Abandoned as in ‘exuberant’, I wish I could say this was painted from life and if I were Dave, I would! The sky went very wrong, my masking fluid seems to pull off the surface of the paper when I try to remove it. Also the figures are rubbish, don’t magnify it!
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June 12, 2009 at 5:39 am
suemiddlesex
How could I not magnify this after your comment? Captures exuberance perfectly – I feel I can hear them shouting “Yippee”, although I agree with Dave that the one at the bottom might also be shouting “Ooops”. This painting makes me smile everytime I see it.
June 7, 2009 at 7:47 pm
davidworth
Aiiieeee. The guy bottom left looks in difficulty and the one below is also having trouble. I feel left out from all this masking fluid action not having any. Great fun and I wish I was skydiving with them.
June 7, 2009 at 12:03 pm
iskoglund
Daunting subject matter which you have captured really well – is bold and lifelike and capatures that free fall moment.. ( I find masking tape pulls the paper off as well. )
June 6, 2009 at 12:18 pm
janetedd
Of course I did magnify – and the figures are fine and they definitely feel as though they are falling through space.
June 1, 2009 at 2:34 pm
sworth
This is fun, despite the problem with the masking fluid. They look like they are diving down into a watery blue sea, as well as falling from a cloudy blue sky. I don’t think the figures are rubbish at all – they convey perfectly well what they are, and the postures are very vivid.