04/02/2008 20:35:29

Very nice work! I really like the way you use color in your portraits.

Thanks for your comment on my page. I suppose that we Dutch do have an affinity with water... but I think the English really deserve the most credit for establishing watercolor as a serious medium.  

04/02/2008 10:03:19

Thank you for visiting my page and for your very kind comments.  I also have been looking at your watercolor portraits.  They are so engaging and fresh.  I really like them.  Do you display in a gallery?  Lucinda

03/27/2008 11:41:45

Nice site...I guess I need to train my brain for a new, very spare program.  My current one is stochastic, ei, if I put enough blotches up on enough pieces of paper I am guaranteed success!....Problem is, that set of papers has yet to be determined, and the number of brush strokes to guarantee success on each paper has to be notated in a scientific numbers! 

 

03/27/2008 07:41:25

I found I need to see the images lage to really appreciate the subtle quality.  You make it look like you just dab color here and there until this well proportioned human personality appers.  Whether it is as easy for you as you make it look, only you know,  But I know how tricky this really is to do.

greg 

03/18/2008 14:17:17

I'm impressed by the subtle emotions you can convey with your delicate paintings. They're lovely. Betty

03/10/2008 23:52:14

Thanks so much,  I heard it was out but I haven's seen it yet.  Do you read it online or the hard copy.  Again Thanks it was a thrill to do it. Pat

03/06/2008 11:13:36

brstam - I often paint in watercolor. I love your works because they emphasize the inherent nature of watercolor (which is the quality that draws me to the medium) its unpredictability. Water is difficult to control and it often choses to do what it wants to do. However , as seen in your works, if the medium is allowed to do its own thing, the artist will have a pleasant surprise in the end. Your portraiture (which have to be the most challenging genre for watercolorists) is almost like stippling in watercolor. I think it is very well done. To combine sponteneity (sp?) with highly representational subjects is Awesome. JK

03/05/2008 15:33:28

thanks for the comments, I like your portrait work....I recently bought a "painting the figure" book by Mel Stabin, and hope to get started soon.

03/03/2008 16:57:43

I like your work. Do you only do portraits?

02/24/2008 22:43:05

Thanks for visiting my page and complimenting my work.  I like your technique, and especially like the way you add accenting  blues, violets and greens in your skin tones.  good hearing from you!

Kevin