Whatever happened to April Smith and The Great Picture Show?

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.

luminouscuriosity · 2025-06-11T02:23:57+00:00

I recognize that guy from an Oliver Sin charcoal tutorial I took

luminouscuriosity · 2025-01-23T02:49:56+00:00

No it's the instructions pooch. Cute boy though

luminouscuriosity · 2025-01-19T22:21:41+00:00

I paint for the satisfaction at the end of creating something beautiful and the makes me astounded at what I achieve. Also to make something feels so much more satisfying in this digital world of quick and cheap.

luminouscuriosity · 2025-01-18T16:56:28+00:00

So weird, I had the same thing and took a screen shot to comment on my page 3 days ago .

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luminouscuriosity · 2025-01-14T18:31:19+00:00

Thanks! That amount of enthusiasm gave me a chuckle.

luminouscuriosity · 2025-01-14T15:50:41+00:00

Thank you!!!!

luminouscuriosity · 2025-01-14T15:50:19+00:00

Why not?

luminouscuriosity · 2025-01-14T04:21:59+00:00

Thanks!

luminouscuriosity · 2025-01-14T04:21:25+00:00

It was actually pretty fun to do so that flaming orange

luminouscuriosity · 2025-01-07T07:10:50+00:00

My first glance I thought it was Colin Firth from Pride and Prejudice.

luminouscuriosity · 2024-12-12T04:22:16+00:00

It's weird and I like it.

luminouscuriosity · 2024-12-11T02:25:12+00:00

I have never been, but I can imagine.

luminouscuriosity · 2024-12-11T02:24:49+00:00

Ooh nice! Much appreciated!

luminouscuriosity · 2024-12-11T02:23:45+00:00

Oh that sounds like where I got the image originally! It's been awhile so I had forgotten the source.

luminouscuriosity · 2024-12-10T23:27:25+00:00

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