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calimary

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69. Let you in on a little secret.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 12:15 PM
Mar 2025

I doubt anyone, deep-down, ever completely understands modern art. I guess it’s just all about subjectivity.

Maybe it’s simply a kind of groping for… well… whatever the individual involved thinks the need still is. Maybe it’s just one of many interpretations of jerking off.

Hey, whatever! Don’t mind me. I’m just an art major.

And it could just be that β€œart” is just three-quarters of the way toward β€œfart”!

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I like it. Basso8vb Mar 2025 #1
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #23
Very nice. I think not making 'mud' is harder with oils. But I haven't painted in years. sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #2
Thank you so much! πŸ’™. I've had to work on not overblending, that is one of my big mistakes. LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #24
Looks good to me !!!! Karadeniz Mar 2025 #3
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #25
Nice! I like it! Diamond_Dog Mar 2025 #4
Thank you so much! πŸ’™. It's hard with just an iPhone or iPad. I think professional artists LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #26
Really pretty! StarryNite Mar 2025 #5
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #27
A suggestion from an old pro... GiqueCee Mar 2025 #6
Thank you so much! πŸ’™. That's very helpful, I see what you mean, I should have made the top part of the mountain LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #28
Softening the edges in the background will also help make the space recede. femmedem Mar 2025 #54
Thank you so much, that's excellent advice! πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™. Sometimes I forget all the little things in the heat of painting, LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #60
One of the nice things about oils... GiqueCee Mar 2025 #57
Watercolor doesn't require as many additives, it's true, and is spontaneous, LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #67
Nice! Evolve Dammit Mar 2025 #7
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #29
Very nice. Better than I was ever able to do. Joinfortmill Mar 2025 #8
Thank you so much! πŸ’™. I'll bet you are a lot better than you give yourself credit for! LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #31
shades of cezanne et tu Mar 2025 #9
I thought Cezanne also. erronis Mar 2025 #13
Thank you so much! πŸ’™. I am blushing! LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #33
Thank you very much! πŸ’™. You are so so kind! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #32
Really nice! bif Mar 2025 #10
Thank you so much! πŸ’™.... LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #34
Love the landscape painting ! lucca18 Mar 2025 #11
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #38
Really LOVELY, LiberalLoner! calimary Mar 2025 #12
Thank you so much! πŸ’™. I would have flunked out of art school if I had tried to go! LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #39
Not if you'd been in UC Irvine's art department. calimary Mar 2025 #64
OMG that is such an awesome story, thank you for sharing it! I was laughing so hard! I'm glad LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #65
Let you in on a little secret. calimary Mar 2025 #69
Oh, that is lovely PatSeg Mar 2025 #14
Thank you so much! πŸ’™. As long as I don't expect too much as far as results go, it's enjoyable. I just LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #40
Oh yes, that is good to remember PatSeg Mar 2025 #68
I like it. LoisB Mar 2025 #15
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #41
Reminds me of Irish landscapes KT2000 Mar 2025 #16
Thank you so much! πŸ’™. I will have to look up Irish landscapes now! LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #42
Nice! Permanut Mar 2025 #17
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #43
Nice IbogaProject Mar 2025 #18
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #44
You are mastering the shades ..................between light and dark..........keep up the good work............ turbinetree Mar 2025 #19
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #45
Your Welcome That is the key for every artist to master the shades . When you start using a smaller brush you will see turbinetree Mar 2025 #63
That's true, they say if you get the values exactly right, you can use any colors you want.... LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #66
your welcome enjoy painting you are very good............. turbinetree Mar 2025 #70
Nice job Nululu Mar 2025 #20
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #46
you're coming along just fine. The painting is well composed, the brushword, particularly in ... marble falls Mar 2025 #21
Thank you so much! πŸ’™. Yeah, I need to put in those hours of practice...depth is something I struggle with, LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #47
You got the concept, you just need to refine your stokes, I'm 74. I'm still working on my hand ... marble falls Mar 2025 #56
Thank you so much for encouraging me and being so kind! πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #59
beter than what i can do. AllaN01Bear Mar 2025 #22
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #48
Beautiful! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #30
Thank you so much! πŸ’™. I do find oil paints and acrylic paints to be very forgiving. LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #49
Imo, oil is much more forgiving as it literally never dries. SheltieLover Mar 2025 #58
Very nice, I really like the colors. Ocelot II Mar 2025 #35
Thank you so much! πŸ’™. Yeah the shine is a problem, I try to photograph at an angle, from above...your LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #50
I like that, a lot. Think. Again. Mar 2025 #36
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #51
I like it - it has a really nice feeling to it electron_blue Mar 2025 #37
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #52
I think that is lovely. madaboutharry Mar 2025 #53
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #61
Beautiful! mwmisses4289 Mar 2025 #55
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #62
Very beautiful Beringia Mar 2025 #71
Thank you so much! πŸ’™ LiberalLoner Mar 2025 #72
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