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9" x 12" mixed media painting
©manon doyle
Love is when you look into someone's eyes and suddenly you go
all the way inside their soul and you both know it. ~ author unknown.
©manon doyle
It seems that I like to paint eyes even though they can frustrate me. I have been known to start them over countless times until I get to something I like. I have to remember....lol.... that my goal is not to get accurate looking eyes....it is to try to convey a mood or a feeling.
I do believe in the old saying that *eyes are the windows to the soul*...omg...I believe that. You can read so much in the eyes. I've seen anger, sadness, happiness, surprise, tenderness but what I love to see most is the look of love. You just can't beat that!! : )
Next post I will blog a painting that has been giving me big time fits!! Yup....it has been doing a J O B on me but I promise to show her who's boss...lol.
fill your heart with art
~manon
35 comments:
first off-HAPPY NEW YEARS to you and yours.
You may fight eyes Manon but they come off perfect in this. Not overdone but still as if I was looking into the soul of your painting. I think that is what you have tried to accomplish.
Well done
When I painted portraits, I always found that when the eyes were right, everything else fell into place. In fact, other features could be less accurate, but the eyes...oh yeah, they had to be perfect!
Love it---can't wait to see the one giving you fits.
XXOO~~♥
Anne
Oh, I love that quote! and of course I love your painting, yes you totally get the mood across every time with your girls and their soulful eyes.
Happy New Years, Manon!! I hope it'll be a creative and good one!! You are off to a fantastic start with this girl... I love her eyes and I LOVE that red!! Gorgeous! Love, Silke
happy new year!!
Another beauty to amaze us. :-)
When i start a drawing i ALWAYS start with one eye. From there on the figure will grow.
When painting i start with a quick set up for the whole figure.
I always struggle with the hands a lot. LOL
Good to have you back....
Monica
Manon she is beautiful! I love those purples and reds you use!! And these eyes are amazing!! What a perfect color!
I love to sketch/paint eyes! Thanks for sharing about conveying a mood or feeling.....I always try to be so perfect and exact in replicating eyes....this helps me to think of it the way you said!
Great quote too!
:)
The painting is great, but you’re right about the eyes. So much attention goes there.
Hey Manon!! I think her eyes are beautiful! And the lips. You paint lips/mouths very nice. You are on a creative roll, my friend. It is great to see these new paintings you are doing. Great way to start the new year!!
♥ audrey
PS - I felt so bad for you cuz you were sick with that rotten cold for so long. Now, I've got it. ):
I always enjoy seeing your art..
You have such a good heart and soul and it always shows in your art which comes through the eyes.
Hugs,
Katelen
Oh, amber eyes afire. Happy New Year, Blue-Eyed Beauty. **kisskiss** Deb
Happy New Year, Gary!! The eyes fight with me...lol. Thank you!!
The one that gave me fits, Anne, is ready to have her face gessoed once more...lol!
I loved that quote also, Jane
Hi Silke!! I'm so fond of that red color!!
Monica....honestly....I struggle with it all. It's never easy for some reason. : 0
I don't want perfection anymore, Cathy. It makes me crazy. lol
Audrey...so sorry you're sick now. I hope I didn't send it your way.
Thanks, Anthony!!
Big hugs for you, Katelen!!
Hey, Deb!! Happy New Year!!
Tout est dans le regard effectivement... tout peut pétiller ou tout peut s'assombrir.
Rien n'est plus beau aussi que le regard innocent d'un enfant...
Les yeux de vos jeunes femmes sont tellement profonds, parfois énigmatiques mais surtout remplis d'amour.
Bisous
*sigh* we are under the Manon spell...
Ah, the wonderful glow you painted here that is on the iris just opposite of the highlight, adds that shimmery quality that draws me in. So lovely!
Gorgeous, gorgeous, and GORGEOUS! She has incredible peepers. Such depth and a beautiful glimmer.
The Look of Love -- wasn't that a song by a group called ABC? ;D
Yes I so agree,eyes tell alot. Love her and I can't wait to see the one thats given you such a fight.LOL.
Her eyes most definitely tell the story-she's beautiful!!
I love that you love to paint eyes.
It shows and that is one of the parts of your paintings that I love so much.
They give your paintings soul.
Manon,
I agree with you about the eyes - gateway to the soul, and the ones you paint are always open and inviting. A very good way to start the new year!
Hope you are well and warm!
Take care,
Brian
I let a day go by before commenting and it's all been said! Good stuff, girlfriend. Proof positive that 2011 is going to suck WAY LESS than 2010!
oh my beautiful friend,
how nice you visited me so i could visit you back... with all those changings in my blog i forgot to put manon in my sidebar... and then, well, you know.
dear, i agree that the eyes are the windows to the soul, positively... and you so well can get to see that and PAINT it!!!
great work
warm hug and smiles
Bonne Annee, Martine!!
Awe....Sheila!! : )
That is so nice, Kim!! I thought I was just slopping paint around!!
Thank you, Marie!!
Hey, Brian!! Not much snow here yet.....YET!!! yikes!!
Thanks, Diane and Buffy!! xo
There is such a song, Bella!! I'm way toooooo young to remember...lol!
2011 is going to rock, G!! I promise!!
Awe...thanks, Dulce!! Loved, loved your poem yesterday!!
Yes! Me too! I have to draw the eyes first before I start drawing anything else.
This is a beautiful painting, Manon. It looks so striking even when viewing the thumbnail alone.
As far as eyes are concerned, yours are the most beautiful!
Keep warm. Tsup!
Hey! Someone is impersonating me! How are you sweet Manon? As Skye said it. Ditto.
oh wow!!! the eyes are amazing!!! wonderful work Manon!!!! you are always so prolific with your paintings....truly an inspiration!!!!
Happy New Year Manon! She is beautiful & I love the colors, all my favorites. Love the quote~
xo Theresa
Gorgeous painting Manon, love the eyes
ab
http://loveofautumn.blogspot.com/
Manon, I was just looking at the skin tones you accomplish in each of your pieces and my word! They are fabulous and such a rich blend of colors! I love your work; your heart and soul goes into each piece and that just shines right on through my computer monitor. You are one awesome artist and lady, oh friend o' mine.
The eyes certainly have IT Manon! Keep fighting, keep painting them. You look right into the soul!
Those eyes could break hearts, nice work!
Why do artists are so unsatisfied with their wonderful creations? Because when we get happy, we die as artists, the fire will go away, I think. So I hope your mood will change soon. And the eyes in this post are so beautiful.
Truer words were never spoken beautiful lady of art. Imagine and Live in Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart
she is so innocent and fearless.
Oh, those eyes and colors, Manon - so beautiful.
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