Beauties and the beast by Riaz Auladin

another good one.

Thanks again Dawn! I'm glad you like my paintings. I must say I restarted to hold the brush just very shortly and that, after an absence of more than 18 years. I really missed that during the years I did not find time to paint! But now that I'm back with painting I really feel like I'm in the mood for keeping at it.

I gather you don't like the foreground boat! The way you've painted it, though, it still has a charm of its own, epitomized by the raking bow, a feature I rather like in boats. And you should most certainly keep at it - you have a very delicate touch with the brush combined with a confidence in your line.

Thank you very much Robert Jones, for your lovely comments. In fact I tried to paint the foreground boat as much as I could stick to it's real details and colors. It was all rusty and looked as if it had not gone through a servicing for years. Much in contrast to those at the back!

It works beautifully Riaz, you capture so much detail they are a joy to see

Thanks again Ros. I had a few visitors to my exhibition who said they love the details too. So I think I should stick to that way of painting. Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and for visiting my gallery.