At the end of each year Karin Jurick has a portrait exchange for her blog followers. 180 people are participating this year. Very fun to see what everyone paints. This is the portrait I created from the photo reference at the right. You can see the others on Karin's blog
30 comments:
Your art work and paintings are wonderful. Portrait are very hard., but your is just beautiful!!!! From just a hobby painter from Idaho, Sharon
Thank you Sharon. You are very kind.
Love the portrait, great sense of light.
Wow Diane. Love it.
What a wonderful portrait - and you got the tinted sunglasses perfectly. Fantastic!
Thanks Violetta, Anne Marie, and Claire. I was happy when I received the photo because I knew the hair and glasses would be fun.
Diane this is fabulous. You captured her perfectly.
It looks like you had fun Diane, great job!
Saw this on the site and I really love it! Good use of the medium!
Wow, this is a gorgeous portrait! So cheerful, sunny, and bright.
What else can I say but Wow!
Thanks, Vern. Yes, Dana I had fun with it! Thank you Adebanji. Lori and Rich...thank you also.
Wow , what a portarit , like the sunglasses . Like the colours very much.
Gorgeous work, Diane! Really fresh and lively. Love it.
What a fantastic job you have done!
I really like the colors, warmth and light. Nice job.
An absolutely wonderful portrait, Diane - I love the warm brilliant light you brought to the painting.
Hello Diane, I've just spent a little bit of time looking at your beautiful watercolors. Your portrait here is wonderful, love the backlit hair and the handling of the transparent glasses.
wonderful portrait for DSFDF. I love you color choices.
Thanks everyone. I missed out on the portrait exchange last year. So glad I was able to join in this year. There are so many wonderful portraits on Karin's blog it boggles the mind.
Wow! You tackled a tough one beautifully! I think Karin is very aware of your talent.
I only paint in watercolor so I love how you "did your own thing" with color. Very fresh and spontaneous, as watercolor should be! I look forward to next year's portrait challenge.
Beautifully done - I too love the warm color choices and great use of the watercolor medium!
What a wonderful portrait, congratulations!
Wonderful portrait, Diane.You have done it so well..I love the backlighting here.
Very nice, Diane! The colors are perfect!
Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments. I appreciate it very much
Just wanted to say, this is one of my favorites! I especially like the light in her hair. You did such a good job.
I was fascinated with the picture, good color, very light.
I discovered your work, I was just his follower, I hope your visit to my blog, will be a pleasure on this side of the Atlantic, in a country with the name of Portugal.
Many Congratulations on the fantastic work.
Greetings
Damião Vieira
Thank you everyone for all your wonderful comments. I appreciate you all taking the time to write. Karin's blog has created a great group of friends-in-art that provides encouragement, motivation and helps keep the creative juices flowing.
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