Girl with a Pear earing! Famous Face Challenge

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Love your sense of humour Fiona, a brilliant take on this iconic painting! Vermeer and Picasso combined with a touch of Phipps!

Posted by Christine Davies on Sun 12 Jul 15:42:14

This is brilliant- what a laugh! Vermeer will be turning in his grave! I absolutely love it!

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Sun 12 Jul 16:22:20

I'm laughing again as I look at it!

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Sun 12 Jul 16:23:48

Brilliant! Instantly recognisable as both Vermeer and Picasso - very clever and inventive, love it!

Posted by Carlina Oliver on Sun 12 Jul 16:55:12

Beautifully humorous Fiona

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Sun 12 Jul 17:11:51

I really love this Fiona -made me laugh out loud!!

Posted by Carol Hitchman on Sun 12 Jul 17:49:32

strikingly different, hoorah

Posted by tony palmer on Sun 12 Jul 18:14:55

Absolutely brilliant Fiona!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Sun 12 Jul 18:38:38

Great fun and also very nicely painted Fiona , I love everything you do because your niceness comes through in your paintings , well done .

Posted by dennis roberts on Sun 12 Jul 18:38:42

When I first saw this I was not expecting to see the name Fiona underneath it, I was in some shock! followed by hysteria... But I wish I had thought of it first, it really is superb in all respects, drawing, colour and a definite Picasso (ish)style, well done for your creativity on this one.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Sun 12 Jul 18:49:53

Hee hee.......what a bit of fun, glad you see it that way folks and not as a slur on Vermeer, Picasso or the many that have painted this iconic portrait since. <br />The inspiration came form whoever mentioned the 'pear earing' either in a comment on some ones painting or the forum I can't remember. There is no chance that I could even get near painting the real thing so opted for a Picasso style portrait.....easy I thought! Ha...not so! <br />It made me laugh!<br />Thank you very much, didn't really need the comments, just wanted to give you all a giggle! <br />Thanks again.X

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 12 Jul 19:26:40

Superb. Love your sense of humour!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sun 12 Jul 20:11:24

Very creative Fiona - love it!

Posted by debs jones on Sun 12 Jul 20:44:40

Love it!!!!!!

Posted by Jennifer Alsop on Sun 12 Jul 21:39:35

Ahhh, my sense of humour and so well done - you should have a go at cartoons - with Ivan there are now two of us in the POL Cartoon Club

Posted by Michael Edwards on Mon 13 Jul 07:28:05

Ha ,Ha , I love this and what a great way to let loose and try something different , excellent

Posted by Dermot Brennan on Mon 13 Jul 08:51:34

Like this Fiona, great take on the famous lady!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 13 Jul 10:23:20

Fiona, this is BRILLIANT! I absolutely love it! It's just such a quirky and fun piece, but it doesn't detract at all from the fact that it's an excellent piece. Your use of warms and cools for the contours of the portrait is spot one.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Mon 13 Jul 14:15:13

Great fun Fiona, agree with all that's been said. Its also very clever, very impressed.

Posted by Sharon Van Der Veen on Mon 13 Jul 14:48:38

I have had to turn her face to the wall, she keeps watching me.........very un-nerving! Thanks all for your super comments, I just did it for a bit of fun. Thanks again.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 13 Jul 15:36:17

Bit late coming to this, it's all been said again but thanks for the giggle, cheered up my day no end.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Mon 13 Jul 17:37:05

Cheers Val! Glad it cheered you up.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 13 Jul 18:48:40

Best I've seen so far of this

Posted by K 0 on Tue 14 Jul 09:02:14

Lol....thanks kevin!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 14 Jul 18:00:12

Great imagination Fiona! It works so very well :)

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Thu 16 Jul 21:08:19

Thanks Sarah!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 17 Jul 20:51:59

What fun! I love this. Very clever

Posted by Jeannie Pakenham on Fri 31 Jul 23:28:20

Thanks Jeannie, it was fun!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 01 Aug 10:58:41

So witty! Love it!

Posted by David Clark on Thu 13 Aug 15:17:56

Thanks Dave!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 13 Aug 21:47:34

Hang on Studio Wall

12/07/2015

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Please don't groan when you read the title!lol A different slant on this, the most publicised portrait here on POL. I picked up on a comment made on the forum (I think) about the 'pear' earing. So here's my version in a Picasso style...what else can you do on a wet afternoon in July, and I've finished the ironing.....I'm not a tennis buff either. Lol.

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