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Old 10-20-2016, 02:47 AM
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Painting has been a hobby of mine all of my life... it relaxes me. Usually I paint tranquil landscape scenes [Cape Cod moments]. I took a trip to Newport RI over the summer and my XK was parked with a view of the water in the background. It was a fitting scene so why not make a casual watercolor painting of the moment. Here ya go. Enjoy!
 
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You've got talent. Very nice.
 
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It's hard to get my cat to sit still long enough for a photograph, let alone for a painting!
Looks great.
 
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Great job!!
 
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Beautiful and thanks for sharing.
 
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Nice work!
 
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Wow, we have such an artist among us!
 
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I can't even paint a straight line…… looks awesome.
 
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Old 10-20-2016, 11:49 AM
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Very nice - I need to get some better reading specs as I thought who would paint a water cooler?
 
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Great, so we have an artist. What does/did everyone else do for a living? I'm in real estate.
 
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Super! Love it.
 
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Very cool, especially since I am completely incapable of any such feat. Hell, I can't even pick out art, my eye is still the same as when I was in college buying oil paintings at the flea market.

occupation...industrial automation sales
 
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Originally Posted by michaelodonnell123
Painting has been a hobby of mine all of my life... it relaxes me.
Very nice rendition. I appreciate the skill set required to do this and seriously lack it myself. As for the relaxation part...well now I just drink. I used to play classical guitar before I lost most of my hearing.

Very nice work.
 
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That is very nice . I wish I had your talent
 
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If you need a hobby you could paint from photos of our Jaguars!
 
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Wow! Thats really well done. Thanks for sharing.
 
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A great watercolor of a terrific vehicle. If you haven't yet, hang it somewhere important so people get to see it.
 
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can we all send you pics of our cars for painting?
 
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Wow. Awesome painting!!!
 
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Old 10-21-2016, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Wolfy
can we all send you pics of our cars for painting?
Post your favorite pic of your Jag here and let me give it a try.
 
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