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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I too love the colors that you used to paint the
rocks. That is what I like best in watercolor. How different
colors can give a result in such a different way: it is magic!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Great work!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Lorraine Arsenault<BR><A
href="mailto:arseneaux@sympatico.ca">arseneaux@sympatico.ca</A> <BR><A
href="http://www.lorrainearsenault.com">www.lorrainearsenault.com</A><BR></DIV>
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<A title=info@comptonart.net href="mailto:info@comptonart.net">Annette
Compton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nitaleland@woh.rr.com
href="mailto:nitaleland@woh.rr.com">NitaLeland</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=aquanet@cleverwhiz.com
href="mailto:aquanet@cleverwhiz.com">aquanet</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:19
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Aquanet] Critique</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Its great to hear "the color is glorious" when I'm painting
black rocks! Isn't that the best thing about watercolor? I love the
transparencies that we can achieve. I'm trying to do the same in oil now but
was really taught "alla prima" painting so that watercolor is such a relief to
go back to. I particularly like the play of quinacridone gold layered over
indanthrone blue or thalo green for sparkly affects. And the warm layers of
alizarin with the quin gold holds the light in the hot spots. Hawai'i has
plenty of those!
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<DIV>Nice to hear from you! Thank you. This is my first time offering a
painting for the monthly critique in my seven years with Aquanet!</DIV>
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<DIV>Annette</DIV>
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<DIV>On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:08 AM, NitaLeland wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Annette,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Your painting is awesome. The color is glorious
and the values well placed. I can feel the immensity of the rock formations
in relation to the bus or train.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Nita</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Nita Leland<BR><A
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href="mailto:info@comptonart.net">Annette Compton</A></DIV>
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title=Aquanet@thedigitalbraintrust.net
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<DIV><BR></DIV>Thanks for your feed-back, Raymond. The scale is hard to
comprehend as it was when I was there. have received your comment
and one other which are valuable so I trust everyone is painting
right now. <SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN> <SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Or out enjoying a summer vacation. I'll send in a waterfall sometime soon and thank you again for keeping Aquanet flourishing.
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<DIV>All the best, </DIV>
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<DIV>Annette</DIV>
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<DIV>Annette Compton</DIV>
<DIV>Compton ART</DIV>
<DIV>PO Box 162</DIV>
<DIV>Woodstock, VT 05091</DIV>
<DIV>(802) 457-2020</DIV>
<DIV>www.comptonart.net</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:info@comptonart.net">info@comptonart.net</A></DIV>
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<DIV>On Aug 8, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Raymond Blum wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> <SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN>I could not agree more
about the lack of human scale - I could picture either a leaf or a troop
of hikers in the shadow of that rock/boulder in the lower right.<SPAN
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class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN>And the reflected light
at the junction of the stone and the ground is beautiful.</DIV>
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class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN>I wonder if I would have
imagined those two different scales if you had not pointed it out in
your commentary, I honestly don't know.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">---Raymond</DIV>
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<DIV>Annette Compton</DIV>
<DIV>Compton ART</DIV>
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<DIV>Woodstock, VT 05091</DIV>
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<DIV>www.comptonart.net</DIV>
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