http://www.victoriaryan.com/2009/03/16/my-continuing-love-affair-with-water/ Pastels, Oils, and My Life as an Artist Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:56:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.victoriaryan.com/2009/03/16/my-continuing-love-affair-with-water/comment-page-1/#comment-17 victoriaryan Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:23:13 +0000 http://www.victoriaryan.com/?p=243#comment-17 Thank you for the thoughtful comment Bob. It is always interesting to get feedback about these formal elements that seem to come to us inately. I really appreciate it. Thank you for the thoughtful comment Bob. It is always interesting to get feedback about these formal elements that seem to come to us inately. I really appreciate it.

]]> http://www.victoriaryan.com/2009/03/16/my-continuing-love-affair-with-water/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Bob Lafond Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:21:47 +0000 http://www.victoriaryan.com/?p=243#comment-16 One lesson that I take away from this pastel, and your other pastels, is that they have a deceptive simplicity. It's easy to overlook that the shadows in the water balance the far mountain range, the foreground grasses are repeated in the shape of the flowery bush and the middle mountain range on the left, and the high-flying flowers in front are echoed by the plant in the background. I could go on... I enjoy looking at them. Thanks. One lesson that I take away from this pastel, and your other pastels, is that they have a deceptive simplicity. It’s easy to overlook that the shadows in the water balance the far mountain range, the foreground grasses are repeated in the shape of the flowery bush and the middle mountain range on the left, and the high-flying flowers in front are echoed by the plant in the background. I could go on… I enjoy looking at them. Thanks.

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