venerdì 27 gennaio 2012

NIVEA

© JANE MINTER
"NIVEA"
watercolour study painted from life 


back to exploring blue washes ...still life study of a blue tin of Nivea Cream.

31 commenti:

Studio at the Farm ha detto...

Jane, who would have thought a jar of Nivea could be so very beautiful?!!!!

Christiane Kingsley ha detto...

Jane, I am so impressed by your studies!

Judy ha detto...

Amazing how you make such a simple object so beautiful!! Wow!

Isabelle ha detto...

genial!!

Juan Valdivia ha detto...

Una verdadera exquisitez. Tan azul...
Saludos, Jane.

Jane ha detto...

Love this very fluid Nivea, beautiful wash!

Malgorzata Ingstad ha detto...

Lovely, subtil art in your entire blog.

John (JWJarts) ha detto...

Brilliant!!!

Robyn Sinclair ha detto...

When I saw the title I thought: Well it can't be the Nivea I'm thinking of'. But it was and it is a little jewel of a watercolour, Jane.

Lydie ha detto...

Love this little blue box, excellent!

Cora ha detto...

Like your blues. Great style.

renate ha detto...

Beautiful! I keep looking at it!

Theresa Evans ha detto...

Beautiful Jane! This blows any ad for Nivea out of the water! Even the jar glows ... Imagine what it does for your skin :)

Seriously, a very painterly piece.

Noemí González ha detto...

Sorpresa! lqué maravilla has hecho de una cajita de nivea

Crystal Cook ha detto...

Lush and beautiful jane. :) I love that shade of blue.

Anonimo ha detto...

Just wonderful, so delicate.....

Anonimo ha detto...

A very good study Jane.

JANE MINTER ha detto...

hi katharyn thankyou

hi christiane fascinated with the blues many thanks

hi judy the winter light casts beautiful shadows at the moment...thankyou

hi isabelle i'm enjoying experimenting ..thankyou

hi juan thankyou so vey much .. your sepia paintings are timeless

JANE MINTER ha detto...

ciao jane lots of water ..grazie mille .

hi marias thankyou for your kind comment .

hi john thanks !

hi robyn ... i've always liked the design of the nivea blue tins :) thankyou

hi lydie merci beaucoup !

hi cora glad you like the blues thankyou .

hi renate i'm enjoying working with blues ..thankyou .

hi theresa :D should change the title ! ..thankyou !

heco noemi munchas gracias... you might see a few more blue paintings :) or tins .

hi crystal a few blues and some red

hi there maggie thankyou..not 100 % resolved but like the effects

hi hogart thankyou for visiting my blog .

Sandra Busby ha detto...

I just LOVE these ghostly images. They are so beautiful. I love that soothing colour too :0)

Blaga ha detto...

It is amazing how you turn an ordinary object into such a magic and delicate painting!

ann @ studiohyde ha detto...

I just love it, gorgeous painting. [I used to love Nivea cream, thanks for the memory.]

irinapictures ha detto...

Amazing transparency. So good.

Laura Sanz Masdeu ha detto...

Qué azules tan bonitos Jane, siempre haces bellas las cosas simples. Un abrazo.

JANE MINTER ha detto...

sandra blaga ann
irina and laura thankyou all so much for your comments and feedback .

Laura ha detto...

it's a beautiful watercolour Jane!

hugs

Laura

Caroline Simmill ha detto...

Hi Jane I am amazed at how you managed to make a jar of Nivea so beautiful, it seems to be floating in a sea of fluid blue.

Fernando Pena ha detto...

Hi Jane, this is magic, love it

Carlos León Salazar ha detto...

Me gusta mucho la forma como nos llevas a participar en tus trabajos sugieriendo solo las formas básicas, lo esencial.
Un cordial saludo

Tricia ha detto...

Lovely painting,Jane.Did doing the 100 washes practise help with this sort of washy painting?

JANE MINTER ha detto...

hello laura welcome and thankyou !

hi caroline started off quite tight with the text with no masking then really enjoyed working with loose washes flooding the paper.

hi there fernando .. thanks so very much !

hola carlos thankyou so much for your asute comment .

hi tricia definately tricia in so many ways ...thanks for looking .