LESSON #85 - Paint Day Lilies

[Val]

Excellent job Nina  I actually remembered to lift out the puddles...it really works! Makes a switch for Dennis to have caulies and I didn't!  Really though, the only one I find a bit bothersome is the one at the top of the flower. The others just seem part of the background. You even got the colours in their proper spots! I am going to have an incredibly l-o-n-g learning curve here.

Super job Nina. 

[lynn p.]

Wow guys, wonderful work and not many smudges.  I look like pig pen.  How did Dennis stay so clean.  I'll bet his clothes are arranged by color in his closet .  Great class Dennis. Well, I copied the wrong flower so ended up doing both, rather badly and out of the lines.  My pastels are so soft they just crumble in my hands but I noticed that those little pieces are quite useful and have good edges!

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[CarolHorvath]

Great job everyone.
Question: I joined in for the last hour--did Dennis use any masking fluid? I will be using only watercolors on mine. I cannot use pastels without using a mask and that is no fun. (COPD)
I will wait for the replay but wanted to get a head start on the masking.

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Carol

[Alice L Lemke]

No masking for this unless you want to, Carol - it wasn't too hard to paint around.

[C.Bodine]

Awesome work, ladies!!! They are all beautiful! Fantastic for paint-a-longs!!!!

[BeaSue]

Peeps! I am so impressed by all of your day lilies. So sorry I had to leave the class so early. I am very much looking forward to the replay.

Our Christmas (CDS release) concert was a great success with standing room only.

[Lidiya]

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Hello, everybody,

This is my first try to paint along. Enjoyed the class very much. In the beginning, I  wasn't totally satisfied with my background, so I decided to correct it with pastels. The final image pleasantly surprised me. Looking forward to more pastel lessons.

Thank you very much Dennis for such a wonderful class.

Great job everyone.

All the best. 
Lidiya

[Val]

Wow... nicely done Lidiya  The paint-a-longs are great fun aren't they?

[Happychappy]

    Nina, Lynn and Lidiya, You all did wonderful work.  Your background turned out very well with the pastels Lidiya.  Good job.  Patricia

[Maryna]

Dennis, how do I protect my painting at this stage before I have fixative (still need to get) I really don't want it smudging all over.

[erika]

I enjoyed this so much - being part of the Paint Basket live class environment yet again.  I learnt that I'm not the tidy worker when it comes to pastels and I have a LOT to learn!  Couldn't I rather use oil pastels on the w/c Dennis? I really had an immense battle with the dust LOL cleaning my desk, computer, hands, keyboard and everything in a meter radius afterwards! Practice needed... also because I found that having lost the definition in my drawing I automatically went for the pen and put the lines back.. sorry Dennis.  Not sticking to the rules and learning the technique..  Anyway, here's my paint-along 

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[JayJ]

Great work everyone!

[Maryna]

Here is the 2nd Lilly.

Ok it is no secret that I need a lot of practise on using pastels, but I believe with Dennis's classes next year we all will be able to master it.

Pastel you will not defeat me 

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[Happychappy]

    Erika, nice job.  The outlining defines the day lily beautifully.  That is what happened to my painting, I lost all the lines and everything was mish-mashed together into one big blob.  I am going to have another go at it for as Maryna said "Pastels are not going to defeat me" either!!


Nice work on your second Lily Maryna.  Patricia

[jillh]

What a fantastic job you ladies did on the day lily.  I am sorry that I missed the lesson and am looking forward to the replay.  I learned how addicted I am to PB when I attempted to log in on my iPhone during my granddaughters birthday party.  Unfortunately had lousy wifi:)