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| 1 Apr 2004 |  Elf Ranger | Wow! I love the texture and color of this one! I have to say I love the wings as well! Keep it up as you have been, your consistency in this style shows real motivation and drive! I applaud you!   Esther S. Brendel (Maiden name: Esther S. Wetzel) replies: "Thank you Elfie!  It's always easier to paint your own style. Thus it's problably the best thing to do. But I'm still not satisfied with my "real cave paintings" imitations. Dunno though whether I'll try it more or just leave it that way. " | |
| 2 May 2004 | Helen of Troy | Oh my god! It's so prettyful!!! Pretty, pretty, pretty! *(Huggles and glomps artist)* I LOOOOOVE the way the wings look and the colors. It's just....perfect the way it is.  Esther S. Brendel (Maiden name: Esther S. Wetzel) replies: "Thanks for huggling and glomping! *g* I'm glad you like it so much. " | |
| 12 Jun 2004 | REAL Helen, Queen of Sparta <lovecats0012@yah...co | WOA.....It is very beautiful. You are a amzing artist by far, i can tell by your other beautiful artwork. Amazing, absolutly amazing...please pardon my spelling. I just needed to post for ones such beautiful artwork. Good job. Esther S. Brendel (Maiden name: Esther S. Wetzel) replies: "Thank you very much! I hope I'll be able to update this site soon. ^.^" | |
| 1 Oct 2004 | Martin l krieger | Hell yeah! Your own stile rocks! The thing about cave paintings is, the people who made them didnt have the anotomical knowlage to draw the animals perfectly. So when you do cave paintings of your own, you dont have to strive for what cave men drew like... All you have to do is draw what you thought you 'saw'... (i did a cave painting of the unicorn... Ill upload it on my next update.)  Esther S. Brendel (Maiden name: Esther S. Wetzel) replies: "I doubt they did not have the anatomical knowledge. They probably knew better how the animals they drew looked like, where the muscles and bones were and all that than any usual nowadays-man of the industrialized world who's not a hunter or butcher or veterinarian. But it just wasn't important for their purposes to draw in the same style and manner as we do our photorealism-pictures today. Anyway. Thanks for the comment! And I'm very pleased to hear that you did another ;-) cave painting! Would you let me know when you upload it, please? " | |
| 2 Nov 2004 |  Lucy MagicWeaver Kilhullen | A suggestion if you would like to retry creating a cave painting feel to your work, first would be to not have such crisp edges and solid fills. It is assumed they made a homeade airbrush using thier mouths and pigment. I have done similar results with a straw and crushed pastels / conte etc. if you are not comfortable with the airbrush method, creating stencils with paper / your hand and "drizzling" dry crushed color powder and "dusting it off in a controlled fashion can also create the same effect as the caves of Lasceaux (sp?). I do like the peice you created! Wonderful imagry.  Esther S. Brendel (Maiden name: Esther S. Wetzel) replies: "Thank you for that tip, Lucy! Maybe I'll try the airbrush technique out on my next cave painting. I haven't done any cave paintings for several months but maybe I'll start the effort again. " | |
| 22 Apr 2006 | Dying Messenger | This is awsome! I love pictures like this. I love the fact that it's so soft in color and the way they just sorta blend into the "rock". The texture is great also!  Esther S. Brendel (Maiden name: Esther S. Wetzel) replies: "Thank you! The texture is just the one of the paper and the oil paint. " | |
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