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Old 01-11-2005, 01:17 PM   #15
Marvin Mattelson Marvin Mattelson is offline
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Thanks Val for your generous account of the week's goings on. Congrats on the commission. Go you! You said to me on the last day, you felt this was your best portrait ever. Not for long, babycakes! I also want to clarify to people that this painting was painted in just three days. Imagine if you actually got to finish it.

Patty, you did so well. I was so excited to see your progress each time I came over to your easel. I'm just sorry you had to leave one day early, but I understand you had a lot going on with your moving into a new space. I'm glad you chose to come in spite of all of that. Life is way too short to put one's passion on hold and I'm thrilled you chose to take the leap. Your lay-in was really great as well and I hope you post it. People would be amazed to see what you did in one day with color. No one in the workshop could believe that this was just your first portrait painted from life. I'm extremely proud of you.

We also had another forum participant there as well. Laurel the Lurker. She did a truly awesome job and I hope she registers to participate here on the forum, as she promised she would. Eh?

It always amazes me how I manage to attract the most wonderful people to take my classes and workshops. I guess it's a case of opposites attracting? We had an incredible group of people for this workshop and I had so much fun leading them through the morass. We were also blessed to have two terriffic models to inspire us, Moria and Leah. BTW, Leah signed up to take my next workshop in Atlanta. The week flew by and I'm already counting the days 'til Durham.
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