although i enjoyed mixing the colours to try and get as close a shade to the original, i miscalculated the size of the photo and i was left with a lot of space at the bottom. what to do, i thought that the cropped blue rectangle was a door, so i drew a door. only it was pointed out to me that the door was too small in relation to the arched doorway in the upper part of the photo.
i am in a group called "artsygang", a group of 365 photogs who are dabbling in painting because why not? you can blame the pandemic on that, although for some of us it is a surprise that we are able to tap on some hidden skills -- some discovered they can bake, or sew, or cook, or even sing. for me, the pandemic forced me to discover that indeed i could paint and to some extent i can draw. so in that group, we support each other's success and foibles in our painting.
there are two other artists who attempted to paint this but i'm not sure if they will show their work. watch for it, though.
This is a very good version of the painting. To me, those are both windows.
I would also suggest that we should thank the pandemic for discovering these skills. In my own case, hadn't it been for this situation, I would have been left with a life-long longing to paint and draw.
And back to your painting: the model is so skillfully done, that it gives opportunity for interpretation, also giving a small sense of proportions and reality. And the fact that you interpreted it this way, you just made the painting yours (so tells me a wise woman ;) )
One can see that this has been carefully painted. And even if it resembles the original in so many ways, it isn't as easy as it looks. It's the skills. And yes, that can be learned, if one is interested. So be sure, ma' fren', you're on the good path.
Firstly, it is a tremendous honor to be seeing this photo expressed so artfully by the Artsygang. I applaud the heretofore unknown skills you all have--wow! Color me impressed xoxo
I will look for the others, but like this one a lot!
With regard to sizes of the arched door way and the blue door, you might remember the famous Omani doors and I can really image it being true here!
The new shopping mall in my neighborhood (just finished), has an enormous door and there must be some small ones too... I will see if I can get them in 1 picture some time.
Please disregard everything I said in your original posting of this! This is beautiful Art! I have since tried to paint it and now have to eat my words! Do you have mad skills and amazing talent!
@grammyn - silly, miss. it's the same painting, i ony re-did that pointed peak of the banister to make it look rounder and thus add to the perspective. everything else is the same. i must admit this came out looking flat in my other laptop. the old laptop i used for my 365 shows me real time colours so i need not up the contrast in post. but i was using the newer laptop last night and it looked flat so i fiddled with the exposure. i cheated, i must admit. don't feel you have to eat your words, but if you do sip some good wine with it. ♥♥♥
@ingrid01 - oh, yes! i was probably uconsciously thinking of that. if you can find one, please do take a photo, but be careful. if it's not the usual touristy part of the building, they might not like you taking photos. thanks, ingrid.
@summerfield I knew it was the same painting I just only realized how wrong I was in my first assessment of it! Sipping wine sounds like a solution for a lot of my problems!
Nice job. I noticed on Jenn's photo that the door appeared to be cut off, so you could cut your painting off ("crop") above the bottom and get the same effect as the photo. There's another thing I noticed. The artsy-fartsy gang are not all using the same tag, therefore we can't always see all the paintings together. I think this is a fun thing you are doing.
That looks really nice! I made a painting once... in 1977. I still have it hanging on the wall in my "office" (probably to remind me never to do something like that ever again :-)
Really nice, Vikki! I'm delighted to hear that you're challenging one another to create artistically in other ways! I find that I'm doing something every day, but nothing yet, so large as getting out canvas and paint!
February 23rd, 2021
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I would also suggest that we should thank the pandemic for discovering these skills. In my own case, hadn't it been for this situation, I would have been left with a life-long longing to paint and draw.
And back to your painting: the model is so skillfully done, that it gives opportunity for interpretation, also giving a small sense of proportions and reality. And the fact that you interpreted it this way, you just made the painting yours (so tells me a wise woman ;) )
One can see that this has been carefully painted. And even if it resembles the original in so many ways, it isn't as easy as it looks. It's the skills. And yes, that can be learned, if one is interested. So be sure, ma' fren', you're on the good path.
A FAV!
With regard to sizes of the arched door way and the blue door, you might remember the famous Omani doors and I can really image it being true here!
The new shopping mall in my neighborhood (just finished), has an enormous door and there must be some small ones too... I will see if I can get them in 1 picture some time.