tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post1708778770342336920..comments2023-06-22T13:25:29.041+03:00Comments on am-art: Rear View MirrorAnitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05286949470920383652noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-42626564343878734602009-05-03T17:42:00.000+03:002009-05-03T17:42:00.000+03:00I love this Anita...very nice!I love this Anita...very nice!pattrsndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808124783190302473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-11412421377578695802009-03-23T17:28:00.000+03:002009-03-23T17:28:00.000+03:00Lovely drawing. Has a haunting landscape quality ...Lovely drawing. Has a haunting landscape quality in one sense, and in another it reminds me of Georgia O'KeefeDianne Mizehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06290943648650327077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-42518423118413190422009-03-20T17:26:00.000+03:002009-03-20T17:26:00.000+03:00Ah Antia, this is beautiul. I love those macros of...Ah Antia, this is beautiul. I love those macros of roses.Lisa Lorenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601331347412166415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-63870888285697986332009-03-18T22:47:00.000+03:002009-03-18T22:47:00.000+03:00Thisis so rhymthmic and beautiful...gorgeous edges...Thisis so rhymthmic and beautiful...gorgeous edges! :)Margaret Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222261903697956295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-54457298770202233012009-03-18T19:52:00.000+03:002009-03-18T19:52:00.000+03:00Roses scare me almost as much as pansies, Anita p...Roses scare me almost as much as pansies, Anita particularly if I try to treat them loosely. <BR/><BR/>This is an engaging study, wonderful shapes and shadows. I've always been a fan of your graphite drawings. I blame your shoulder injury for your creative slump, you were creating an incredible range of beautiful work before that happened - remember? You will be again.Robyn Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663604160297996421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-1531173937365303822009-03-18T16:09:00.000+03:002009-03-18T16:09:00.000+03:00Billie - please note that I did not do the whole r...Billie - please note that I did not do the whole rose!<BR/><BR/>Katie Jane - thank you!<BR/><BR/>Jeanette - when I did this I was trying to see if abstract worked in graphite.<BR/><BR/>Vivien - when I was doing a portrait recently my husband said but you can see what colour it is - even though it was in graphite! <BR/><BR/>Teresa - I tried painting roses. Did a grisaille but got bogged down by colour glazes. I want to learn to do them loosely.<BR/><BR/>Mary - I think Graphite is almost one of the most forgiving of mediums.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05286949470920383652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-58860113309502805272009-03-18T05:29:00.000+03:002009-03-18T05:29:00.000+03:00I have always loved your graphite work, you have a...I have always loved your graphite work, you have a great talent for any medium you work with but there is something about graphite that attracts me too, from time to time.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07576816029698093978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-84307291549507149392009-03-18T05:24:00.000+03:002009-03-18T05:24:00.000+03:00A lovely rose Anita. I love the composition of the...A lovely rose Anita. I love the composition of the piece. I have several reference photos of roses waiting to be turned into art. I never tire of their beautiful curves and folds!Teresa Mallenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17978596700598817430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-67803714456218595292009-03-18T02:25:00.000+03:002009-03-18T02:25:00.000+03:00this is lovelyI have those divergent feelings - I ...this is lovely<BR/><BR/>I have those divergent feelings - I love colour but sometimes it's so nice just to work in charcoal or to use a very subtle muted palette <BR/><BR/>- from the Fauves to Gwen John!<BR/><BR/>it's just another aspect of colour though - the lack of it for a change :>)vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-25018923654160744912009-03-18T02:09:00.000+03:002009-03-18T02:09:00.000+03:00I am impressed with your flower ability - well a l...I am impressed with your flower ability - well a little envious in fact.<BR/><BR/>I do like how this fills the page and becomes abstract as your mind figures out the shapes.<BR/><BR/>I agree that monochrome has a very special feel to it that colour can never compete with.Jeanette Jobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935974758134419990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-14255417745855703542009-03-18T01:21:00.000+03:002009-03-18T01:21:00.000+03:00Wow, this is so very good! I love all this shading...Wow, this is so very good! I love all this shading. It's perfect.Katiejanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703557560000189704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086418.post-70969992340041557862009-03-17T19:14:00.000+03:002009-03-17T19:14:00.000+03:00you sure know how to draw a rose, Anita. so far, t...you sure know how to draw a rose, Anita. so far, that ability has alluded me.Billie Crainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336330932102277633noreply@blogger.com