a great job..I love it..

Thank you Elly, I love your paintings too....

Oooh this is really good! I love the city reflection in his glasses. Great job Mariette!

Thank you. Very kind of you. I'm very proud of this portrait, because it was my first time with oilpaint and this technique.

Well it is absolutely amazing! And for your first attempt, man, you're awesome You'll definitely have to keep that up!

Well thank you But I'm still learning and improving myself. I love to paint this way. My next project will be finished soon. Keep watching, and you too, keep going on!!

very beautyful!!!!!!i love your work!!!!

Well, thank you very much! I've looked at your gallery a several times now and I like it. Great work too!!

thank you very much!!!! and BRAVO!!!!!

wow this is amaizing great job

Thanks for your comment.

Excellent Portrait, Really Like Your Original Technique

Thank you. You are the one with the original style. Very different.

AH!!! OUI!!!! EXCELLENT.SUPERBE!!! MAIS POURQUOI EN '''BLEU"" ? JP.

Merci beaucoup JPS. J'adore ta gallerie aussi. Sorry, have to go on in english The blue colours is how it turned out. In reality, the colours are more darker. Making good photographs is also an art and I'm not very good at it. I think he also would have looked good in gray (black/white) colours. Thanks for your reaction

YES!!!! To my opinion your drawing is magnificent and he(it) shall have was of advantage in black and white.. JP.

Yes you are right about that, but the picture I used had also a little blue in it. The contrasts could be bigger, that's true. But this was my first project in oilpaint, so I had to learn about the paint and the technique. And I was already pleased with how it came out. I'm still learning...Mariette

He is all the same magnificent..... Soon maybe I shall make one too but in BLACK and WHITE naturally!!!! Thank you and bravo still. JP.

Well, I'm looking forward to it. I'm very curious but I bet he would be great too. Thanks JP and let me know when he is ready. By the way, did you see my portrait of Mika? There is one in black and white.

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Hiii. Nice to see you here. I'm your Hugh Grant fan.

hi! thanks mariette

bon travaille mersi

Merci mounir. Thanks.

really great!!! love the glasses!

Thanks and keep going on.

Fabulous painting ! You're a great artist ! Congrats for the POD

Well, thank you for all the credits

Bravo, nice portrait of Wesley!!

Merci beaucoup Leelee. Thank you....your Lenny Kravitz fan

hello Mariette ...! This Wesley Snipe version in blue give to this painting a dramatic accent of reality ... It's intense and deep like WS ... I wish for you a very nice and happy new year 2008 Bye !!! Mitia

Wow...Hi Mitia! Thank you very much for your nice comment I'm proud of this first portrait in oil. I was figuring out the technique and the paint. When I should have to paint him now, I probably would make the colours darker with bigger contrasts. But I'm glad you like him this way. Means a lot to hear this from another great artist. I like a lot of your portraits. I left you some comments as you probably saw And for you also the best wishes for 2008 and a lot of inspiration for your drawings. Keep going on

Wow! Indrukwekkend! Ben meteen even naar jouw werk aan het kijken. Heb zelf nog nooit met olieverf gewerkt. Heel mooi effect!

Dank je wel Monique. Dit was ook mijn eerste olieverf ervaring. Best goed gelukt vind ik zelf. De RHCP en Joe Satriani zijn in acrylverf. Ook een beetje Pop Art stijl...

Impressive use of blue color.

Thanks. I'm glad you like it.

El azul es mi color preferido, este dibujo es notable que bién que has hecho el reflejo de los lentes y el juego de tonalidades muy bueno. Felicitaciones

Merci beaucoup. La couleur est en realite blue foncé. Ca me fait plaisir que tu adore. Merci Frixo...

fabulous work ...

Thank you for your comment. It's nice.

I thought I had commented on this work. I have admired it many times and agree with all the comments here regarding the reflection and particularly the color! It's inspired. I had an instructor in freshman drawing class who cautioned us all not to be afraid of color. He had a dim opinion of the average kindergarten teacher who stifles the children by telling them that a horse cannot be blue....what would Chagall say?!

I'm really glad that you like it this way. But I must admit that this colour wasn't chosen by knowledge I was figuring out the oilpaint and how it reacts when you mix the colours together. By now I know, but that was my first experience with the paint and the technique. And I must say I was surprised that it came out this way and that I made it!! I was very proud of it then and still. Especially when you are regarding that I am an amateur who is learning it all by myself. This technique I learned in a couple of hours with a little help from a friend who already painted this way (ellyhalfers, she is a member on this site too) And I must agree with you, art is something in my opinion if it is surprising and attracking the attention. And to me that is when there is something different in it. I like surrealisme and popart too. Dali, Warhol and Escher to call a couple of names...Mariette

Woaahhh… I like much Wesley Snipes. There it is really well made. Good work… Again, again...

Thank YOU!! My first oil paint. Never touched this paint before, so I was experiencing everything. I was very surprised by the result and very proud of myself. You can see, after this one, I made a few paintings more in oil. And now it's my favourite paint to work with. Thanks again ...Mariette

Nice work, of nothing

Excellent,

Thank you, thanks.......