After Renoir. Danse a la Moulin de la Gallette

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Very well done Dorothy. We had a copy of this painting on our wall for years.

Posted by Fred Elwell on Sun 31 May 16:01:10

And a challenge well met, I like it a lot an excellent job.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Sun 31 May 16:32:36

You should be pleased, Dorothy. This painting is a tough one, it's also one of my favourite paintings...so far I haven't had the nerve to try to copy it. Excellent work.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Sun 31 May 17:01:23

I am so impressed with your brave attempt, which is an extremely lively painting, full of interest, harmony and joviality Dorothy. Love it.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sun 31 May 17:08:15

Well done Dorothy. Mission accomplished.You got the whole scene and its atmosphere in brilliantly.

Posted by Jim Morris on Sun 31 May 17:13:42

This is one of my favourite painting. You have caught the jolly atmosphere of dance party and all detailed of each Individual very well.

Posted by Yoko Archer on Sun 31 May 18:14:36

Like the way you've painted this

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 01 Jun 05:55:16

Thank you to everyone for your comments. Nearly gave up on this one but a lady in my class challenged me to do an Impressionist painting. It needed a lot of patience.

Posted by DOROTHY WILSON on Fri 05 Jun 21:25:27

Hang on Studio Wall

31/05/2020

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I have tried doing this in pastel and it was incredibly difficult, not just because all photos I have seen have variations of colour, but because I do not paint in an Impressionistic way but I do like some of their work. There is no attempt at real copying in this but I was just challenging myself

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DOROTHY WILSON

I have been very interested in art since I was a small child and spent many happy hours drawing and painting all through my life. It is something which I would have liked to have progressed with further but as so often happens, ordinary life took over. However, I am a creative person and from my…

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