are you happy with this painting?
it makes me think of vikings (I see a viking helmet) and it has a kind of medieval feeling to me, like a figure with a helmet maybe sitting on a horse (there is an ear next to the red part), in old and dark times...it's so beautiful, the colors and the way they are applied....


I'm actually jealous I wish I could paint this way

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there is so much hapening here...so much to see! your technique here went up in few levels. [or my imagenation. ]
i can see some reflections, whats making it to look as a world in side of a world...
for me its glowing and have this kind of feelings that i like to ask: " hey, where is the party?"

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Hanna

yes I'm satisfied.
You (me) have to do a dark painting once in a while,
and I was experimenting again with paint layering.
Too dark for the average buyer, so it will probably
end up *in the collection of the artist* ahahahahha

you can paint this way. I know your strapped for cash, but
when it comes your way, you need......
A fast drying gel medium (one they say for impasto)
Rags
A paint knife
Put the paint on the canvas with a knife, scrap as thin as you can,
make marks, then wipe and work with a rag. Get rid of the obvious knife work.
Do one layer a day.....till you have a painting, also work back
into the semi dry paint with more color and a knife.
Use Paynes Gray and mix that with cad yellow for an atmospheric green
use colors straight from the tube/mixed with the gel/ and put highlights
in with your fingers.
The important thing is to do one thing at a time then rest and go away from the work.
then come back and work the parts that don't make since or need work.
Don't be afraid to cover nice areas even if they work as nice but don't work
in the painting, for instance there was a gorgeous orange upper left corner in this
painting...but it didn't work (look right) so it's gone.....

Anyway you will paint anyway you want....given time and canvas...

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Thanks Hanna,
Trying to ease my way into some work with some extra 3D depth.
It's hard to say where it may go, but it's certainly more subtle than
my normal bright colors.

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Yeah layers are fun..i have about five right now that i'm working on..

I like what you did here

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I just paint the sh*t

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Thanks....
.it's hard to stay *light* and keep the color interesting.

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your abstract is looking as inteligent abstract....and you're very welcome.

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Hanna

ohh, if I had the cash....it's not too dark for me, but I guess I'm not the average buyer

thanks so much for these instructions, I will definately try it....and it sounds like a good lesson in patience, which I really should learn....well, you will notice when I've done one

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No problem,
Art is what *you* want to make, and how *you* want to paint.
But trying what others say is a way to learn and find out whether
it suits *you*.
Cheers cat

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