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A moderately pleased Felicity, an hour or two ago.

Wow. That's extraordinary. Not just the quality, but the size!

Is that the parting of the Red Sea ?

Bruv;1427521 wrote: Is that the parting of the Red Sea ?


Where do you see that, Bruv?

AnneBoleyn;1427522 wrote: Where do you see that, Bruv?


The ferocious sunsetting sky, land to the left, sea to the right and dead centre Moses with his arms in the air..........I thought it was obvious.

Bruv;1427530 wrote: The ferocious sunsetting sky, land to the left, sea to the right and dead centre Moses with his arms in the air..........I thought it was obvious.


Here we are then - Laura continuing her sister's Exodus theme.

And Laura again with what might be a scenic gorge, of which Bristol has a particularly fine example.

No no no no, that's not Exodous, thats the Ten Commandments.

I see a burning bush in Laura's creation.....................it could be an angel hovering, but best ask her, she will know better.

Bruv;1428918 wrote: No no no no, that's not Exodous, thats the Ten Commandments.I'm so rolling my eyes at this, I can't imagine where you think the Ten Commandments appears. It's a startling painting, I watched her paint it and I have no idea how she managed to get where she got.

FG;1428920 wrote: I'm so rolling my eyes at this, I can't imagine where you think the Ten Commandments appears. It's a startling painting, I watched her paint it and I have no idea how she managed to get where she got.


Yeah but you are too involved, too close.

I see a robed bearded man with arms aloft, silhouetted against a biblical sunset, with tablets of stone at his feet................so obviously.

I love Laura's paintings. She clearly loves painting, to paint such large canvases for such a little girl. I would have expected it to be much looser for one so young but there's definitely purpose and structure to her work

I dont mean to come across all art critic but that's the way I see it

Snowfire;1428931 wrote: I love Laura's paintings. She clearly loves painting, to paint such large canvases for such a little girl. I would have expected it to be much looser for one so young but there's definitely purpose and structure to her work

I dont mean to come across all art critic but that's the way I see it


I'm glad I'm not the only one.

Laura's offerings this week are the material of nightmares but none the worse for that. The first is a portrait of her Aunt Amy...

... and the second isn't, it's called "Locust".

Aunt Amy has red hair, or have you the painting upside down ?

The Locusts are Monet's Water Lillies, moments before they swarm..............

Aunt Amy's red hair is one of her striking attributes, it's definitely the right way up. Seen obliquely from the far right, to squash the perspective, it's quite like her.

FG;1429615 wrote: Aunt Amy's red hair is one of her striking attributes, it's definitely the right way up. Seen obliquely from the far right, to squash the perspective, it's quite like her.


I shall have to re position my monitor to test that.

No comment about the Monet though ?

Bruv;1429619 wrote: No comment about the Monet though ?
I did click the google image list, I think Monet was a tad more deliberate. Besides, if he'd thought locusts like that were skulking by his pond he'd have moved indoors and painted bowls of fruit.

FG;1429621 wrote: I did click the google image list, I think Monet was a tad more deliberate. Besides, if he'd thought locusts like that were skulking by his pond he'd have moved indoors and painted bowls of fruit.


Less primitive you mean, yes that was his downfall...........just couldn't relax........like a four year old.

By the way.......locusts do not skulk

I saw this and thought of Felicity

Kieron Williamson

Bruv;1432680 wrote: I saw this and thought of FelicityThere's one fairly dramatic comparison which leaps off the page, they both wreck their shirts while painting. Master Williamson is in a league of his own when it comes to intention.

Are you not under estimating Felicity ?

Intention or commision, who can really tell.

This summery stream was painted by Laura last week.

FG;1436224 wrote: This summery stream was painted by Laura last week.






Plenty of flowers on the riverbank - very nice

Not a painting, a photo. Of Laura keeping her feet dry.

FG;1436273 wrote: Not a painting, a photo. Of Laura keeping her feet dry.






WOW!!! What a precious picture of Laura.

Kathy Ellen;1436312 wrote: WOW!!! What a precious picture of Laura.


Here's her sister, to keep the thread balanced. Felicity, today around 4pm outside The Port Of Call, learning to use a camera.

she has a striking perception of the paint on her brush, does she always mix ?

fuzzywuzzy;1440079 wrote: she has a striking perception of the paint on her brush, does she always mix ?


Both Felicity and Laura have tried several approaches to mixing. They sometimes use a palette for detail work and mix on that. They initially painted directly onto dry canvas, they're tending now toward putting a thin even wet coat of a premix (usually light) colour across the entire canvas and then painting onto the wet because they find it easier. When they're painting onto a wet canvas they quite often skip the palette mixing and pour paint directly where they want to work it in with the brush, mixing their shades into place. They usually have two brushes on the go, one in each hand, to control tones and textures. They've each learned from watching the other.

They're aware from experience that any mixed paints will quickly end up as shades of mucky brown if they let it. To stave that off they treat the canvas like a cat and either stroke the paint onto it or pat it; they never paint the same place twice with the same brush; and for some reason they never mix a red with a white. They haven't mentioned any other prejudices beyond those.

It's interesting . When I was working as a child care worker many many many many ....years ago I was struck by how two year olds would only paint in particular areas of the page. Psychologically i knew what they were doing but how do you change it. And that's when it became awsome. I had one child who didn't know what to paint one day so I suggested why not paint the whole paper blue.......holy crap I began something that even shocked me. Once that child had painted an entire page it was open slather. they could paint all over the place. Quite a few children looked a bit confused about painting a whole page a certain colour but once they had permission to do so ..(so to speak) they went hell for leather painting all over the place.

Something discovered by accident went a long way . Children don't know at the two to three year old age group that you CAN actually paint the entire piece of paper. I still have two paintings from my sons on the wall from that age group after learning this wonderful ideology of art. (another build it, and they will come, idea )