Comments on: Detail of the Girl with the French Haircut at Flightpath Coffee http://lavanna.com/2009/08/14/detail-of-the-girl-with-the-french-haircut-at-flightpath-coffee/ I Love To Do Oil Sketches of People "Live"(usually, they don't know) Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:56:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Beamon http://lavanna.com/2009/08/14/detail-of-the-girl-with-the-french-haircut-at-flightpath-coffee/#comment-2017 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:34:25 +0000 http://lavanna.com/?p=1848#comment-2017 What was your first serious relationship?

]]> By: Lavanna Martin http://lavanna.com/2009/08/14/detail-of-the-girl-with-the-french-haircut-at-flightpath-coffee/#comment-1775 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:21:22 +0000 http://lavanna.com/?p=1848#comment-1775 Hi, Deborah.
Thank you – I see that you have a daily thoughts site. My nephew has one called “WeeklyThoughts”.

~Lavanna

]]> By: Deborah http://lavanna.com/2009/08/14/detail-of-the-girl-with-the-french-haircut-at-flightpath-coffee/#comment-1760 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:10:18 +0000 http://lavanna.com/?p=1848#comment-1760 Wow..that’s beautiful. I also like the code girl. You’re really talented.

]]> By: Lavanna Martin http://lavanna.com/2009/08/14/detail-of-the-girl-with-the-french-haircut-at-flightpath-coffee/#comment-1468 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:10:29 +0000 http://lavanna.com/?p=1848#comment-1468 Hi, Melanie.

No one has been mad at me, yet. In fact, when I do get caught, they love it. I, too think that photography is invasive and rude. I don’t know why painters are given wider latitude, but I’m happy for that.

Thank you so much,

~Lavanna

]]> By: melanie http://lavanna.com/2009/08/14/detail-of-the-girl-with-the-french-haircut-at-flightpath-coffee/#comment-1467 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:53 +0000 http://lavanna.com/?p=1848#comment-1467 your work is really intriguing. do people mind if you paint them? knowing someone was painting you has a very different feeling to me then if someone was taking your picture. painting is much less stalkerish. :)

]]> By: alethakuschan http://lavanna.com/2009/08/14/detail-of-the-girl-with-the-french-haircut-at-flightpath-coffee/#comment-1189 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:43:38 +0000 http://lavanna.com/?p=1848#comment-1189 This is such a fabulous picture. It’s distorted in such a telling way, the angularity of the legs in contra-posture to the girl’s head — the loopy, expressive brushwork — there are competing moods of repose and nervous energy. You write of “imperfections” but honestly I think that the many subtle departures from “reality” give this image so much punch.

Bravo.

Looking at it, one really sees more and more. The downward gaze is almost like a Renaissance Madonna and yet it modern and “everyday.”

The vague picture within a picture is very intriguing also — complements the dynamism of the figure’s pose.

You were very wise not to touch it further. You’re subconscious did everything perfectly!

]]> By: Lavanna Martin http://lavanna.com/2009/08/14/detail-of-the-girl-with-the-french-haircut-at-flightpath-coffee/#comment-1165 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:08:48 +0000 http://lavanna.com/?p=1848#comment-1165 Hi, Leroy!

Thanks for stopping by – please do periodically, because it prompts me to go over and see what my blogging friends are up to. I spend as little time blogging as possible, so it is good to have a comment as a reminder to support the community.

I really appreciate the feedback. I am thinking about starting a second blog, where I talk about technique.

Yes, there were posters and a framed triptych on the walls. I don’t make things up – ever. I may eliminate objects, or add objects in the composition, but they are always present in the setting – in another words, I am simply moving existing furniture/decor. Sometimes, if I am doing a group setting, I will move the figures in close proximity to get them to fit the canvas.

Thank you,

~Lavanna

]]> By: Leroy http://lavanna.com/2009/08/14/detail-of-the-girl-with-the-french-haircut-at-flightpath-coffee/#comment-1162 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:38:08 +0000 http://lavanna.com/?p=1848#comment-1162 Great painting – yet again. Lavanna, thanks for sharing the thoughts and considerations that shape your paintings. I always want to know how a painter is THINKING as he/she works. Of course, painters must choose whether to reproduce what is there, or take whatever liberties and fantasies they choose, for whatever reason.
. Question: Were those frames on the wall behind the woman or were they added for the composition too?

]]> By: Lavanna Martin http://lavanna.com/2009/08/14/detail-of-the-girl-with-the-french-haircut-at-flightpath-coffee/#comment-1151 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:40:51 +0000 http://lavanna.com/?p=1848#comment-1151 Hello to q9y8!

I don’t have a clue what that means, but I went over and looked at your blog. I thought that your architectural/tourist shots were pretty good. Then, I looked at your Fashion portfolio, and you are very good! I could really see you pursuing a photography job in product design, or photo styling. I really like the opening shot of the Hermes toilet waters and the Hermes grosgrain ribbon. And then, the use of vines and florals to introduce shoes or other products was just luscious! I wish you the best.

Thank you,

~Lavanna

]]> By: Lavanna Martin http://lavanna.com/2009/08/14/detail-of-the-girl-with-the-french-haircut-at-flightpath-coffee/#comment-1141 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:04:02 +0000 http://lavanna.com/?p=1848#comment-1141 Hi, babyblizz.

It’s true that folks don’t like being photographed, for the most part. I was pleasantly surprised to find that they love being painted. Thanks for coming by, and stay creative.

~Thanks,

Lavanna

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