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Fabuloso! It's just your take on a subject, Helen, very individual.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Sun 27 Sep 16:54:03

Love all the different colours you’ve used. Great portrait.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Sun 27 Sep 16:54:59

Lovely work. I like the vivid use of colour.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Sun 27 Sep 16:55:24

Wonderful portrait with fantastic tonal values Helen.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sun 27 Sep 17:35:38

Super!

Posted by Linda Wilson on Sun 27 Sep 18:03:34

Great portrait Helen, brilliant lighting and colours.

Posted by Roger Sallis on Sun 27 Sep 18:43:04

Wow!

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 28 Sep 07:23:48

My mother (also paints) asked me once how I 'see' so many colours, so I tried to explain that I use whatever colour I want and then just light/dark. (I'm really not very good at describing this or that colour!)... so a few weeks later, she rang and said she'd tried out my 'method' on one of her paintings..., 'It looks good from a distance', she commented, 'in another room with the door closed'...!

Posted by Helen Martell on Mon 28 Sep 16:54:31

Wonderful portrait.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Wed 30 Sep 14:34:29

A great painting Helen

Posted by Russell Edwards on Tue 05 Jan 10:36:56

Hang on Studio Wall

27/09/2020

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I painted this in 2014 and it was my first portrait painting. I painted this as an entry into Sheffield's 'Art in the Gardens' portrait competition. Each year they provide the subject, and you choose a photo from their selection to work from (taken by a professional photographer). 50cm square, acrylic on box canvas

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Helen Martell

I've been painting (acrylics) for about 12 years, after going on a painting day with my mother. I guess I've always been creative (it's in the family genes), not always with paint. Over the decade it started mainly with pet portraits, as word got around my workplace that my stuff wasn't too bad..…

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