"Live long and prosper"

These two figures belong to my boyfriend. They both embody Mr. Spock , main character of Star Trek, the aged one and the young one.
The young figure (in blue) says, after pressing a small button on its back "Das ist höchst unlogisch" - "That would be unwise". The older one says "Frieden, und ein langes Leben" - "Live long and prosper"

Apple and Peppers

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Radish III

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Radish II

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Rose and Spring Flowers

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Spring Flowers

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US $139.38

Blurry Beauty

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US $28.00

Porcelain Milk Cow

This is an old fashioned household article. It is used as a milk jug. There's hole at the back of this cow and a hole where the mouth is so that you can poor out the milk by holding it at it's tail. I made picture of the original (below).

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US $46.00

Slippers

The Help Japan Challenge

Three ballet dancer

When I finished this painting I showed it proudly to my boyfriend, to hear his critics ( he is a graduated artist, so attention please!). He said to me, that he likes the style, but finds the motif so depressing . I ask him what he finds so depressing about these little peppers dancing in the sun like ballet dancers. He looked at me stunned and said: Those are not ballet dancers they look like poor guys, staying in front of a firing squad. Then I looked at it again and I realized, that maybe the theatrical straight light from one side and those some how crooked figures may cause an association like... mhhh but I really didn't intend to paint those poor guys!! I would be curious what you see it this painting?

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US $89.00

Brass sea gull II

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US $29.00

Strawberry pitcher

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US $63.87

Brass sea gull

 

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US $28.00

Tulip on cubistic table cloth

The Color of White Challenge

Demo Lincoln

I wanted to show you how I developed the Lincoln portrait.

I used a gessoed board, that was already prepared for a portrait ( skin-colored).
At first I added some guidelines to the photography in order to keep the proportions right (in the end the face got a bid too long though), then I painted the dark parts, that are mainly the area around his eyes and his beard and later on his dark suit ( I assumed it must have been black and his bow tie gray). Then I added some color that I had in my mind would go well with his face. This step was the most difficult part of this challenge, because you had to somehow invent the colors. After I had an idea of the colors I added some lights to the nose, eyes and chemise. At the end I elaborated some important parts like again his eyes, his cheeks, mouth and finally I densified the background and his suit. Done :-)

Thank you Mary Maxam, Horst, Diane, Carlene, Linda, Mary Rochelle Burnham, Karen, Madeleine Deborah, Pattie and Maria for your nice comments!!!