Ok so I guess you would have to say I retaught myself to paint. I think it looks a little cartoonie and even kinda childish but I am prett happy with the outcome. So if there are any professional painters out there advice and critism are welcome.

Cartoonlike, no! Childlike, no! Fantastic, YES!!!
Well done Venus, i am very impressed with this, keep going.
RJS

you did great hun i know how hard it is when it comes to watercolours its brill

Well done i like it! i like the colours

Did I miss something? Is it the painting posted in another post or is it in your album? Or, is it here & done with invisible ink or something? lol

Off in search of this mysterious & elusive painting! hehe! Will comment when I find it!

J

Is this the one? If so, I really like it a lot. It looks like an illustration in a children's book and just has a fun feel to it.



You really ought to keep painting and drawing and don't let anyone tell you you can't or aren't any good. I think the hardest thing for any artist to do is to believe in himself. Perhaps those same emotions that inspire us to paint also make us ultra-sensitive to negative comments about our work. It's just such a shame that the positive comments don't have as much influence on us. I say concentrate on the positive and let the negative roll off you like water off a duck's back!

J

And my comment above does NOT mean that I think the painting is childish or cartoon-y. To me, great art evokes some kind of emotion and this painting lightens my heart. That is definitely something we need a lot more of these days!

Now I think I'm finished! lol

J

Way to go Venus!

Very well done! As J-Lynn observed, your current style is somewhat illustrative, which is brilliant. The most important issue is whether or not you are happy with this painting?

I won't offer a critique at this point; I prefer to wait and see a few more of your paintings to have a better concept of your personal style as it evolves. My suggestion is to simply keep painting; your personal style will appear all by itself as you change what you don’t like and enhance what you do!

Brenda

You really ought to keep painting and drawing and don't let anyone tell you you can't or aren't any good. I think the hardest thing for any artist to do is to believe in himself. Perhaps those same emotions that inspire us to paint also make us ultra-sensitive to negative comments about our work. It's just such a shame that the positive comments don't have as much influence on us. I say concentrate on the positive and let the negative roll off you like water off a duck's back!


Yes i really agree with you on that one you are very spot on the mark i will give u full marks lol i feel the same as a person and a Artist

From a Michigan boy ... to a Michigan girl,

Just for the simple reason of having the bold guts to post your painting here, shows me you really want this goal for yourself. And to show you that I am totally behind supporting you with this I am providing you with a four-star achievement.

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Keep up the paintings! And, I must admit, for a first painting you took on a very complex piece and did a marvelous job with it.

Eric

Ok Eric, How did you do the stars?

ERIC....
Where'd the stars come from???

RJS

Sorry guys, it's a trade secret! If I told you, I'd have to hunt you down and kill you!

But I have a top secret security clearance!

If you don't tell me you might as well kill me, I am dieing of curiousity anyway!

Ok...Hand over thae stars or the pencil gets it!!!!

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this is what was here .....

IPB?

Aww Shucks, Woo! You just gotta go an spoil all my fun! I was gonna tell'm, honest I was!

Boy, will I be glad when you're gone!

you just gotta love this little guy

OK, everybody! The cats out of the bag! They are called animated .gif files. You can search for them through Google, for example I input "waving animated .gif" for my search of course without the quotes. Then get one isolated, and link it into the post by URL (make sure only the picture is showing and not the entire website), or you can copy it to your PC as a .gif picture file and add it to the post as an attachment. One of the two ways, it may be different with each file, may get you success. But, be sure you do a "preview post" to see if it comes out OK, or you may end up with a [BLIP] like Woo did.

Have fun, but don't go overboard. Too many of these spoil the landscape.

Eric

did i do a blip ????

Yes, you did. About 6 posts ago in this thread. It was a really nasty one!

Check the image you tried to post.

i did ?????

we cant see a image that woo put up in the post she aint done anything wrong

Please, please DO NOT hotlink to images/graphics on the web to post at another website! This is bandwidth theft and is as illegal as shoplifting or any other kind of theft!

A good illustration of what happens is when a neighbor of yours runs a dropcord over to your house to use your electricity to power the lights and appliances at their house! They get the benefit of the electricity but you pay for it!

If you hotlink an image/graphic, when someone views it on the website where you placed it, the actual viewing is taking place on the original website using the bandwidth of the original website. I know that sounds confusing but just take my word for it and don't hotlink!

And please don't hotlink images from here. Even if they're your art, you would be using Brenda's bandwidth and we all know she already has enough problems in that area!

And while we're at it - just randomly taking an image from the web may also be copyright violation. Just because it's posted on the internet doesn't mean that it's free for you to take. You wouldn't want someone taking your art so don't do it to anyone else. Many artists are flattered & will give permission for you to use their art if you ask. However, there are also many who sue if they find their images being used without permission.

You can tell if an image is being hotlinked by right clicking on it & checking the "properties" line.

I don't mean to ruffle any feathers but if you weren't aware of these issues, better you find out from someone who cares about you enough to inform you than a nasty note popping up in place of your graphic to embarrass you! (You can tell if a graphic is being linked to illegally & some webmasters will rename the graphic so it can be used on their website & insert a nasty note to the hotlinker using the url the offender used to hotlink.)

J

Most images like those are free to use, and the sites they are found on are not the original owner anyway. But still, hotlinking from them isn't a nice thing to do. IF you want to use their image, you should save it onto your computer, then upload it onto a free image upload service, such as www.Imageshack.us or Photobucket

the images i used were from a free gif site specially for hotlinks like the ones i used .. probebly why it didnt work but i could see it .. but its gone now

Dag Nabbit! I knew the Polizei were watching me.

J-Lynn, does that law go over international boundaries?

Signed: Ninja Master 3808

DOOH!, you still got my name, photo, and location to the left! Oh well ... makes a nice mug shot!