My friend Clau had a birthday in August and I did this picture of her daughter for her. I am working on one of her son too. I haven't been able to get anything done since last week, so I thought I'd post this. It's just been busy. My husband was home for the holiday weekend. The 4th was my mother-in-laws birthday so we cooked her a big birthday dinner, the kind that takes all day to cook. Then today my husband left town to go on a last minute business trip, I had to take my grandson to the Center for the Visually Impaired for class, which is in Atlanta and it was my son's first day of high school! We home school, so we didn't get finished today until 5:00pm. It all made for a really long day, after a long busy weekend. Now, I am looking forward to a little slower pace and a little time to paint : )
Oh wow Karen. I think you can stop now. This is just amazing!!! Everything is s0 fine, the skin is like china and flesh combined - very delicate and transulcent. You should be very proud of this. It's a tyriumph err I mean it's a triumph!!!!
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PS it really is wonderful work!
When I say stop its like we say to a guy who just got the perfect wave. It means he can go in now because he is making the rest of us look bad!!
ReplyDeleteOh. My. God.
ReplyDeleteKaren? Is this for real?? It's beauuuttifuull....!!! Makes me think of a child living during the 1800s. She could very well be sitting in a parlour, drinking tea and biscuits with a terrier by her feet.
Really, really good. (^_^) oxx
Wow, thanks Amalia and Andrew you are both very generous with your kind words. I tend to only see what I have done wrong. I am pretty pleased with her, but I still nit pick at my work. So, you two just made my morning :) Thank you!!! it also helps that she is such a lovely little girl!
ReplyDeleteI wish there aren't flys around here because I have my mouth opened: WOW! (hahaha! your portrait is incredible, better than mine, because yours are 'alive'... can you undestand? I'm struggling to find words) thank you so much Karen :) I'm so so glad! Well, your friend is very lucky :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Amba, you are so sweet, now close your mouth dear, we don't want you eating flies. Yours are wonderful, really they are! Thanks so much for the alive comment, that is a beautiful compliment!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! This has a nice soft quality to it!
ReplyDeleteClau is one lucky lady, This is simply beautiful!!! Oh my goodness how fabulous! You are so blessed and talented and it shows in every piece that you do. Thanks for being so sweet and kind. I means so much.
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Thanks Nessa!
ReplyDeleteThank you V for all your kind words and you are so very welcome!
So pretty. I love the velvety texture, she looks like a porcelain doll.
ReplyDeleteoh wow!!! this is wonderful...looks amazing and it sounds like you had a fun time!!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a treasure! What a little doll! You'll have to post the next one, too! Great job!
ReplyDeleteOh Karen! She is gorgeous...the way you have crafted her makes her soft and ethereal..lovely! And that face is so sweet. I'm so glad you posted this..I hear you it's sometimes such a trick to get back to the creative work that you're dying to get to when there's so much of life that comes and keeps you constantly going. Wow, home school?! I am impressed..you have a ton on your plate!! Hope you'll find some time this weekend for your illustrations. Well done, Karen!
ReplyDeleteWow Karen!! She looks like a fairy tale princess or a china doll! You are amazing! You must be very patient. I can see all the meticulous details that must have been very time consuming! You always seem to create something breathtaking. This is certainly that and more! Hey thanks for stopping by! I always love a visit from you. Do you ever sleep. I was exhausted from JUST reading what you have been up to lately! Are you part Ever-ready bunny?
ReplyDeleteha! don't I wish I were that bunny then I could just change my batteries and keep going and going and going... Thank you Jack you are a great friend and I appreciate your kind words!
ReplyDeleteYou too Ms. Shirley!
Michele, Diana and Nat, thank you so much for your thoughtful comments.
Hey Sweetie, Thanks so much for stopping by cause I know you're busy!!! Thanks a bunch. You know I have tried the beeswax on a few pieces and I love it. I just make such a mess is all he he he he he! I had beeswax everywhere. I finally purchased the pellets instead DUH!!!! Hey keep me in your prayers. Having a root canal on tomorrow and I do like going to the dentist at all. Pray!!!
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ouch V, I am praying already!!! yeah, the wax is messy, but I do love the result! :)
ReplyDeleteWow Karen this is stunning! She is so lovely, ethereal and innocent. Your friend is one lucky lady and I know she will treasure this precious gift from you forever! I love how soft yet detailed this piece is- mesmerizing! I hope you manage to sneak in some fun time to create...I know how much we can crave it to refresh, when we are pulled in a "gazillion" directions. Thanks for the blog visit :)
ReplyDeleteAstounding! Heavens! You know, I landed here and the first thing I did was gasp at the beauty of this perfect little face. She is incredible, Karen. The soft shadings on her face and that sweet little mouth. All those ruffles! Wow, wow, wow! You've got all the highlights and curves just so. She looks wonderfully Victorian. And I really LOVE the close up perspective. What an intimate portrait! Your friend is truly, truly lucky! Truuuuuuuuuuuuly.
ReplyDeleteAnd your Cinderella piece is fantastic! Whaddaya mean you don't like the carriage? I think it's wonderful, are you nuts? Hahahaha! The face on the clock has a beautiful texture as well.
You are one busy, busy, busy lady. Yet you still manage to create such wonders. I salute you! And I'm glad to hear your back is better, too.
Take care!
Oh my, blogger just ate my comment. Bummer!
ReplyDeleteKaren, just wanted to say thank you for your kind visit recently! I am still absorbing all of the feedback and am getting so much more from all of my good blogging buddies such as yourself, so thank you!!!
Hope you have a great rest o' the week ahead..and I'm hoping to get to IF but boy, it's already Wednesday! Sheesh! Take care, Karen!
"Oh my, blogger just ate my comment. Bummer!"
ReplyDelete...don't you hate it when that happens!!!!! yes, it's Wed. and I haven't painted at all! truly a bummer! thanks Shirley, Bella and Suzanne!
Bella dear, I have missed you over the summer! (I think I've told Shirley a bazillion times how much I missed her) Glad you and Shirley are both back in the bloggy world... :)
Oh yes, be like me and write silly stuff that can be easily reproduced! Just making sure you are working hard!
ReplyDeleteAndrew you crack me up, all I am doing is work, but it's not the work I want to be doing...All work and no play makes Karen very dull indeed!
ReplyDeleteI know you can't come cause all of you have a life LOL!!!! I wish I could do like Oprah and send everyone a ticket he he he he he! Thanks so much for your well wishes they mean the world to me K. The root canal went well and now I have to go back so they can pull the permanent filling in. Taking lots of pain meds to stay calm he he he!
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This is absolutely lovely-- there's something about the face that makes me feel she's just taken a breath-- & the intensity of the gaze, ah!
ReplyDeleteWell, I would say this is a soft picture (weird adjective to an illustration, no?)
ReplyDeleteIn addition, I would add the word ethereal.
Congratulations.