Thursday, July 28, 2005

knofui-05

garlic and onion


19 Comments:

Blogger Anonymous said...

Very nice garlic and onion, but think I'll take a bite from those nectarines :)

7/30/2005 12:40 PM  
Blogger vfm4 said...

you're too late for the nectarines, i'm afraid.. they were delicious! :)

7/30/2005 5:12 PM  
Blogger Cin said...

agree, very nice, beautiful warm colors

7/31/2005 5:32 AM  
Blogger vfm4 said...

to be honest, there's a story to the warm colors and it shows there are no mistakes, just happy accidents:
i started the drawing with rollerball and decided to give it some color, but instead of some light yellow it became dark purple! the rollerball ink had run out! i couldn't stand it, got really mad at myself but kept trying and adding aquarel and then gouache and more and more layers until at last this came out...

:-)

(makes note: have to buy a better quality rollerball or use only indian ink..)

7/31/2005 12:43 PM  
Blogger Ramesh Gandhi said...

How beautiful! There's something about gouache - I really like what I've seen of it. That garlic really jumps off the page.

7/31/2005 6:28 PM  
Blogger vfm4 said...

thank you very much, nancy.. :-)

7/31/2005 6:34 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Beatiful painting victorie! Did you use rollerball for the lines on the background? It adds a very nice texture to the painting. Love it.

Groetjes.

7/31/2005 7:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Your garlic is beautiful. Could I encourage you to also share the story about the colors on the list where others can learn from your happy accident?

7/31/2005 7:29 PM  
Blogger Lindsay said...

Love this! Really nice paint handling.

7/31/2005 7:30 PM  
Blogger vfm4 said...

thank you, Evy and yes, i did the fine lines with rollerball, but after that i took care to keep it dry.. :-)

7/31/2005 7:37 PM  
Blogger vfm4 said...

thanks Karen and i'll try.. :-)

7/31/2005 7:38 PM  
Blogger vfm4 said...

thank you, non-linear-arts.. :-)

7/31/2005 7:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love your drawing...as a matter of fact it looked so good it inspired me to go look up a new recipe to use...not bad considering I don't cook anymore. Thanks for sharing...and it came out beautiful.
Susan, KC,MO

7/31/2005 10:25 PM  
Blogger vfm4 said...

maybe i should have posted a recipe too... :-)

7/31/2005 10:55 PM  
Blogger Linda said...

I agree with Penny - this makes me want to try guache, too! Beautiful - very solid and well done.

8/01/2005 5:11 AM  
Blogger Kathleen Pequignot said...

I really think the frustration and experimentation was worth it no? ... this came out very good. I love the depth of colors.

8/01/2005 12:23 PM  
Blogger vfm4 said...

Penny and Linda: i somehow think that everybody has used gouache in their youth.. it's the not transparent sort of watercolor. the good things about it is that it's very cheap and that you can keep working in it, contraire(?) to acrylics.. :-)

8/01/2005 12:26 PM  
Blogger vfm4 said...

you're right Kathleen Marie, and thank you.

8/01/2005 12:28 PM  
Blogger vfm4 said...

having looked at what you're doing at your site, i'm sure you could do a much better job than i...

8/02/2005 7:50 PM  

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