Amanda Delight

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Amanda Delight In a letter to a friend

My floor is covered in brightly colored long strips of canvas that make my heart heart pound and my skin glow. Its a beautiful thing. My commissions are stacking up, Im way behind and all I can do is look at these free spirits all around me. Once Im done the commissions Ive taken on, Im not doing any more. Im going to let myself bask in the world of abstraction. Im so far lost in the love of the paint, I dont ever want to return to a world of lines restricted and bound by facial features and sk… Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on November 4, 2009 at 3:31pm — No Comments

Amanda Delight Great Read

Its nice to find new/interesting material on what we do. As I become more and more involved in my art and myself as an artist, I find myself getting lost and consumed into painting. This evolution is very interesting and exciting. Check this link out. http://www.people.vcu.edu/~djbromle/modern04/alexanderm/index.htm Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on June 29, 2009 at 9:10pm — No Comments

Amanda Delight The Sixth Layer

Another thin layer of skin tones. I also added a thin dark layer to the walls. I took away some of the underlayers that were still visible in the hair, but as you can tell, the over all toneality needs to be darker to avoid the figure looking as though she is cut out. Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on March 23, 2009 at 8:33pm — 1 Comment

Amanda Delight The Fith Layer

After mixing several different combinations of skin tones, I began to apply the 5th layer in the Flemish technique. Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on March 19, 2009 at 8:25pm — 1 Comment

Amanda Delight The Dead Underlayer

The dead underlayer gives the glow to the skin that the old master created. It should be the color of the moon, not black and white, but hues of blue and grey. Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on March 15, 2009 at 9:45pm — No Comments

Amanda Delight Second Coat in the Second Layer

Night three! Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on March 14, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Amanda Delight The Second Layer

This is the first coat in this layer. I will go back again with darker shades of the Umber to create more depth tomorrow... Tonight I was thinking, sometimes a painting is inspired my music, but then once in a while, the song comes to you while the painting takes form. This song has so… Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on March 13, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Amanda Delight The First Layer

Olive Green! Okay, so here is the first layer. This is 30x40 on canvas. It was done live, about 3 hours of painting and chatting! Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on March 12, 2009 at 7:57pm — 3 Comments

Amanda Delight The Flemish Technique

This seven layer technique was practiced and perfected by Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Frans Snyders, and is practiced by very few artists in the world today. The technique requires an application of seven distinct layers of paint applied over a canvas coated with Fla… Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on March 12, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

kristinlloyd Today is the first day of the rest of my life...

Let me just start this blog by saying, I know that I am not perfect. I know that I have an attitude and a very defensive personality when I am being blamed for things that are not true or being lied to. I'm a lot smarter than I look and although some will play me for a fool, I am not a fool at all. I may not talk or look like i'm very intelligent but you'd be suprised about what information you'd find stored in this little brain of mine. But, mostly, I am not perfect! I thought that maybe I’d… Continue

Added by kristinlloyd on March 3, 2009 at 12:06pm — 2 Comments

Amanda Delight This was in the news today, and I thought it was interesting.

FRIDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- You might look like you're not paying attention when you doodle, but science says otherwise. Researchers in the United Kingdom found that test subjects who doodled while listening to a recorded message had a 29 percent better recall of the message's details than those who didn't doodle. The findings were published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. "If someone is doing a boring task, like listening to a dull telephone conversation, they may start to daydream,"… Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on February 28, 2009 at 5:22am — No Comments

Amanda Delight I came accross this today, and thought I would share it with you.

Life Is Too Short, Break The Rules, Forgive Quickly, Kiss Slowly, Love Truly, Laugh Uncontrollably, And Never Regret Anything That Made You Smile. Life May Not Be The Party We Hoped For, But While We're Here, We Should Dance... Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on February 10, 2009 at 3:52pm — No Comments

Amanda Delight To Ning or Not to Ning

To Ning or not to Ning, that is the question. As many of my fellow online artist friends created a Ning account, I was hesitant. One of the main reasons to do so, would be to teach. I’ve had many people, tell me that they want to learn from me and I am always getting questions about how I do what I do…even from artists with art deplomas, unlike myself. So I find myself wondering, “What do people want to know?” I hope that I can help people learn new techniques and be able to see things in a pe… Continue

Added by Amanda Delight on February 8, 2009 at 4:17pm — 6 Comments

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