The Mandolin

The lovely Mary challenged me to be inspired by, and depict, an old master. I really liked the simplistic composition of this Mandolin by Ferdinand Roybert and as we happen to have a mandolin in the house..............

Oh my goodness, it might look simple and simplistic, but getting the lighting, shading and the blooming thing to stay upright!

Mary sometimes done is better than perfect! Thanks for the challenge, I enjoyed doing the research (I'm very ignorant about art)

[JackieR]

@mcsiegle Hi Mary- thanks for the challenge- it's quite a modern old master- but I do hope you approve x

[KoalaGardens🐨]

doesn't everyone just happen to have a mandolin in the house? 😂 beautifully done Jak!

[katy]

I think this is a challenge well met! You have managed to emulate the light perfectly!
@koalagardens LOL!
Came back to give it a FAV

[Susan Wakely]

You have well and truly achieved the objective. So closely matched to the original.

[haskar]

Beautifully captured.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely lowlight

[LManning (Laura)]

Love the light.

[Kathy]

I can empathize having tried to do a similar shot of an old violin. I think you did this well. A suggestion might be to"de-shadow" the mandolin a bit in post processing.

[wendy frost]

Brilliant capture.

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautifully captured Jackie.. I love the lighting....Big Fav.
I love the mandolin & my uncle played that & the banjo...
Lovely, Lovely memories.. Thank You!

[Walks @ 7]

Lovely light

[Mary Siegle]

That is amazing! So you just happen to have a mandolin in the house?🤔 Comes in handy in many ways 🤣 Wonderful light. Yes you’re right the artist lived in more modern times—mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. But the style of his composition and lighting definitely harkens back to the older old masters. Mission well accomplished!

[Kathy A]

That's a lovely looking instrument!

[JackieR]

@mcsiegle we do just happen to have His dad's mandolin, gathering dust on a shelf!! Had fun researching this, and trying to capture it!!