you can, Danielle. Drawing will always be there when you can do it.
aloha
mea
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No worries Danielle ... I hear grandbaby's portraits make great practice! ;) ;D
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Tried this today. A very detailed tutorial. Am a beginner. Enjoyed painting along with the guidance
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Hello Vijaya, :wave:
:bigwelcome: Happy to have you here. We would love to see your painting. Let me know if you have any queries or need a hand.
We have a wonderful group of members all willing to help out should you need it. Looking forward to seeing your work. Have fun! :painting:
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Yes, Vijaya, I agree with Val. We love having new members show their work.
Great lessons on PaintBasket and lots of new friends to make.
aloha
mea
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Tried this today. Link for my painting https://photos.app.goo.gl/QdL2OYV8e3M5beUq1
Thanks for the wonderful tutorial
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How do I post an image here. Dont see any option to upload :(
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Hi Vijaya, I have just seen your message and if I may suggest, the easiest way for you to familiarise yourself with how the forum works and how to upload photos etc. is to go to the top of the opening page and you will see "NEWS: LEARN HOW THE NEW FORUM LAYOUT WORKS" Click on the link and you will be able to read about how to do everything. If you are still having problems then just let us know and one of the members will be able to help you. Looking forward to seeing your artwork.
Patricia
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Hi Vijaya, send me a personal message if you are still having troubles and I'll walk you through. O0
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Here's my mess... LOL I wasn't liking my work too much as I have a hard time with watercolors but I made myself keep going...
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Great job on your watercolor painting. Watercolor, pastels and oils, your doing it all!
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Thanks so much EmmaLee. Yes, I love to mix things up...
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looks good, well done :yippee: :yippee: :yippee:
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:clap: :clap: :clap: Nice job Robynann. Dennis always tells us that practice makes perfect so keep practising for you have the talent.
Patricia
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Well done :clap: :clap: :clap: The more you paint the better you become O0
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Thanks soooo much Nolan, Patricia and Dennis :thankyou:
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Nicely done Robyn! :clap: :clap: :clap: