Saturday, May 21, 2011

Blue Stripes


Here is a little painting challenge that has been done for my PaintingFriends group. Each month one of our artists posts a painting that we are to all paint in our own interpretation and post on the 20th of each month on the PF site. It's always amazing and fun to see how we each have our own take on the reference photo. This particular ref photo had turquoise FiestaWare and a cloth with orangy/red stripes that I couldn't make work to save my life. So, I added apples to the bowl, changed the color to white with blue stripes, changed the green in the stripes from Kelly to Sap...and...it turned into a fun and colorful painting.
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10 comments:

  1. Christiane KingsleyMay 21, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    Great job, Mollie. I really like all the modifications tha you have made to the original reference. Your gorgeous apples really steal the show!

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  2. PatMay 21, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Fabulous painting, Mollie ! xx

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  3. Janet BelichMay 21, 2011 at 6:54 PM

    Now here's a surprise...red apples! Who'dda thunk?
    I really appreciate how you can change things to suit your needs. I'm not able to do that!

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  4. mollie jonesMay 21, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    Thanks, Christiane...I'm assuming you saw that total composition on PF. It makes me crazy when I paint "mud" so was happy with being able to crop and still come out with a decent painting.

    Hi Pat...wasn't this little exercise fun. Loved your take on the reference photo.

    Janet...thanks for stopping by. If you had seen the total painting before I cropped it, you'd have laughed. Seems that I can make mud with the "best" of them.

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  5. Vernita HoytMay 22, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    That PF site looks like lots of fun. I didn't know about it until reading about your references to it on a previous painting. I like your take on the painting. Mollie, everything you paint is beautiful ... red or not.

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  6. mollie jonesMay 22, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    Thanks, Nita...You know I always value your comments on my paintings. The PF sight is wonderful...lots of interaction...you're always welome to come on, but with your busy life...it's just one more hour at the computer..ha.

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  7. JaneMay 22, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    Perfectly personalized and really beautiful.

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  8. ArtiMay 23, 2011 at 3:42 AM

    The color combinations have turned out very nice!

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  9. SadamiMay 25, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    Dear Mollie,
    Wow, what a lovely work, particularly, colours are so lovely!!Thank you for sharing.
    Cheers, Sadami

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  10. mollie jonesMay 26, 2011 at 6:26 AM

    Thanks Jane, Arti, and Sadami...have had a bit of trouble commenting on my own blog...sorry to have taken so long.

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