Who are you looking at ... self portrait by Heather Love

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Very good! Well done

Posted by Thalia Stones on Sun 28 Oct 14:28:58

This is lovely. You don't look like a beginner to me!

Posted by Dawn Halliwell on Sun 28 Oct 14:40:18

Lovely work Heather.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Sun 28 Oct 15:30:54

Amazing for a first go - everything is super especially the hair - keep it going, Heather.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Sun 28 Oct 17:01:01

Stunning Heather..

Posted by Peter Patrington on Sun 28 Oct 17:29:52

This is very good Heather, the skin tones and hair are fantastic

Posted by David Johns on Sun 28 Oct 17:54:08

Wonderful self portrait done with great skill and acute observation Heather.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sun 28 Oct 17:57:47

An excellent self-portrait!

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Sun 28 Oct 18:00:07

A beginner? No way! So accomplished, as are the paintings in your gallery. Excellent work.

Posted by Nigel Wade on Mon 29 Oct 06:30:10

brilliant

Posted by tony palmer on Mon 29 Oct 07:32:08

Thank you so much everyone - comments like this keep me going

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 29 Oct 07:52:21

Tremendous painting, Heather, and judging by your other portraits this must be a good likeness. Top drawer, with a wonderful expression of curiosity. Is there a mild touch of irritation in there somewhere? *lol* Great work Bri

Posted by Brian J Mackay on Mon 29 Oct 08:09:17

Wonderful portrait, Heather.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Mon 29 Oct 12:57:17

Excellent work Heather

Posted by Russell Edwards on Mon 29 Oct 12:59:06

Excellent “selfie” Heather ! Fantastic achievement with acrylics, the eyes and the hair are just fab!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Mon 29 Oct 16:34:39

Wow Heather what a talent and techniques for only two years. Beautiful painting full of life and lovely gallery

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Fri 16 Nov 13:10:51

Love the texture in this. Well done. Lorraine Gray

Posted by Lorraine Gray on Sat 16 Mar 15:16:35

beautiful :)

Posted by Ellisa Hague on Wed 20 Mar 13:31:55

Thanks everyone for recent comments

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 25 Mar 15:50:00

I admire the pose for this self portrait and it is so realistic and life-like, superb pigments for the features and texture for the hair, an excellent painting Heather!

Posted by Angela Harrison on Thu 04 Apr 22:01:35

Thank you Angela, really appreciate your comments.

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 05 Apr 09:14:47

Fantastic Heather. Love the hair.

Posted by Steve Herring on Sun 14 Apr 09:53:34

Brilliant !

Posted by Willy van Mook on Tue 23 Apr 11:01:10

Amazing. Can hardly call you a beginner with work like that

Posted by DOROTHY WILSON on Mon 06 May 17:36:54

You're a natural portrait artist Heather this is great given the length of time as well you've been painting... Its great full stop

Posted by Alan Benton on Wed 08 May 17:26:51

Thank you so much everyone - Steve, Willy, Dorothy and Alan.

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 09 May 05:01:02

If your a beginner, watch out when your advanced then lol, you'll blow the site up! WOW

Posted by Tracy Richardson on Thu 30 May 11:36:14

Thank you very much Tracy - comments like yours mean so much.

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 30 May 16:03:15

Beautiful painting, I like the way you paint the skin and the expressions that you catch in your works, I like them all, my best wishes for your work!

Posted by Edoardo Petracca on Sat 06 Jul 18:13:04

That's some very fine work on the hair.

Posted by T H on Sat 20 Jul 20:37:27

Excellent portrait !

Posted by Lea Cupial on Sun 04 Aug 15:57:06

Wonderful self portrait Heather with expression, every artist should do one!...

Posted by Michael Monaghan on Mon 05 Aug 10:07:55

Amazing :)

Posted by Alan Glass on Tue 13 Aug 15:18:25

Brilliant! Hair is a picture to look at next time I want to do some hair.

Posted by Arthur Butterfield on Sun 18 Aug 10:03:11

An excellent self-portrait!

Posted by Old Master on Fri 23 Aug 12:51:09

Fantastic portrait wonderful touch.

Posted by June Covey on Tue 22 Oct 03:42:09

Fantastic work Heather! You have a real skill and feel for portrait painting. Can't believe you have not been doing this very long. You convey the living personality behind the painting so well by the detail in the eyes alone let alone the other excellent work such as the expression.

Posted by Chris Thurland on Tue 29 Oct 13:28:41

Love this, Heather

Posted by Andrew Smith on Mon 11 Nov 09:34:37

Lovely painting great skin tones

Posted by cliff Winstanley on Fri 15 Nov 15:27:39

You are clearly a natural! Awesome

Posted by Margaret McCallum on Sun 08 Dec 10:00:47

Fantastic Heather. I really like the highlights on your lip and in your eye, they bring it to life for me. The background is also what I hoped to create in my painting of a robin - any tips appreciated!

Posted by Darren Franklin on Sat 04 Jan 20:31:53

Superb work Heather,...expressive!

