LESSON #65 - Dragonflies

[jrhall036]

Very well done, Riya!! And with you left hand: that's incredible!!   

[NHC50]

Nice job Riya, Especially with your left hand. 
Nina 

[Val]

As good as any of mine Riya  ....and I'm left handed! 

[MaryAnne Long]

Riya,

I love your dragonfly.  The blue hue is exactly what I was trying to create for my bird of paradise.  Did you mix it, or was it straight out of the tube?

Gorgeous!

aloha

mea

[dennis]

Riya, I really must congratulate you on this painting I think you have made a better job of this one than I would have if I tried with MY left hand 

Your background colour has brought out the delicate transparency of the wings and for a "dumb" left hand you have painted the small details like a craftsman.

Come to think of it - you should paint ALL future paintings with your left hand

[Riya]

  so much Lillian, Jani, Nina, Val, Mea and Dennis for your wonderfull comments . Im still very proud of my first lefthanded painting, it looks so much better than i could have dreamd of.

Lillian, I found it difficult to keep my hand in controle, a lot of shaking and going the other way then it had to, but after slowing down it did go mucht better. I really had to concentrate on what i was planning to do, that way i got controle.....just a bit  .  It still is something that cost a lot of energy and thinking but i really love how my painting looks, yes... I am very proud...and happy with my cute Dragonfly .

Val...that is a very nice compliment, thank you so much 

Mea, thank you so much, the blue is straight out of the tube and I put on two or three layers to get it so intense. I do love bright and intense colours especially the blue. It is exactly the colour of the Dragonflies i have seen, so I am very happy with how the Dragonfly turned out.

Dennis, Thank you so very much for your wonderful comment  it is much appreciated and the best encouraging reply someone can get. The background was something unexpected, one of these lucky accidents. And because painting cost somuch energy and lack of cotrole and practise, made that i didn't try to go over it again . I just put on the watercolour once and let it dry. Normaly i see all kind of flaws and try to 'fix' them...always bad 
I was surprised too that the fine detailing did look that good, maybe because my hand is not half as steady as my dominant hand and goes everywhere it shouln'd  and the fine lines just turned out good just like the little hairs on the legs..didn't know i was able to do so.

Maybe i do as you say and paint only lefthanded.....even when after the operation my right hand is much better. Yes, i have decided to do the operation...I will take the risk, but I am really scared. But when i dont i am sure one day i will regret that and than it is too late. Now the change on healing good and be able to use my wrist again is 75%, in a year that will be just 50% and every year it will be more difficult to repair the damage.

So, wish me luck..tomorrow i'll go to the hospital and at the end of the day i will hopefully awake after the operation (my biggest fear is not to wake up). It will take several weeks before we know if all is good, but that is the future.

[doina]

Riya, your dragonfly is much better than mine with my right hand done. I admire you. I like the vibrant colors and especially the sky. Keep doing, you're doing well. I wish you good luck tomorrow on the surgery. Keep us updated.  Doina

[dennis]

Riya, we will  for the guiding of the surgeon's hands and your quick and complete recovery

[Riya]

Doina, thank you so very much for your lovely words, and your wishes. Ofcourse i will let you know how things go, but for now i am off to bed...try to  a few hours.

Dennis thank you so very much for these warm and kind words, they will be in my mind together with all the other kind, warm and encouraging words i received. They will give me great comfort and trust in the operation. I am sure that it will be just fine and that i am in good hands.....when only my head and body would believe it

 

[Val]

Believe it Riya, I'm with you all the way. 

[Happychappy]

Riya a great painting of the dragonfly.  You have reached such wonderful heights with your less dominant hand. You can be very proud of your achievements.  Have positive thoughts about your wrist operation and just believe, feel and know that all will be O.K. Our minds are very powerful and what we think about, we bring about.  So think on good things.  Please let us all know how you are getting along and I will lift you up in prayer.  Patricia

[Tony (ASM)]

Took me ages to get through all the pages of this thread! I missed this lesson and can see by all the great Dragon Flies paintings and, some photos, it was a fabulous one!
Congratulations on all those lovely art works 

[Alice L Lemke]

Details

This was my first paint-a-long and I was so disappointed with the result, I wouldn't even put it up in my portfolio.  The wings look deformed and the background was so bland!  I decided at the last minute to try the class, but was so rushed getting it drawn and ready that I couldn't get the smaller dragonfly painted.  After this, I decided to always be prepared. That's what this is all about - learning, and I learned so much by my failures.

Alice

[dennis]

Alice, I would love you to do another dragonfly painting using the video and then paste the new painting just below this one so that we can see the before and after.

This will be of encouragement to you as well as all the other beginners and newbies along the road.

[Happychappy]

Alice, a good suggestion by Dennis.  We all hopefully, learn from our failures and if anyone has never failed at anything, then they have done nothing.  You are a fantastic artist and even what you think is a failure, to me looks pretty good.  Patricia