Making a cake for daddy by Diana Boanas Swa ASGFA

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Extremely well observed and beautifully painted Diana!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Wed 12 Jul 17:04:51

The colour section of the dress and arms - brilliant! That's what draws my eye. The rest is also first class Diana.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Wed 12 Jul 17:47:46

Excellent perspective, Diana!!!!

Posted by Annalisa Zucca on Wed 12 Jul 18:22:56

That's really endearing surely to anyone who's ever had a little girl Diana. (I've had three and two granddaughters) Beautifully caught.

Posted by Jim Morris on Wed 12 Jul 18:45:15

Lovely Diana & again so different as the viewpoint is so unusual :)

Posted by Sylvia Pawson on Wed 12 Jul 18:53:02

Definitely an ahhh! moment, and beautifully observed and painted too.

Posted by Jennifer Brown on Wed 12 Jul 19:22:44

Looks a delicious chocolate cake Diana - trust me, I am an expert in chocolate!

Posted by Adele Elgood on Wed 12 Jul 19:48:27

This is great Diana, unusual composition, I love the hand holding the spoon!

Posted by Russell Edwards on Wed 12 Jul 20:31:22

I like the angle of it and brilliant skill.

Posted on Wed 12 Jul 20:41:14

I love everything about this Diana, her hair, dress and the chocolate cake mix. So skilled!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 12 Jul 21:20:31

Thank you Satu. It makes a change from still life. Thank you Marjorie. I'm still getting brave enough to use stronger colour. Thank you Annalisa. My daughter took the photograph. Thank you Jim. I imagine you've seen similar scenes many times. Thank you Sylvia. I liked the angle in the portrait version. Thank you Jennifer. I will always remember making that cake with her. Thank you Adele. Yes, it was chocolate with lots of cocoa powder in it! Thank you Russell and Ibolya. I could have left stronger highlights in places Thank you Carole. It was interesting to see how little detail I could get away with

Posted by Diana Boanas Swa ASGFA on Wed 12 Jul 22:08:49

An unusual perspective Diana but it works so well, great painting.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Wed 12 Jul 23:32:06

Brill.

Posted by Peter Loft on Wed 12 Jul 23:48:38

Really well done Diana, loads to like in this definitely not overworked, great design, subtle brush work and so much left to the imagination. I could go on but suffice to say it's absolutely brilliant.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Thu 13 Jul 07:09:55

Thank you Val,Peter and Barry I really appreciate your feed back and love reading your thoughts.

Posted by Diana Boanas Swa ASGFA on Thu 13 Jul 07:20:05

Brilliant Diana

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Thu 13 Jul 08:19:00

Great work here! Children are not easy and what a great viewing angle!

Posted by Guy Marrett on Thu 13 Jul 09:43:51

Wonderful work Diana, great style you have.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Thu 13 Jul 13:40:13

Delightful painting as always Diana , I can just imagine what will happen in the next few minutes OOOOps? well done

Posted by Tao Barry on Thu 13 Jul 17:24:31

Super picture

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Thu 13 Jul 19:08:49

Super figurative work Diana, especially difficult in watercolour.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Thu 13 Jul 23:54:54

Full of immediacy and vibrancy. Beautifully painted, Diana.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Fri 14 Jul 14:39:29

Superb Diana.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 14 Jul 18:08:37

Thank you Stephen, Seok and Fiona. It surprised me that I could actually paint the portrait in a day. This was a lesson in knowing what to leave out as I have returned to it and removed a few items of clutter

Posted by Diana Boanas Swa ASGFA on Sat 15 Jul 19:43:01

Thank you for leaving your comments Dennis, Alan , Guy, Tao and Maureen. Every comment is very valuable to me. I really wasn't expecting this one to work.

Posted by Diana Boanas Swa ASGFA on Sat 15 Jul 19:46:51

Well done Diana, a beautiful and very successful narrative painting :)

Posted by Andrea Hook on Tue 18 Jul 09:29:09

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15/07/2017

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I wanted to try completing this in a day so as not to overwork. Half imperial rough paper. Saunders Waterford. As usual, I'm ok with bits of it but happy with progress in genersl

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Diana Boanas Swa ASGFA

Jut before retiring from teaching , I returned to painting after a 40 year gap. I did O level then half an A level in art ,followed by a bit of oil painting ,printing and ceramics as part of a primary teaching course but hadn’t touched it since. I was bought a sketch book and pencils while on…

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