Thursday, December 31, 2009

Different Strokes For Different Folks Challenge

Just having a hard time rendering the right light and colors. The face is more like the top portrait and the background more like the bottom one.

8"x10" - Acrylic

This is my submission to the Different Strokes for Different Folks challenge. It WAS a real challenge for me as it is my very first portrait done with a brush. It was a lot of fun, and it has encouraged me to practice more often.

22 comments:

  1. Beautiful lighting Sandrine! This portrait is extremely eye-cathing on the DSFDF site! Nice job!

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  2. Thank you Pattie. It was so much fun!

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  3. Wonderful job with the challenge, Sandrine. I agree, beautiful lighting.

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  4. Wow! This is wonderful, Sandrine! I love his big smile. Great job! Akiko

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  5. Great portrait! Love the lighting and the warm colors. Its a sure winner, and doesn't look one bit like your first with a brush :)

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  6. Looks great! Much better than mine of you I'm sory to say. I'm SO slow. Didn't have nearly enough time. Still it was fun. Thanks for doing such a great job on me!

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  7. wonderful portrait for DSFDF. Love that lighting you did.

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  8. Fantastic work, Sandrine! Love your color choices, and the back-lighting is wonderful. Great!

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  9. Thank you everyone.
    I had a hard taking the right picture to show the right colors and lighting. I added a new picture on top to show what the face is more like.
    Andy, I think that the fact that we're all different in our styles, mediums, and the way we work... that's what makes this challenge so much fun. As long as you had fun and enjoyed yourself, that's what matters, I think that's what the point was.
    If you'd like to swap portraits with me, send me your address at bigounets@hotmail.com, and I'll send you mine in return.
    Have a great and Happy New Year everyone.

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  10. You caught a fantastic likeness and I love the way you used the light. Keep up the great work in 2010.

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  11. What a bright and happy face and you did a beautiful job!

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  12. This is fabulous - great lighting and so much personality emanating from the painting!

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  13. Great job on the portrait, Sandrine. You did a beautiful job on the lighting for a very dramatic portrait.

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  14. You really captured his likeness, Sandrine! And I should know...this is my husband on our wedding day last August. Thats why he was smiling! Beautiful! Thank you sooo much!
    LuAnn

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  15. You did an excellent job on this portrait and I hope to see more from you. The colors are gorgeous together.

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  16. Thank you everyone.
    LuAnn and Andy, congrats on your wedding! Send me your address so that I can send you the painting. bigounets@hotmail.com

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  17. Beautiful job, Sandrine. Can't believe it's your first portrait! It really is a standout - lighting, color, everything. And you even captured the twinkle in his eyes!

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  18. Thank you LeeAnn. It's not my first portrait ever. I've done portraits with pastels, charcoal, and graphite. It was my first time with brushes which make me very uncomfortable because I can't control them the way I want yet.

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  19. Oh! Well, the talent is within you, whatever you happen to use, and the brushes seem to be your best friends here!

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  20. You did a fantastic job on this portrait. The expression is so natural and the warm colors splendid. Bravo!

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  21. I left an ward for you, on my blog

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  22. Sorry typo mistake. I meant an AWARD :-)

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