I just completed Intro to Persian Painting with Vaishali. So, there are several tragic areas on this painting, but hopefully, Vaishali, you will be able to give me suggestions. First, I rescued the poor animal from the dragon's teeth. Just saying. As for the not so hidden faces in the painting, I kept seeing puppy faces in all the rocks, which seems a bit out of character for the painting. I did plant a camel, a sea creature, and a seal, in addition to puppy faces. I also had trouble creating a menacing dragon--took forever to wipe the smile off its face.
Happy holidays all! Lovely to see and actually it brightens up the dull lull between Christmas and New Year! Thanks for sharing Jenny. How did you do the gold? Lots of people I know are interested in how to get a smooth gold - transfer gold is easier than loose leaf. I love your choice of colours and your 'floating island' part at the top balances the whole composition out!
Hi Jenny!!!! Yes, the class time was in the middle of the night here in California, so I watched the recordings. Yes, I remember you well from the videos! Your piece is absolutely lovely--from top to bottom. The rendering still eludes me, but I am working on it. Happy holidays!
Susan
Hi Susan - were we in the same class?? Jenny, the one with the Aussie accent!! So cool to see your piece - so full of narrative and I love the movement and the stars! A bit belated but thought I’d post mine up too! I hope you’re well! Regards, Jenny
Thank you so much, Vaishali, for the comments! Looking forward to more classes with you!
Susan, thank you so much for posting this and it's so lovely to see at long last! Hopefully you could follow along ok with the recordings. Love the idea of transplanting a seal from the cold polar regions into a rock in a warm miniature painting, that is exactly the flights of fancy that rocks are for in my opinion! (Also, most people did end up removing the poor animals from the teeth of the Simurgh!)
I think your border is clean and simple, I always look out for this as it really finishes a painting. I also love the darker rocks spotted amid the mid-tone rocks.
Your stars are quite fun! Are they or any other part of your work done in shell gold? I would say, if you are aiming for the look of the classic miniatures, to just go a bit more slowly. Probably you had lots of work to do after the class to catch up though as you weren't there live, so much more difficult. I'm amazed that you've got this far all on your own, including some quite potentially tricky bits such as the paper preparation and the colour fill. So really well done!
I love love how you've made some of the elements eg. the cloud come slightly out of the frame, as for me this is a classical miniature painting signifier and I personally just love seeing it.
See you soon online Susan!