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Sophista-tiki
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|  Posted: 2011-10-28 6:25 pm Permalink
I knew you would look sharp in that shirt! good choice.
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Sophista-tiki
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| Posted: 2011-10-30 2:03 pm Permalink
some of todays work.
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little lost tiki
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| Posted: 2011-10-30 11:04 pm Permalink
That first one with the AS-frame and that splash of pink is GORGEOUS!
Worthy of a vintage menu or a old book!
Beautiful,Dawnee!
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little lost tiki
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| Posted: 2011-10-30 11:04 pm Permalink
A-frame!
Sorry! was excited!
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Sophista-tiki
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| Posted: 2011-10-31 07:58 am Permalink
thanks Kinny, I appriciate the nice comments
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Sophista-tiki
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| Posted: 2011-10-31 08:09 am Permalink
todays project, a one day, one piece of cardboard haloween costume.
made from whatever I can find around the house.
BEFORE:
I'll post the after picture before I head out to sweerpeas house for this evenings festivities.
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TikiG
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| Posted: 2011-10-31 08:31 am Permalink
Go Dawn! BTW - Say hello to the orb on your bed...
Oh yeah - your two latest paintings are sumptuous i.e. GORGEOUS!! Thanks for sharing. G
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Sophista-tiki
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| Posted: 2011-10-31 08:40 am Permalink
that might be my orangy kitty Tommywomerton.
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danlovestikis
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Posts: 6355 | Posted: 2011-10-31 10:36 am Permalink
I couldn't resist being 89,001 on your thread. You have a beautiful bedroom. I love your art no matter if it's one or many colors. Happy Halloween, Wendy
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Sophista-tiki
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| Posted: 2011-10-31 3:29 pm Permalink
almost done
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MadDogMike
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| Posted: 2011-10-31 3:45 pm Permalink
Nice PNG costume Dawn. Reminds me of the one I made years ago that was like that with a bug smashed on the bottom of a shoe 
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WaikikianMoeKele
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| Posted: 2011-10-31 5:33 pm Permalink
Dawn,
SO wish that I could attend whatever Halloween event YOU are attending! Seems like SUCH a good time!
~kele
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tigertail777
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| Posted: 2011-11-02 11:10 am Permalink
HA HA HA! Very neat costume Sophisti-tiki! I have to say I normally am not a big fan of watercolors, but yours are so clean and well done I really like them. That A-frame one is excellent. One of these days when I can get the scratch together I want to get one of your incredible shirt designs.
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Sophista-tiki
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| Posted: 2011-11-02 12:08 pm Permalink
these 2 are finished
the easel is full of finished pieces ready for framing
got 3 different pallets of watercolors going, different brands of paint in each one, Dr, Martins, Dan Smith extra fine, and a Windsor Newton/Grumbacher combo
and here's some of whats in progress
Now, a little about watercolors, underestimated and under appreciated in general
Oils and acrylics are very forgiving, you can work and rework a piece until its perfected.
With watercolors you only get ONE shot to get it right, its very easy to over work a piece, there are no adding highlights, they need to be left like negative space using the whiteness of the paper. not as easy as you think it might be. I like the combination of a tight graphic sensibility and the looseness of watercolor, the play between defining the details and having them suggested with a brushstroke or color.
Not as easy as you think it is.
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tigertail777
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| Posted: 2011-11-02 1:02 pm Permalink
Oh, I know watercolors are not easy I have tried my hand before that is why I admire good work in it when I find it. Trouble is there are few people that really know how to work that particular medium to its best. I count you as a brave soul that can do watercolors without a safety net; any time I do actually do watercolors I feel I have to do it on pen & inks I have done; that is my safety net. I have tried without pen and ink and generally it winds up a disaster. I am not fond of watercolor paper with all its bumpy unevenness and sponge like quality so I tend to use bristol board. Watercolor takes more patience than I usually have because you have to keep doing layers on top of layers and if you make a mistake of too much it is pretty hard to correct (you can soak a little up with salt and pray that is about it).
I admire your work you seem to have found just the right middle ground in watercolor where it is utilizing the translucent painterly qualities with a sort of clean graphic design sense.
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