ooo, kewl, we should do a 1000 theme challenge, lol...

I don't know if I could make it to 1000! I actually just use the themes when I am suffering from artist's block. The challenge really jump starts my imagination. Thanks for having a look, and for adding her to your favorites!

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lol, shoot, I meant '100' theme challenge~ X3
yup, I sure hate artist-block... omg.
you're so welcome, hun~

well , this echoes back to Deliberation of Poignancy - sadness in the midst of beauty .

the image is much cleaner (lighter , less complex - what the heck am I trying to say here) than your other work but still the strong sense of color . the face is great (too effective in it's sadness , but a great face none the less) , as is the image on the shirt

the yellow is about 1/2 a click to bright for my tastes but the way you added the yellow tones to the face is wonderful detail .

hard not to draw some illusion to a heavenly halo - is this part of your intent or am I just seeing things ?

whatever device keeps you working past the block is a success in my eyes

I think the bright colors really set off her somber expression. I like your interpretation of the dark theme.

The halo effect you mention was deliberate. I wanted it to subtly resemble the nimbus you often see around Mary in Catholic art. As far as the intensity of the yellow, it's probably the photo. I had to boost the contrast a bit so that all the lighter tones would show up on a computer, so the more vibrant tones are now glowing like neon! Thank you for the in-depth analysis. I do appreciate it.

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Thank you. I was doing to do a piece mostly in black, but I committed to doing the entire 100 themes in watercolor, and it's hard to get intense dark colors with watercolor, so I had to go the conceptualism route. Glad you like her!

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lovely

You're very welcome, Bryan. I think you hit the nail on the head with this piece!