Hello, I'm Amber!
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton your work is darling! I love your enthusiasm too! I had the same thought about my portfolio. I need to finish bigger stuff. Thanks for sharing!
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@juliepeelart Wow, Julie! I love your piece, 'Reaching'! Thanks for your kind words. It is good to have a community to help you keep striving and moving forward.
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton Thank you Amber, I am in a bit of creative block currently. Hopefully the Mermay contest will help. Cheers!
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton I did my dream portfolio a year ago and I am just seeing now how it has evolved and is ready for an update. I think it’s such a wonderful tool. I love your idea of making it a screen saver. I have mine printed and hanging around my art desk. I also printed several and made them into “postcards” to hang up in my preschool classroom. That way when I am at my day job I can still be inspired by my art goals.
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@JennyJones Those are great ideas!
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Hello Amber! I'm liking your art a lot
You've made me interested in that Lee White class now, I'll stick it on my list … there's so many cool SVS classes to study from, it's exciting
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@Sophie-Lawson Thanks!! That’s a quick class and I think it helps set a target to aim for not just in style but in portfolio project ideas as well.
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton Hi Amber! I join the crowd liking the way you put your dream portfolio together. I have a pinterest board and pulled them together a little differently. I use one of the images as my monthly calendar-and 2 months so far, I've used that image for a master copy. I'll give the "finding your style" class a go-so many great classes here at SVS. I also think you've mapped out a good course for your journey. Have you listened to the SVS podcasts? The episode on "Am I too old for art school?" has good pointers for mapping out a plan.
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Welcome. I like your art!
Marsha Ottum Owen
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@Susan-Marks I’ve been doing a total immersion I think!
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@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Thanks, Marsha!
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Amber, your work is wonderful. I did that course too and I found it a massive help (I'm currently trying to figure where to go next with my work!). You've got really nice style and I commend you for trying o make your dreams a reality, with 6 boys that's tough going too I bet but you are making fantastic work.
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@lovetherobot Thanks so much for your kind words! Yes sometimes it is hard work but the boys appreciate the time I spend in my studio and time I spend working. And they are willing to pitch in so that I have more time. They are an inspiration, too - they have a lot of good ideas.
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My first master copy. J.P Miller on the right (because someone asked) and my copy on the left.
Copy done in watercolor, gouache and colored pencil. My printer cropped 1/4” all round which is why my copy is cropped.
The drawing upside down trick from @Jake-Parker ’s Draw Everything really helped me get those silhouettes as close as they are. I had a lot of problems placing the eye and had to correct with white paint. I feel like I would have caught this if I had done a value study instead of just a line drawing.
I’m currently working on a portfolio piece inspired by this one.
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton Nice job!
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton That's a successful copy!
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@Amber-Lynn-Benton I love this Amber!
I always love how master copies are the same, but different; always fascinated me that.
