Am getting a bit rusty in my old age…

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Beautiful colour and texture.

I like this very much Vicky.

This is so good Vicky. Love the textures, composition and colours.

So well done indeed, love it!

Like this - great colours and composition

Lovely rusty chain and its weight too, captured well and the rust looks terrific around the edges and rims.

Fabulous Vicky, love a bit of good rustiness!

great!! One day I want to be able to paint like that too :) it looks so real!

Posted by Tanja G. on Sat 03 Feb 08:51:39

Thank you for your lovely comments. I’m going through a stage of rust-loving as I love creating textures. When I’ve had enough, will go onto another obsession! Perhaps some of you do the same or do you stick to a steady subject I wonder?

The colours and painting are excellent Vicky.

Great rusty old chain. Well done, hope you are well. The group continues I am now treasurer!!

I know about the phases, I have a similar experience. Then I delve deeper into a topic and it takes until I understand it. Be it a technique, be it a motif, or both together.

Posted by Tanja G. on Sat 03 Feb 21:34:51

Oooh! There's nothing like rust for telling story! Well done! My husband says, when we're on holiday, that I always make a beeline for "rubbish" but old buildings, rotting things etc all tell us so much!

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02/02/2024
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I enjoy textures in rusty stages and recreate them using mixed media or whatever it takes to represent them.

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Vicky Rosenthal

Although I went to art college in my teens it would be a good many years before I had the time to start painting again and of course things had changed a lot in that time. I mostly taught myself watercolour from books and demonstrations and have since gone on many courses. My first love is…

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