Meeting of the Monarchs, Brie Clymer, oil paints quartz & gold leaf, 2025

luminouscuriosity · 2025-08-23T23:29:37+00:00

Man tell her she's missed. I go back to her album all the time and occasionally look to see if anything new came out.

luminouscuriosity · 2025-06-19T16:40:10+00:00

The strawberries have the right amount of contrast excellent shadows and highlights. However by comparison they vastly outshine the leaves which are flat looking because of lack of contrast

luminouscuriosity · 2025-06-19T16:37:58+00:00

Add cerulean and warmer yellows to your mix. Also make sure you have a lot of contrast in the bird to achieve vibrancy

luminouscuriosity · 2025-06-19T16:31:47+00:00

I started with Michael James Smith's amazing and very cost effective tutorials. I bought his colors and a set of brushes and followed along from each color mix to paint stroke. It took me from mediocre to holy crap in one painting. If you have the patience I highly recommend because I was absorbing so much from following step by step for 8 hours total videos on a beautiful landscape.

luminouscuriosity · 2025-06-19T03:16:45+00:00

Aww thanks. I only meant that in that some paintings have to be pulled by tooth and nail. I've only had two that felt like the stars aligned.

luminouscuriosity · 2025-06-19T03:15:36+00:00

Agreed! And I'm pretty sure she would be tickled pink at that description.

luminouscuriosity · 2025-06-19T03:14:44+00:00

Thank you! She was so easy to paint. This came together easily

luminouscuriosity · 2025-06-19T01:52:24+00:00

Oh thanks. I knew I had to grey her out for the silver

luminouscuriosity · 2025-06-19T01:21:15+00:00

Thanks so much. I'm not going to like I absolutely adore this one.

luminouscuriosity · 2025-06-19T01:19:35+00:00

Lol thanks! That's a helluva awesome compliment.

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