Roena King's Comments

Comment Wall (290 comments)

You need to be a member of The Complete Artist to add comments!

Join The Complete Artist

At 2:25 on November 4, 2010, Karlo Bonacic said…: Thanks Ro for Welcome and instructions !
So many great works on this forum (Photos),
All the Best form Croatia !

At 18:20 on November 3, 2010, Sheila Mather said…: Hi Ro
I open my photo in Photoshop. I first go to Image-Adjustments-Brightness/Contrast and unless its a dark photo I darken it slightly, and slightly increase the contrast. Then I go to Image-Adjustments-Hue/Saturation. Sometimes I adjust the Hue to slightly warmer, and I always up the Saturation. There are several other Adjustments I sometimes play with, but those two will usually do the job. I have a Mac, and I don't have Elements, but I can make almost all the same adjustments on my picture import program iPhoto.

I hope this helps. It may just take some practice - and of course it will depend on the photo. You have to start with a photo that has some variation of values and colours to start with.

Good luck!

At 7:42 on November 3, 2010, Barbara Anderson said…: Hi ro
anyway i was trying to show the effect of the light , and it was real intence in the back ground more then it was in the forground, when i was standing there, i think it was because reflecting off of the water also.barb

At 6:45 on November 3, 2010, Barbara Anderson said…: Hi Ro, glad all well with the pc.. now that your back we can start the party,,ha ha
thanks for the informaion, on the line on the pond ,,i didn't even see it. your right the bird needs a little more roundness and color. It helps to have someone look at your paintings with artist eyes to see all the aspects of a painting. My family wanders by and says things like i don't like pink....oh brother that helps haha Barb

At 12:16 on November 1, 2010, Viviane Collet said…: Hi Ro,
Thank you for welcoming me.
I started painting a few months ago, so do not expect a lot of photos from my work !

At 11:01 on November 1, 2010, Andrea Pripps said…: Hi Ro,
I was just looking at you "photos". Nice work. I bought the book "Drawing on the Right side of the Brain" this summer and it got my artistic juices flowing after 33 years of artistic dormancy. I about fell over when I saw how I could draw the Picasso upside down. I started doing portraits and suprised myself there too. I am so happy to have found this site and am inspired by your pictures and all the other pictures on this site. I LOVE the short videos from Richard Robinson and am saving up for his DVD's. Would you happen to know if they are shipped from the US or New Zealand? I don't understand the "gifts" what are they? they?

At 7:01 on October 31, 2010, Sheila Mather said…: Hi Ro
No, I adjust colour and contrast as well. I think you can learn a lot about colour by working on the computer and seeing what happens. In Photoshop the main two features I use are Brightness/Contrast and Hue/Saturation. They'll be in under Edit, I imagine. Anyway, I'm off to paint. Have a good day (or is it night down there?) By the way, I did tone my canvas with orange on the 1000 Palms painting.

At 4:45 on October 31, 2010, Sheila Mather said…: Hi Ro
Boy, I was surprised to see all those messages when I opened up my email this morning. First of all you're right - I had entered my email address instead of my web site. I've corrected that, so you should be able to go there now. Thanks for the welcome and all positive comments. I find your analysis of the colours fascinating - I do it all intuitively. I take my own photos, manipulate them in Photoshop till I like them, then paint from that. And thanks for the link to the Gamut colour wheel. Richard's a very busy and clever guy, as well as a brilliant painter.

At 13:02 on October 30, 2010, Carol Brown said…: Thanks Ro,
I've been trying to figure out what this is I've signed up for. I just ordered two of Richard's DVD's the other day so I'm anxious to see what I can learn there.The welcome had an invite to this blog so I thought I could 'follow' and view updates from my own blog....but it seems to be more of a facebook-like place for artists. I'll probably lurk for a while as I just chastised myself for not painting enough last year. "Less Reading...More Painting!" LOL. Thanks again for the official welcome, I do appreciate it.

At 16:01 on October 29, 2010, Barbara Anderson said…: Hi ro,
Yes it is, Its more of a reference, for my next painting.I see everyone is real busy painting,,,,nice barb ps..what is the gifts about?

At 12:37 on October 29, 2010, Anna Stenier-Karadjova said…: Hi Ro, thanks for your nice comments about my work. I started stone carving quite by accident. I never took a sculpture course, but working material and more particularly stone has always attracted me. Then, 4 years ago, being one day shopping to buy paint, I was tempted by a piece of pink soapstone, bought it together with some instruments and a small book for beginners. However, I didn’t reproduce one of the suggested small figurines but began to remove bumps and angles from the stone, following the veins and strengthening the curves ... until forms appeared ... and my first sculpture, "Eternal Love" (the woman with the child), was done... Carving is a very interesting work, full of surprises and the final result is surprising even for me ... I'm also very attracted working bronze, but as you said it's very expensive and the approach seems to me lacking a bit of spontaneity, but maybe I'm wrong.