Posted by Michael Monaghan on Sat 15 Feb 21:27:19

Very well done!

Posted by Peter Brook on Wed 26 Feb 13:47:34

Wow your paintings are fantastic

Posted by Richard Payne on Tue 14 Apr 07:24:09

I like your style too!

Posted by Becca Drys on Fri 01 May 09:26:51

WOW!! I have just had a quick look through some of your work and it is outstanding to say the least, I am hopeless when it comes to portraits how have I missed out on your work it’s so accomplished. I like this one the best with the way you have done your hair and if I may say so very pretty. I bet you get a lot of commissions, if you don’t then there is something wrong! William.

Posted by William Jones on Thu 07 May 23:50:08

You have a fantastic set of portraits! :)

Posted by Erzsebet Kis on Fri 10 Jul 12:55:20

To join the chorus of praise, I think your portraits are fantastically good, Heather. You capture the personalities' characters very well.

Posted by Barrie Jervis on Sat 25 Jul 11:20:24

Like it a lot. Skin & hair colour look very good.

Posted by David Owen-Dudley on Tue 28 Jul 18:45:45

Your portraits are incredible Heather. I agree about photographing a picture, it seems to smooth everything out and you lose the subtle tones.

Posted by Peter Smith on Thu 27 Aug 17:44:09

I LIKE THIS PAINTING YOUR PORTRAITS ARE VERY GOOD.

Posted by ANDREW C Stewart on Sat 17 Oct 17:18:45

I love this Portrait you look great.....

Posted by ANDREW C Stewart on Tue 27 Oct 19:13:23

Wow! amazing hair Heather, very impressive for a beginner thanks for sharing them.

Posted by Charles Bullock on Mon 28 Dec 17:13:05

Your comment "3.5 years" must be many more ! as after seeing the quality of your work, i don't think you are a beginner at all. This self portrait is really great and the representation of your hairstyle, simply incredible.

Posted by Sunil Mehta on Thu 14 Jan 13:15:06

You Do Portraits really well....

Posted by xxxx xxxxxx on Sun 25 Apr 08:05:02

Portraits are fabulous each one of them

Posted by Sunanda Bhattacharya on Tue 08 Jun 17:38:00

love this very lifelike and detailed

Posted by Andrew Williams on Sat 17 Jul 02:03:52

Great painting!

Posted by Bonny Mathew on Tue 16 Nov 12:07:59

Love seeing portraits by other artists, and this one is terrific. I'm amazed at the fine hairs, done with acrylic! But I do agree with your point about skin tones and camera. Without fail I'm disappointed when I look at my photographs here on display, and the painting in real life.

Posted by John Paxton Sheriff on Sun 21 Nov 11:47:05

beautiful!!!

Posted by Anthony B. Lloyd on Sat 27 Nov 20:31:27

nothing anyone can teach you about light, colour, tonal appreciation, skill with the medium, in fact...There's nothing you need to learn. Beautifully rendered.

Posted by Alan Irvine on Sat 01 Jan 20:20:05

I feel sure this is a good likeness of you, as those eyes "don't miss a trick". Wonderful integration of your hair with the background. How did you set things up for this self portrait?

Posted by Gavin Robertson on Wed 11 May 16:23:24

Great work A personal Mona Lisa 😘

Posted by Lou Carlo on Fri 22 Jul 10:13:25

It's a fabulous portrait Heather. The skin tones and hair are superb.

Posted by Adrian Bone on Sun 30 Oct 10:04:07

I think your portraiture is marvelous, Heather.

Posted by Peter Brook on Sat 03 Feb 17:19:52

Love the work Heather!

Posted by James Bone on Wed 11 Sep 22:24:15

Just awesome. How do you get such effects on hair??

Posted by Sunil Mehta on Mon 16 Sep 12:10:13

Thanks Sunil, I use very good quality riggers and load the paint well, hope that helps.

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 16 Sep 16:15:14

Heather I can’t thank you enough as you always leave me such wonderful comments when I list but somehow I always miss your work, maybe it’s because it’s portrait work you do and something I shy away from as I don’t have the kind of talent unlike you who have such a monumental wealth of expertise in this subject which has shone through in all your work I’ve looked at. I hope you can forgive me for not taking the time to give you my opinion,s which you are truly talented!!!! Thank you and I love your work!❤️👍

Posted by William Jones on Wed 18 Dec 22:46:10

Impressive. Maybe I should renew my interest in portraiture, though I've got a way to go, by the looks of things.

Posted by GARETH LESLIE WILLIAMS on Sun 24 May 19:57:57

Hang on Studio Wall

28/10/2018

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First go at a self portrait acrylic on board - the skin tones are better in real life, it's the camera again!

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Heather Love

I started to paint in 2018 . I started with acrylics and now use only oils and mainly canvas on board. Most of my portraits are 38 cms x 60 cms or thereabouts. Am still on a big learning curve but really enjoying the process and discovering new techniques very step of the way! I go to art class…

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