Friday, March 25, 2011

Oil and Pastel Portraits Memphis Tn Nancy Nickey Curran


"Virginia and Bubbles"

"Virginia and Bubbles" has progressed.   


The background is a bit warmer--not so many blues and purples.


The shape of this little ponies head is tricky. 
The shadows need to be dark  but not too dark!    Values!!

The wire in the background needs to disappear.
Edges need to be softer.

What a cute little pair.  


 They look like they know how very cute they are!


Values

relative darkness or lightness of a color

Most of the time a problem with a painting is in the values.
When the value is correct it just about doesn't matter what color is used, as shown below.






Debbie Edgers Sturges incredible wildlife paintings are bursting with color!    Love these! 




Tenth Avenue North
is coming to Memphis!
April 14th
I love their song You are More

















You are more than the choices that you've made
 
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes 

You are more than the problems you create 


You've been remade



A beautiful song and so comforting!