At 6:50 on October 28, 2010, Anna Stenier-Karadjova said…: Hi Ro, Thank you for the warm welcome! I am delighted to have found this site and to have the possibility to communicate with all these talented and enthusiastic persons. I enjoyed the slideshow of your pictures but I haven’t had time to see details of others. I cannot wait to see them too. With regard to my paintings and sculptures, I put some in my art blog:
http://annastenier-astek.blogspot.com/
Latters, Anna

At 5:51 on October 28, 2010, Barbara Anderson said…: Hi Roena,
I like acrylics, the fast drying time and color are almost the same as oils. did you ever watch jerry yarnell. I learn more from him then any other artist. Even the family said my paintings went from basic to more professional in a very short time.,and they don't notice much. I just got richards video on color then my printer broke , so i haven't got to do the studies yet. looks like you did real well with your blocks.See ya later, Barb

At 16:35 on October 27, 2010, Barbara Anderson said…: Hello, thank you for the welcome Roena. Yes helen van wyk was a very good teacher,thats the great thing about art ,you never stop learning.Do you mainly paint in acrylics or ink? woo nice elk! i work mainly oils. This winter i'll be working on some of my weaker points so i can get a good understanding.So thank you again ...Barbara

At 4:30 on October 22, 2010, Ginny Blakeslee Breen said…: Hi Ro! Good to hear from you! Sounds like your color class is fun. I love those color swatches ... they're so beautiful that I love having them hanging around my studio! I see you have added several paintings since I last looked. I am hanging a single person show (20 or so paintings) this weekend at Woodriver Cellars in Eagle Idaho. They are a large winery that puts on over 300 wedding a year. They will be there for all of November and December! I'm just thrilled... great selling time!! I can't remember if I already told you this or not, but I got into a gallery in Park City! I'm just thrilled! My husband, Michael will be delivering the paintings (6-8) to them on the weekend of the 30th.... So my studio is crammed with 25+ large paintings and I am working on getting every one ready for shipping out.... Phew! We are still having a great fall! However, this weekend the weather is supposed to change and we could get some snow.... Yikes! I'll put up some new paintings once things settle down to a dull roar. Take care, Ro! Ginny

At 22:42 on October 21, 2010, karen Johnston said…: Hi Roena, thanks for your welcome and nice comments about my work, I will take a look at the photos and when I have more time I will post, I am in the process of opening my own gallery so I'm kept busy with that. I will join in soon. Thanks.. Karen

At 2:40 on October 21, 2010, Wendy Haynes said…: thanks for your warm welcome. I am currently travelling and will be home in Australia at the end of the year where i will have easier access to the net for visiting this site in depth. i was going to pack my paints away as we head to india, maybe after logging onto this site i may just play some more.
cheers, and thanks, wendy

At 19:33 on October 20, 2010, Bernadett Budavári said…: Good morning :-) How are you? Today I got Darrell's last video, In the evening I will get onto the sphere if I still will have some energy. By the time I get home, finished with shopping, took the dog out, etc. sometimes I'm get so tired that I just read some and the day ends.
The weekend was very good, we were at a spa, soaked ourselves in hot water, sauna, massage...
I saw your drawings, they look very good! When I did the course, I liked the negative space drawing a lot. And your orange/lemon picture looks great! Really fine details and I can even smell the lemon. What are you onto now?

At 5:12 on October 19, 2010, Chris said…: Thanks Ro, a lot of useful information! School is very busy at the moment (not an art school sadly..), so Ill need to get back to you when I alittle more time and space to breath.
You might not see me in a couple of days but ill get back asap things calm down alittle.

Thanks again!

At 1:11 on October 19, 2010, Chris said…: Hey Ro, thank you for the warm welcome!

You have some great art there. Especially like the ink(?) drawings. Very inspirational!
Im a mere beginner myself. Maybe as much of a beginner you can get. Ive only been interested in art for about a year, and been drawing for as long.
Im in a position where I will most likely never be able to study art at a school, or get taught in personal by any of the now living greats, and thats why I come here.
I hope to find some guidance and some friendly souls who would like to help push me forward. Having no friends of family who does art, its sometimes hard to keep going all by yourself.

My goal is to become the best as I can be. Ive understand half the secret is to just put in the hours and do the groundwork, so Im trying to find as much time as I can.
I cant say I have much that I would call "art" to show you, but ll post some of my studies when I have alittle more time to spare.

My main interests are drawing the figure, but I still havnt choosen my path in art so Im trying to keep an open mind and take in as much as possible.

See you around!