Friday, October 7, 2016

Affirmation #2: Fine Lines

varnished watercolor on aquabord


When we hold a photo negative up to the light 
all objects are reversed. 
Black is white, 
white is black. 
Moreover, the character lines of any face in the picture are not clear.
Once placed into the developing solution, 
what photographers call
 "the latent image" 
is revealed in the print -
darkness is turned to light; 
and, lo, 
we have a beautiful picture.


-Catherine Marshall

sharing at paintpartyfriday

28 comments:

  1. Stunning painting, love the words, too. Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie

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  2. This is beautiful, Minnemie!! Love those lines on the zebra! I don't know how I missed your previous watercolor."baggy eyes"....beautifully done! I look forward to seeing your next piece!!!!

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  3. Once again amazing, amazing, amazing. Love what you do. Thanks for visiting my Granny Annie blog last week.

    EAGHL
    http://trigra.blogspot.com

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  4. Beautiful lines! Loving these close-ups!

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  5. Fantastic study in black and white!

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  6. Beautiful. The layers and the lines capture the essence of the animal unmistakably. Did you learn to do watercolor in this style?

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  7. A beautifully painted design of the zebra's lines!! Love the close up angle.

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  8. Wow this is really stunning. I love the art you create.

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  9. I would not dare try a Zebra, Gorgeous work :)

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  10. I love how you do these paintings ~ beautiful!

    Wishing you a peaceful week ~ ^_^

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  11. Happy PPF, thanks for dropping by my blog today

    much love...

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  12. Wonderful! Love the stripes. You are a great artist!

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  13. Very beautiful close up! Impressive. Cheers, Sadami

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  14. Your zebra is fantastic. It must be hard to get so much texture in black and white stripes, with those little splashes of brown and your shading it came out great. Very nice work. Hugs-Erika

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  15. This should be hanging in a gallery, it is so masterful. Technically and artistically perfect. You clever lass, you!

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  16. Stunning work...and wonderful matching words! Your talent is too glorious for words.

    Hugs Giggles

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  17. Very interesting angle! Love how you did those stripes.

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  18. This is gorgeous - lovely art and a beautiful sentiment :)

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  19. Loe this piece. And Catherine's words too ~ they took me back to my film 'n' darkroom days!

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  20. beautiful description,and loved the art work

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  21. You did a beautiful job. Love those eyes.

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