| 21 Dec 2004 |  Johanna Iso-Järvenpää | Hi Esther. This is great! (I can't believe how much you have developed. Have you been taking lessons in painting? May I hug you for using oil paints, it is so rare nowadays.) The background is very lively, interesting to look at. The flowers look real, as well as the water drops. There is something that irritates me a little about the composition; I tried to crop only the central part of the image and it looked a much more balanced and focused - well, that's me, looking for perfection in a piece of work that almost is. Have a lovely Christmas and keep on doing your special art.   Esther S. Brendel (Maiden name: Esther S. Wetzel) replies: "Hello Johanna! I'm glad you stopped by once again! Thanks you for your compliment! No, I haven't taken any lessons. I never have. (Besides then, at school, choosing art classes rather than music, if that counts.) Go on and hug! ^.^ Me too, I love every artist who sticks to the old fashioned media. Though I guess that's the pretty much most unhealthy way to paint that exists. (Well, maybe airbrush is worse...) Anyway, this is probably the most photorealistic piece I have painted to date and I'm proud of the flowers. I still needed a photo referece from our garden. As far as composition is concerned I'm not very good. It still is mostly luck if I get it or not in any picture. Would you bother to e-mail me your cropped version? I have several differently cropped versions of this on my HD but I don't think I get it yet. A merry christmas to you, too! Send a bit of snow along! " | |
| 26 Jan 2005 |  Paulina Gonzalez Diaz | So delicate! Tha attencion centers on the water dripping of the flowers, and the griphons go almost unnoticed, but when you do notice, it's all the more a teat to the eye! Trully the delicacy of the piece strikes me. Beautifull!!!  Esther S. Brendel (Maiden name: Esther S. Wetzel) replies: "Thank you very much! I like it that the songgryphons seem that inconspicuous to you. It was my intention to paint this just like a photo of such a scene might look like: Well carmouflaged wildlife animals hidden in the tree. " | |
| 10 Jun 2005 |  Peej | | |
| 12 Oct 2005 |  Stefanie Kern | The most astonishing thing about this picture are the dewdrops that really look like water. Drawing water is sooooooooo difficult. And after all this is done in OIL! *bows* Hut ab!  Esther S. Brendel (Maiden name: Esther S. Wetzel) replies: "I think dewdrops are the easiest form of water to draw or paint. They are small and have a distinct shape and a predictable way of reflecting the light. However, I wouldn't have succeeded without a photo reference. Thank you very much for your comment!" | |
| 12 Oct 2005 |  J E. Stålberg | | |
| 25 Apr 2006 | Dying Messenger | The atmosphere of this picture is amazing! Early morning, while the due is still fresh from the nights cold, the birds are just starting to emerge from their night slumber to begin their busy day, all the stars are starting to fade into the brightening sky, and there is still a covering of lingering mist that still has yet to evaporate before the sun's rays reach it and steal it away into the day. And here, in the lingering mist as one peeks through a branch of a tree, are two little songgriffons, still sleeping the day away. Sorry! ;b That's just what I see in this picture!! Esther S. Brendel (Maiden name: Esther S. Wetzel) replies: "Thank you very much. That's a beautiful description of this scene!" | |
| 5 Jul 2006 | Laurel | | |
| 10 Jul 2006 |  Anya ´broom rider´ Kholodova | | |
| 3 Nov 2007 | Jenifer Yvonne Pohlschneider | | |
| 12 Mar 2008 |  Saskia H. Suurling | I can imagine that you are proud on how the flowers turned out. The little drops of water hanging on them look very realistic. It’s a great picture.  Esther S. Brendel (Maiden name: Esther S. Wetzel) replies: "Thank you very much! I’m glad you like it!" | |
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