I want to show you guys my very first painting..

Kaye

I painted it from life but here is the picture of the set up. I will show you the first progress pic tomorrow.

bhopali

Great colors !
How do I post paintings ? Umm..I am missing the upload selection...
Thanks!

tjs

I will be watching this come to life!

LizONeal

Hi Kaye, nice to meet you. Have heard about you from Mark and excited to see your progress on your painting!

Kaye

Bhopali, it should say "attach files" on the bottom left of your post box. But of of mobile devices doesn't have it. You need to do it in your computer. If it not show in your computer try to sign out get out the website completely. And then go back and sign in again.

Kaye

Tjs, I will post the drawing part tonight. Thank you tjs.

Kaye

Hi LizONeal, so please to meet you too.. Thank you..

Gary

Welcome Kaye!
Nice setup, looking forward to seeing your progress!

Kaye

Thank you Gary, as soon as I get back home..;))

shirley_seput

Hey there Kaye ... looking forward to following your progression. I always enjoy watching a painting come to life... shirley

Kaye

The penciling is look a bit off, isn't it?.

myc

Looking good Kaye!
The only thing what looks a bit off to me is the top of the little glas inside the bigger one....not sure so.
Very good start Kaye.

bhopali

Kaye, How come you didn't choose the base coating color as Mark suggested in his Video ? Good for you to start, Keep us posted !

tjs

I have a tendency to draw out too much detail that in the end is unnecessary. What you drew out is perfect! Do you have a website or blog where I can see your other works?

Mark_Carder

bhopali said:

Kaye, How come you didn't choose the base coating color as Mark suggested in his Video ? Good for you to start, Keep us posted !

Because he took a crappy cell phone pic. I should let you in on something. Kaye painted this early this year and I filmed the whole thing as part of my Color Work show. I should pull up some screens from the video... because these cell phone pics are horrible :-)

Kaye wanted to tease you guys a bit with his progress pics. :-)

LizONeal

So make him post some more for us to see!

Kaye

At that time, I absolutely had no idea what am I doing. Then, I start with the green bottle and background. Just follow the step...

Amrit

Hi Kaye, it looks like you have painted a lot of the bottle with the same colour. If you study the real bottle you will see that almost every paint stroke will be a different colour.

Oh, Mark, just saw your comment. Kaye - u teaser!

Kaye

Thanks Amrit, you're right . The bottle had many different colors. ..:)))

shirley_seput

This brings back fond memories of my first CM painting... fun to watch.

LizONeal

Did Mark ever tell you to just wipe anything off and start over? He did me and I don't know of anyone else he got that desperate with! LOL

Kaye

Get ready for the fun part " Blend "....;))

tjs

Can't wait!

bhopali

Super like !

Kaye

Me: " I blend it. How is it? "
Mark: " What is this?. I told you the blend it, not Milky it."
Me: Uaaa
Mark: " where is the black shadow of the fabric?. Black have to be black not the milky black. You mess it all up... Didn't you ever use the color checker at all?....
Me: Uaa, Kind of...

Well, here we go.. Liz.. just like you mention that...

Mark: " Wipe it all off and re-paint it.."
Me: " Come again Mark "
Mark: " You heard me "
Me: " Ok "

Here I am, back to the beginning...Well, I learn something for sure...lol..:)))
What you guy see below was the result of my Milky Way ...lol..have to wipe it off and start it over..;)))

tjs

Kaye I've read this 3 times. They way you wrote what happened? It's so funny. You are a character. I had no idea Mark was such a tyrant as a teacher. The pic above? Is this the one he made you wipe out? Can't wait to read what you post next about being one of his students LOL.

Gary

And Mark's voice grows ever louder in our heads as we paint! Is it to green? Is it to blue? Is the step to large? Did I remember to balance my whites? .......time to join Kaye for a Milky Way break.....or a big glass of wine....or both!

Shirley_Gipson

Hi Kaye! Nice to meet you! Looking good! keep up the good work!

LizONeal

Sounds like my story Kaye. I painted a pomegranate and Mark loved it. I blend it like crazy thinking it looks awesome now. Mark, " You ruined it!" Me, "But I blended it so it would look round". Mark, "Wipe it off and do it again and don't ruin it blending". I did it again and it was better but still did not get a great first painting...why? Because I did not take enough time, did not check every stroke of paint and blended way too much!

shirley_seput

This is so funny ....

gus

I guess we can all recall being in the same position (and can still be in the same position LOL). Just keep listening to the videos, it has to eventually sink in!!!!

Kaye

After the wipe off..lol..Thanks Mark..lol..

Kaye

Here it is my first finished painting I ever painted...thank you all you guys for the nice comments... :x

Martin_J_Crane

Bravo!

LizONeal

OMG! That is absolutely wonderful! You just have to be blown away by being able to do this! @-)

Gary

Outstanding Kaye! Congratulations!! =D>

tjs

WOW! This is beyond words Kaye. I am so impressed. I echo the comments here. This is just too - FANTASTIC!

Congratulations!

Mark_Carder

You guys will get to see him struggle though the whole thing :-)

We filmed Kaye painting this, well actually I never saw him paint it, but I would come by every couple days and look at his progress. My advice usually would simply be, "did you check that color?" or, "which one was is more contrasty or which pattern is more subtle?"

The thing about Kaye is he would always be sooo down on himself, he was never happy with anything he did. That is what stops people from making any progress. But of course I would come by every few days and say, "WOW, go dude!!!!".

So he kept going. He repainted several things, mainly the things he started with, because he got better as he went and then wanted to redo the bottle and some of the background fabric.

I have not started editing his "show", but was looking at a clip the other day. I came over and he was all upset with his work... and I was all smiles. It was funny to see him so pessimistic knowing he was going to end painting this beautiful little still life!

I can't wait for you guys to see it!

shirley_seput

Kaye... I thougt for sure your painting would be good but oh my I was not expecting it to be GREAT!!!!!! How proud you must be. I am thrilled for you! warmly, Shirley S. ^:)^

tjs

Just wanted to add - Kaye I had to look at this several times cause I thought it was the reference photo!

Ronna

I did too tjs! Wow Kaye Wow.

Rich

That's a keeper Kaye! Well done.

Martin_J_Crane

Kaye, this looks great. I see that the colors and chroma levels in the finished painting are much different than in the unfinished version, especially the table top and the bottles. Did you have to repaint these areas or is it just a difference in the photos?

Thanks,
Martin

bhopali

Kaye, This painting is OUTSTANDING !!! You've captured the glass so greatly ! Mark..with every awesome painting from oen of us you are earning an "Outstanding selfless citizen Award Points"
:-)

Mark_Carder

mnsrc said:

Kaye, this looks great. I see that the colors and chroma levels in the finished painting are much different than in the unfinished version, especially the table top and the bottles. Did you have to repaint these areas or is it just a difference in the photos?

Thanks,
Martin

The last was a still from my video camera, the others were from Kaye's phone. :-)

myc

Congrats Kaye! You did great! ^:)^ Love it!! :x

Vangie

Oh WOW!!! Fantastic, Kaye!!!

Vangie

Thank you for sharing all that, Kaye, including your sense of humour... you have inspired me to paint again ... (I've been recently concentrating on my drawing skills).

Truly awesome and inspiring...

dencal

Kaye

Splendid. Just splendid. I must say a difficult composition though. Well done.

Denis

valentin

This is an excellent still life painted extremely well in particular. Best regards...Valentin

sue_deutscher

so good!