Seashore Sally
Sales of this Design? – 1 sale so far :)
My mate AffectMachine made a card/print in response to Seashore Sally entitled – She Being – Response to Sea Shore Sally
Seashore Sally by Karin Taylor
is a mixed media production on canvas textured paper (ink pastel acrylic charcoal)
I drew/painted this a long time ago, it was the first time i applied a real face to a painting, ie real eyes instead of dots etc. and I wasn’t very happy or confident about doing it at the time, as I had done only dots for eyes, and the lady who purchased it asked me if i could apply a face for her…after i did it, she said it reminded her very much of her sister in law, luckily…she liked her sister in law! lol
Seashore Sally belongs to the following groups:
Beach Art, Mixed Media and Seachanges Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
Peace Mitchell
I love your swirly waves Karin and the curvy beauty of your subjects!
Karin Taylor
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i wish the waves were always like this, and life was so relaxed Peace! thank you :)
Keith Russell
Hey – that’s the life for me. Oh to be an aussie – wait on, I am!
Karin Taylor
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lol – yep, n don’t u forget it!! thanx :)
salsbells69
She is gorgeous Karin! (she has a good name too,!) Good beachy colours and those wonderful waves of yours~! Well done.
Karin Taylor
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hehe…thanx sal…you know my mum’s name is sal too :)
lovely name….the only name for her really… she’s your little namesake now :)
Paola Jofre
Karin …..you did it again :) This is a beautiful piece of art!!! Love all the curves and textures. Her face looks gorgeous, girl your good !!!! I love this ….....reminds me of the ya ya’s :) Love this one!!!
Karin Taylor
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oh thank you so much Paola, you’re too kind :)
gypsycaster
I love this one a LOT!! Dig her lashes!!!
What a babe!
Karin Taylor
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hehe, yeah thanx, she does have extremely long lashes…i’d never noticed that before….hahaaaaaaaaaa.! and I painted it .llol
Elaine van Dyk
Lovely warm feel to this, Karin – just like one would feel at the seaside in the summer. I want to be Seashore Sally!!! I love the relaxed look you infuse into these works.
Karin Taylor
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thanx Elaine, it’s where I want to be too..
i think that painting them is the next best thing to being them :)
Alf Caruana
Gorgeous, if ever I buy a beach house I’m going to decorated it with your prints :)
Karin Taylor
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that is a huge compliment for me, thank you Alf…i’m honoured :)
pinkyjain
Seashore Sally has the right idea, wish i was there with her, she is so beautyfulll, & the swirling waves look so sweet & inviting
Karin Taylor
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oh yes, pinky, i just wish i were her right about now! thanks so much for your comments :)
Lam Tran
Fantastic painting, excellent colors and great composition, well done my friend!
Karin Taylor
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oh thank you Lam, i’m glad you like the colours too :)
Philip James F...
Makes me smile!
Karin Taylor
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ah, wonderful…that’s the desired effect accomplished!! you beauty! :)
Tracey-Anne Pryke
helllllO! sailor!
Karin Taylor
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ahoy there me hearties! :)
VioDeSign
great! love this feeling of fresh air!
Karin Taylor
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thank you very much for your lovely comments V :)
Tracey-Anne Pryke
lol! way the anchor
frozenfa
oooh!! love it love it!! miss you beach series~ hehe.. Love this one~
i like the colors of the waves and the way you color her skin.. her skin looks extra soft and beautiful! hehe.. =D
Karin Taylor
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aw thank you fa, that’s the pastels at work…..they make everything soft-focus, lovely for working on skin tones and blending, there’s nothing more velvety and subtle….i think pastels are so much more easily controlled than paint :)
Elné Burgers
Great one! Nice bold lines and the hat and flower is too cute. Another wonderful artwork! :)
Karin Taylor
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Oh, thank you so much Elne
Jan Landers
now that is relaxed!!! she is wonderful, karin….just hangin’ out by the waves…...love it! i adore how you do the eyes and face…..this one was a nice beginning for you!!! :-)
Karin Taylor
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thanx Jan, yeah..i was so pleased with my first set of eyes on this one, it set the stage for future attempts and development of faces…still developing those techniques…i look forward to getting better and better at it :)
frozenfa
lovely!! did you just color it like that? do you smooth it out somehow? like using your fingers or something?
Karin Taylor
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Hi fa…it’s been too long since we talked :(
my method is draw it first, then do the ink outlines, then colour in, using fingers to smudge and blend…then back over the top with the ink…then over the top again with the charcoal for shading….using fingers to blend, or a little soft stick thing with a pointy end….i so love playing with pastels :) oh, and i also blow on my work which i shouldn’t , as the pastel dust gets everywhere, in your lungs, up your nose, etc….should just shake it off onto a piece of paper and dispose of it….and have to use loads of spray fixative for the layers…so the layer underneath doesn’t shift, while i do subsequent layers….i often finish off with some acrylic, using it to highlight or do the finer details…particularly flowers :) xo
Namueh
Wonderful.
Karin Taylor
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thank you Namueh :)
CateTownsend
Hey Karin this is great, love it really does convey that relaxed feeling. You are so brilliant I accidently came across your site while I was looking at sculpture, and your star one was there that you did at the seaside, and then it led to this site with your stuff on it and there was stuff I hadn’t seen before that was so cool. It seems that you do just keep getting better and better if that’s at all possible cause well I reckon your just excellent.
Karin Taylor
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aw Cate, you are so lovely, thank you for these beautiful comments, i treasure them :)
frozenfa
oooh!! fun fun fun!! =D
heheh.. i can imagine u blow off the pastel particles and it somehow land on Basil.. lolz~
it’s so interesting to hear the process, there’s so many steps! =D i suddenly wonder.. if you actually collect all the pastel dusts together in a bottle.. will it look like colorful powder bottle? hehehe.. XD
Karin Taylor
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oh yeah, that sounds vry pretty!! like coloured sands :)
frozenfa
mmhm!! =D
Michael J Armijo
Brilliant work! ;)
Karin Taylor
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thank you very much Michael :)
Ellen
In a few weeks i will be doing the same :) Beautiful art-work!!
Karin Taylor
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oh! lucky you Ellen!! :) thank you for the lovely comment :)
PNFdeb
your work is amazing!!
Karin Taylor
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thank you so much for this lovely comment PNFdeb :)
Deidre Cripwell
hehehehe – I need to go for a relaxing trip like this. Love the colours
Karin Taylor
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she is looking lovely and relaxed eh!...thanx Deidre glad you like!
AnaCBStudio
Great work here again…this is so cute … beautiful details and colors
Karin Taylor
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thank you so much Ana :)
Mel Brackstone
hehehe…..this is SO ME!!
Apart from the fact I can’t see a camera :D