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Hello_B38W_Version_by_Kippy_and_LuLu

Hello B&W Version

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This is the black and white version of hello and I personally prefer this version over the colour one.

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Submitted by: Kippy and LuLu

Posted: Jan 8, 2008 4:27 am

Completed: Jan 7, 2008

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Galleries: Original Art, Portraits, Work In Progress

Keywords: girl, hello b&w version

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.sepher.shel.zahav.

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Jan 8, 2008 2:52 pm

[I'm in agreement with you here - the black and white is just stunning. Probably doesn't help much that I'm a total sucker for black/white pieces. ^^; But for me, the lack of color and the shading and stark contrasts really make this one just pop out.]

[ [emoticon] Please keep it up!]

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frubafreak17

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Jan 8, 2008 3:33 pm

hmm. Very simple, black and white.
I'm sold. Black and white always makes a person have to imagine the colors. I love that. And I love this picture. Quite beautiful [emoticon]
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"Life's all about taking risks... but it's the fear that stops us from living."    - ^_^

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Kippy and LuLu  (Reply)

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Jan 8, 2008 7:58 pm

Thank you ^_^

the_legsta

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Jan 8, 2008 9:37 pm

very nice...although now im torn! the colour one or the black and white one! There both so beautiful!

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Kippy and LuLu  (Reply)

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Jan 8, 2008 9:51 pm

Awwww thank you ^^

Minimaid

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Aug 31, 2008 12:09 am

This is lovely. You've done a great job of emphasizing the eyes and lips through contrast. The combination of texture is quite fun here as well. Keep it up!

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'Normal' is merely a polite term for boring.

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Kippy and LuLu  (Reply)

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Sep 1, 2008 1:39 am

thank you ^_^ it's been quite some time since I have drawn people. She is one of my fav pics. I love drawings that have little shading and still look so detailed.
I'd love to master that style but i am to much of a perfectionist.

Minimaid  (Reply)

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Sep 1, 2008 8:54 am

Ah, perfectionism - sometimes a blessing in art, but mostly a curse. Perhaps you should just try a few. There was a famous New York Artist in the beginning or middle of the 20th Century that had a style very similar to that used in your drawing... I don't remember his name. If you're interested, I could take the time to look up his work for you?

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Kippy and LuLu  (Reply)

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Sep 1, 2008 3:55 pm

that would be awsome ^_^ I'd really appreciate that. It's hard to research art and artists from other countries coz I'm in Australia and when I get to a site with the info, quite often I'll get not available in your region messages. I've kinda been discouraged by it. We don't really get that much art info here, which sucks.

Minimaid  (Reply)

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Oct 1, 2008 9:40 pm

I finally found him, but my memory wasn't quite accurate. The artist of whom I was thinking was Tom Wesselmann, who painted a number of nude women in the 1930s, emphasizing details on lips and floral centers (placed always on tables). The idea of emphasizing certain parts of the figure to convey an idea was there, but his results and concepts are much different from your own.

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Kippy and LuLu  (Reply)

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Oct 2, 2008 5:13 am

Wow, that sounds awsome! Thank you so much for taking the time to search that artist. I should be able to do some research now that I have a name. He sounds very interesting. [emoticon]

Minimaid  (Reply)

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Oct 2, 2008 8:53 am

[emoticon] If you are going to search his work, a word of warning - some of it is fairly explicit. I recommend his painting "The Great American Nude" for a more tame start.

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Kippy and LuLu  (Reply)

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Oct 2, 2008 3:08 pm

ok, and thank you again.