tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077822.post9180677720875199024..comments2024-01-29T18:17:35.203-05:00Comments on View From the Oak: Mushrooms SketchLinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16962094268196360875noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077822.post-61941815200378702872007-12-03T10:38:00.000-05:002007-12-03T10:38:00.000-05:00Charming and fresh!Charming and fresh!Jana Bouchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18019523068496828367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077822.post-46005140123634641412007-12-01T11:02:00.000-05:002007-12-01T11:02:00.000-05:00Yip, here I am , admiring your mushrooms in ink! V...Yip, here I am , admiring your mushrooms in ink! Ve..ery nice! I think deciding when something is a painting or a piece of art, or a sketch, is up to the artist. It depends on your intention and how you did it. If you call it a sketch, I'll believe you and will admire it as one. Call it a painting and I will view it in that perspective. So, I love this sketch, you have great colours and nice darks and very nice inkwork!<BR/>RonellAfricantapestry and Myfrenchkitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721198951463440836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077822.post-90248833017578437142007-12-01T08:58:00.000-05:002007-12-01T08:58:00.000-05:00Your mushrooms are perfection -- so life like. And...Your mushrooms are perfection -- so life like. And the soft leaves underneath are a nice contrast. You do both loose and detailed so well -- sometimes it's just the mood we are in that day -- our fingers just "need" to create what our eyes see!<BR/>Hugs,<BR/>LorraineLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382457850595765300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077822.post-4043545032871407492007-11-30T18:34:00.000-05:002007-11-30T18:34:00.000-05:00Lin -- I really love your work! Have you ever con...Lin -- I really love your work! Have you ever considered doing the watercolor bit first -- very loose and fast -- and then doing the ink over it after it has dried? You would get a real "outside of the lines" look. <BR/>I like your thinking about the ideas of expressive work versus photorealistic -- and the phrase about moving from technique to artistic -- genius.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173203466820523905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077822.post-87115248148545646742007-11-30T14:38:00.000-05:002007-11-30T14:38:00.000-05:00Lin, I love the mushrooms! I think you have a grea...Lin, I love the mushrooms! I think you have a great style of drawing. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes, when I want to be more loose and not so focussed on detail, I try a new and unfamiliar medium. It's because I don't know how to get shading or values in that new medium that it becomes less realistic. The medium I find the hardest is simple ball point pen.<BR/><BR/>Try something other than with what you're familiar and comfortable. It all adds to the art knowledge file of our experience.Bonnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039818091584494715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077822.post-77182790044231628082007-11-30T14:08:00.000-05:002007-11-30T14:08:00.000-05:00Lin, this is a very interesting and nice approach,...Lin, this is a very interesting and nice approach, too! -Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953623269887572650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077822.post-89164844645739831622007-11-30T13:05:00.000-05:002007-11-30T13:05:00.000-05:00You really 'illustrated' this just wonderfully!!You really 'illustrated' this just wonderfully!!Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029722057577018059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19077822.post-56661774676989352612007-11-30T13:02:00.000-05:002007-11-30T13:02:00.000-05:00Wonderful use of darks there, Lin, makes 'em pop a...Wonderful use of darks there, Lin, makes 'em pop and sing! I also get caught in that thinking process of artistic (creative and playful) vs. photorealistic (serious). Sometimes I can step outside the box and create what's in my mind and play while I'm doing it, but not often. I still have a very soft place for "sketchy" art, it feels so spontaneous.Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00737165669772636661noreply@blogger.com