Saturday, September 24, 2011

Three Beach Shells #33 Dora Sislian Themelis

# 33 Three Beach Shells (c)DST 8x12 Watercolor
Painted in twenty minutes again, these beach shells were out an available and if I wasted the time I would not have painted at all. Twenty minutes and I was done. Learning to use less water on my brush if I'm going to paint quickly and it's been working out well.
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 25, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    I always love the way you build up texture with watercolor on shells. The lines on the middle shell are especially interesting.

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  2. Dora Sislian ThemelisSeptember 27, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    Thanks guys! It's hard to get things the way I want, but in twenty minutes I can try and get the idea of the objects in a pleasing way.

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  3. liz CutlerSeptember 27, 2011 at 11:23 PM

    I like the contrast and all the colors you see in the shells. I am inspired by you, actually brought some inside to paint. Now I apperciate yours even more.

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  4. Claire MSeptember 28, 2011 at 1:05 AM

    great painting for 20 minutes!! I like the details captured in coloring of the shells - probably the use of less water as you said.

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  5. Dora Sislian ThemelisSeptember 28, 2011 at 11:40 AM

    Thank you! I try to add different colors than what I see to give the shells a little more life and make the painting come alive.

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