Promenade

[Brenda Ellis]

Hi Julie,
I like this one! I don't know if you've changed anything on it since you posted it, but I hope you kept the ponytail pulling no matter what. It 'makes' the picture.

I was looking at the background....
Perhaps changing those vertical trees to something that can help the eye stay in the picture instead of going off the edge.?.
Just a thought.

I would be interested in seeing if you've made any changes to it.
I can't find where it says what the medium is, either.

[Julie Deane]

Thanks, Brenda -

It was in oils...I've been playing around with the composition since then and have started one based on this picture, but in color, in a style different than I've ever done, less realistic (meaning fine detail), more attention to movement and spatial relationships between the figures. I'll post it when it's done. Yes, the ponytail has stayed!

[Julie Deane]

Hi -

As promised, I'm posting the finished piece, even though it really has nothing to do with portraits.

This was going to be a very light-hearted painting, but then along came....Katrina. This piece evolved as I worked with it on the canvas.

Maybe someday I'll try the composition as originally intended.

I'm calling this one "The Storm".

[Brenda Ellis]

Julie,
i love this. Just the right amount of subdued tension and the wary look in the central girl's face. The "turning" of the figures. This is lovely and perfect. The flow of the background and the way you handled that fourth girl in the background. Beautiful. I can tell this was inspired.

[Julie Deane]

Thanks, Brenda. This was a piece that taught me as I painted how it should go.