"Mademoiselle Plauche" aka how to save a dying painting

Work in progress pics.

I'm gona put this way for a couple of days now, so i'll see the mistakes better...

And as far as saving a dying painting, my advice is to keep working on it, listen to your intuition, and if you are getting frustrated, just put it away for a couple of days.

So here ya go...Happy Painting

The Inspiration

The Process

The last photo's colours are a bit better, but my camera still does not pick up yellows and light greens very well, and made the skin look blue. Anyways trust me that it is closer to the skin tone, has a lot more gradations of colour. ...and in the painting you definitely see that she is smiling a little.

In this one for some reason the lighting was too harsh and the border was washed out. But the slight texture and the yellow undertones make it work well, in my opinion. I'm not sure if i should soften the edge though...hmmm

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Recent Etsy favourites

I've finally got around to featuring some of my recent favourites at Etsy. Many of these are interesting finds, and most are reasonable price wise and would make unique gifts.

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade MariyaArt.etsy.com

First ever painting progressione

Recently I did a commission and remembered (which happens rarely) to take pictures of the work in progress. Unfortunately I did not start the sequence from the very beginning, but it gives a pretty good idea of how the work progressed.

I hesitate to stop and takes pictures when I am working in watercolour because I like working on the wet surface.

Progression...






In the end I had trouble getting it framed because unfortunately I did not make this a standard 8 x 10 painting. However even though a few details were lost in the smaller mat window, the cream coloured mat helps the colours pop. The painting was not cropped, so if the owner someday will decide to reframe it, all of the original content is there.

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Hi again.

Sorry I was away. Life happened, as customary, and I've been busy socializing and painting.

Since it is hard for web space to feel personal, I decided to show you photos of what is personal to me - my room and my "studio". If you do not know me personally, this should let you know what kind of person I am. So without further talking...my room
My room with a few of my paintings.


"Studio" - complete with materials (stores in the bookshelf), a fishbowl water holder, and a comfy chair in which I am sitting for lumbar support.

That's it for now. Some of my sketches and paintings will be featured tomorrow, as well as a video recipe by my friend, and a couple of wonderful things i have found around etsy.

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