Annabelle’s balloon

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Perfection!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 20 Nov 16:37:37

Super

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Mon 20 Nov 16:45:04

Very beautiful.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Mon 20 Nov 19:00:11

Thank you so much Carole, Maureen and Sandra!

Posted by Marilyn De la Cruz on Mon 20 Nov 19:04:30

Smashing portrait of a lovely young girl, Marilyn. Fabulous eyes.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Mon 20 Nov 20:15:20

Thank you again Cesare and for introducing me to this site.

Posted by Marilyn De la Cruz on Mon 20 Nov 22:17:47

I agree with Carole, it is perfect!

Posted by Russell Edwards on Tue 21 Nov 00:57:53

Beautiful.

Posted by Dawn Halliwell on Tue 21 Nov 07:34:30

Thank you so much Russell and Dawn!

Posted by Marilyn De la Cruz on Tue 21 Nov 12:13:19

Another stunning painting Marilyn, so accomplished.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Tue 21 Nov 12:37:32

Love this 😊

Posted by sandra binney on Wed 22 Nov 19:49:36

Thank you so much Margaret.

Posted by Marilyn De la Cruz on Wed 22 Nov 21:11:51

A beautifully captured fleeting expression. I very much admire your work.

Posted by Kevin Power on Fri 24 Nov 11:00:32

Thank you so much Kevin!

Posted by Marilyn De la Cruz on Fri 24 Nov 13:23:37

Super painting. Forgive my ignorance but what is cp in the detail of your method?

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Sat 25 Nov 22:43:15

Thank you for your lovely comments Tessa! Cp is coloured pencil. I painted a loose underpainting of watercolour for this one and then used coloured pencil over it to try to give the appearance of a young child’s luminous complexion and also to give the coloured pencil more punch without the use of solvents.

Posted by Marilyn De la Cruz on Sat 25 Nov 22:56:01

Thanks for the explanation Marilyn: really interesting. I look forward to seeing more.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Sat 25 Nov 23:24:22

Hang on Studio Wall

20/11/2017

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Watercolour underpainting with cp

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Marilyn De la Cruz

I went to Birmingham Art School straight after leaving school but had not considered my job prospects carefully enough at that age so left and did not consider taking up art again until much later in life. Now that I am retired I have much more time on my hands to paint and hope my artwork brings…

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