[Aquanet] Scoot! Painting

Wed May 7 16:33:10 EDT 2008

Nita,  The painting is approximately 20" x 24".
Thank you all for your comments and suggestions.  I am unexpectedly away 
with limited internet access.  When I return home I'm looking forward to 
viewing my painting in light of your comments and suggestions.
Chris

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>    1. Critique painting for May (Arsenault  Lorraine)
>    2. Scoot painting (Nita Leland)
>    3. Re: Scoot painting (Liz)
>    4. Re: Scoot painting (Liz)
>    5. Re: Scoot painting (NitaLeland)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 17:49:39 -0400
>From: "Arsenault  Lorraine" <Arseneaux at sympatico.ca>
>Subject: [Aquanet] Critique painting for May
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>Sorry to be so late in responding to the critique artist's painting but I 
>was busy organizing and participating as an artist in a group exhibit last 
>week-end.
>
>I love the energy that you can feel in Chris Peters' painting.  You can see 
>the child wanting to go faster and faster.  The overall painting is 
>beautiful but I agree with the previous critique about the bottom half of 
>the face.  I think it also should be rounder and lighter.  That is the only 
>thing that I would change (if you can !)
>
>Congratulations on a very nice painting!
>
>Lorraine Arsenault
>arseneaux at sympatico.ca
>www.lorrainearsenault.com
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>Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 18:13:26 -0400
>From: "Nita Leland" <nitaleland at woh.rr.com>
>Subject: [Aquanet] Scoot painting
>To: "aquanet" <aquanet at cleverwhiz.com>
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>Chris Peters's painting really captures a wonderful moment in childhood. 
>That little girl is ready to go and no doubt about it. The drawing is good, 
>color is lively and it makes me smile. As others have said, there is a 
>little problem with the chin. Rather than redo the whole painting, as it 
>might lose some its freshness, see if you can lift some of the red color on 
>the chin below the highlight and soften the dark line around the mouth a 
>little, as well. You don't have to go back to white paper. I'm thinking 
>"micro-adjustments." Then, to define the chin, slightly darken the upper 
>arm behind it. The painting really is a treasure. I'm wondering what it's 
>dimensions are.
>
>Nita
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>Nita Leland
>nita at nitaleland.com
>www.nitaleland.com
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>Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 06:05:56 -0400
>From: Liz <springhillsites at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: [Aquanet] Scoot painting
>To: Nita Leland <nitaleland at woh.rr.com>
>Cc: aquanet <aquanet at cleverwhiz.com>
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>I'm curious. Why is that important to you?
>
>Liz
>www.naturecoastwebsites.com
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>Nita Leland wrote:
> > Chris Peters's painting really captures a wonderful moment in
> > childhood. That little girl is ready to go and no doubt about it. The
> > drawing is good, color is lively and it makes me smile. As others have
> > said, there is a little problem with the chin. Rather than redo the
> > whole painting, as it might lose some its freshness, see if you can
> > lift some of the red color on the chin below the highlight
> > and soften the dark line around the mouth a little, as well. You don't
> > have to go back to white paper. I'm thinking
> > "micro-adjustments." Then, to define the chin, slightly darken the
> > upper arm behind it. The painting really is a treasure. I'm wondering
> > what it's dimensions are.
> >
> > Nita
> >
> > Nita Leland
> > <mailto:nita at nitaleland.com>
>
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 08:00:34 -0400
>From: Liz <springhillsites at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: [Aquanet] Scoot painting
>To: springhillsites at earthlink.net
>Cc: aquanet <aquanet at cleverwhiz.com>
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>I'm sorry, I should have been clearer.  I meant the size of the painting.
> > I'm curious. Why is that important to you?
> >
> > Liz
> > www.naturecoastwebsites.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Nita Leland wrote:
> >
> >> Chris Peters's painting really captures a wonderful moment in
> >> childhood. That little girl is ready to go and no doubt about it. The
> >> drawing is good, color is lively and it makes me smile. As others have
> >> said, there is a little problem with the chin. Rather than redo the
> >> whole painting, as it might lose some its freshness, see if you can
> >> lift some of the red color on the chin below the highlight
> >> and soften the dark line around the mouth a little, as well. You don't
> >> have to go back to white paper. I'm thinking
> >> "micro-adjustments." Then, to define the chin, slightly darken the
> >> upper arm behind it. The painting really is a treasure. I'm wondering
> >> what it's dimensions are.
> >>
> >> Nita
> >>
> >> Nita Leland
> >> <mailto:nita at nitaleland.com>
> >>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 08:12:21 -0400
>From: "NitaLeland" <nitaleland at woh.rr.com>
>Subject: Re: [Aquanet] Scoot painting
>To: <springhillsites at earthlink.net>
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>I didn't say size is important; I simply wondered about the picture's size. 
>One of my all-time favorites among my watercolors is a portrait of my 
>granddaughter that is 6" x 9". When I think of all the teachers who nagged 
>me to work full sheets (and I did for a long time) I sometimes wonder how 
>many smaller "gems" I might have painted. Memo to all artists: It doesn't 
>have to be big!
>
>Nita
>
>Nita Leland
>nita at nitaleland.com
>www.nitaleland.com
>http://nitaleland.blogspot.com
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>   From: Liz
>   To: springhillsites at earthlink.net
>   Cc: Nita Leland ; aquanet
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:00 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Aquanet] Scoot painting
>
>
>   I'm sorry, I should have been clearer.  I meant the size of the 
>painting.
>   > I'm curious. Why is that important to you?
>   >
>   > Liz
>   > www.naturecoastwebsites.com
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   > Nita Leland wrote:
>   >
>   >> Chris Peters's painting really captures a wonderful moment in
>   >> childhood. That little girl is ready to go and no doubt about it. The
>   >> drawing is good, color is lively and it makes me smile. As others 
>have
>   >> said, there is a little problem with the chin. Rather than redo the
>   >> whole painting, as it might lose some its freshness, see if you can
>   >> lift some of the red color on the chin below the highlight
>   >> and soften the dark line around the mouth a little, as well. You 
>don't
>   >> have to go back to white paper. I'm thinking
>   >> "micro-adjustments." Then, to define the chin, slightly darken the
>   >> upper arm behind it. The painting really is a treasure. I'm wondering
>   >> what it's dimensions are.
>   >>
>   >> Nita
>   >>
>   >> Nita Leland
>   >> <mailto:nita at nitaleland.com>
>   >>
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