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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:

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

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

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

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  4. Love this very fluid Nivea, beautiful wash!

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  5. 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.

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  6. Love this little blue box, excellent!

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  7. 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.

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  8. Sorpresa! lqué maravilla has hecho de una cajita de nivea

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

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  10. Just wonderful, so delicate.....

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  11. A very good study Jane.

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  12. 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

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  13. 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 .

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

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

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

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

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

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  19. it's a beautiful watercolour Jane!

    hugs

    Laura

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  20. 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.

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

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

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  23. 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 .

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