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Aug 14, 2009 Rating Beach Kids by: Anonymous Bernice,this painting is really cute. You have done an outstanding job in capturing the kids, the shading on their faces is great! Keep up the good work.

Aug 11, 2009 Rating beach kids by: val beautiful painting, love it.

Aug 11, 2009 Rating Beach Kids by: Wanda, I sketched in lines where I wanted the natural white of the canvas to show and carefully painted around these lines.

Aug 11, 2009 Rating Question re jacket by: Wanda Ebel How did you get the white piping on the boys jacket? I like this painting very much.

Aug 11, 2009 Rating Question re jacket by: Wanda Ebel How did you get the white piping on the boys jacket? I like this painting very much.

Aug 10, 2009 Rating beach kids by: Marilyn Thanks for the cute picture Bernice. It is very well done.

Aug 09, 2009 Rating wonderful representation by: Barb You truly captured little faces-so many artists almost make them look gruesome, but the expressions and shapes are true even though I don't know the children. I might have wanted to see the water in back of them slightly darker and I also love Mary Ann's critique as to the different colors you could add in the flesh tones. You are very, very good Bernice and I enjoy looking at this painting so much. Thanks.

Aug 04, 2009 Rating beach kids by: Melanie impressive, i love how you captured the shadowing on the faces

Aug 04, 2009 Rating Beach Kids by: Bernice Mary Ann, thank you for the tip,I will try it on my next painting...also can you give me some suggestions on how to paint darker complexions without the muddy look? Currently I use cad. red light, raw sienna and french ult. blue.

Aug 04, 2009 Rating Beach Kids by: Mary Ann Bernice, You are doing very well in your representation of the children. But studying skin tones would be helpful. All flesh is made up of many colors. Reflected light plays a huge roll in the color of shadows on the skin. I know you didn't want to make their young faces muddy, but her chin should have some pink in it and his should have some blue (reflected from the jacket). Purple is always a good color and all flesh has tones of green. Using these colors in pale washes would give the portraits some vibrance. Don't be afraid to use water. After all, this is "water" color! Keep painting, and make them passionate!

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