Little Angels

:D tank u

:D ta tiny

ta tbo :D

u r so lucky!

thanx milly, i like your new profile pic btw :D

thanx :D

thank you :D

thanx LH, i so love your latest heart :D

Hey peyote, thanx – just checked out your stuff – some terrific paintings there!

thanx Pauline, I’m in awe of your work!

Oh excellent Basia :D

You like the bright colours!!!! I tried really hard to stay true to the costumes the ‘Little Angels’ wear…..http://english.chosun.com/media/photo/news/200711/200711260013_01.jpg
couldn’t find many good pics on the net, but the one above is cute :D

Hi Cvail73, that’s a great question, and you’re right, there’s a real knack to it.. you should have seen the first photos we took of paintings…they were dreadful! A lot of these pix of my paintings were taken professionally by someone other than me with a 22 megapixel hasselblad digital/SLR camera…woa! ...and rightly so, cost me a fortune :D

But these days, I have my own little digital 5mp camera and I’ve been taking shots of some of them myself. I can’t scan ‘em as their bigger than A4, but to give you an idea, they range from A3’s, A2’s, A1’s and whatever a double A1 is….the paintings I do now are largest.

I find that natural light is best, and it’s difficult because I use a lot of black ink which tends to be shiny, I have to do it an an angle, any angle that works basically, and then crop them…....boost the colours, brightness and contrast mainly and sometimes up them a bit too.

Sometimes I hold the paintings on an angle while my husband directs me where to stand so we don’t get too much shine/shadow, but lately I lay them on the studio floor, and photograph them standing from directly above….I sometimes have to place a large sheet of foamcore behind or beside or in front of the piece of art to mute the light coming in to the studio to reduce that darn shine.

Thanks for taking time to ask, I really appreciate it :D

Cheers, K

Hi Cvail73, you’re welcome :D
I didn’t realise YOU paint TOO!!!

you certainly have a great eye for what’s going to look good in the frame, and I love your ‘doodles’ on tshirts!! :D Looking forward to seeing more art from you!

thanks very much Marinella :)

aw, thank you Mui-Ling :D

hello geekrish, it’s not often you hear comments such as these,
and it makes me feel just wonderful !! thank you !!

aw, thx so much Cate…loved your collaboration by the way!!

oh wow!! can’t hardly wait!!! xo

aw, thx so much Nira, you are so sweet and kind :D

o wonderful, i hope i kinda got it right :D
i just adore those little dancers….u know i didn’t realise you were Korean-American…now you are the first person I have ever met that is!!!! yay!!!!
now i know malay/chinese friends, chinese friends, japanese friends, and korean-american friends, i am finally getting to meet the beautiful people my art represents and adores :D it’s a wonderful feeling for me!!!!!

thanx so much Sharon!! :))

many thx Anita, that means a lot!! xx

I don’t know how i missed this lovely comment of yours, so a very belated thank you !! My daughter Sarah just returned from japan and had the time of her life… She wants to go back!! She stayed for 2 weeks with a family and went to school, so many memories anda lovely photo of her and a friend all wrapped up in pretty kimonos and obis… It made me think of you!

Thank you so very much Leilani !! ;)))

Hi and thank you!!! That’s just wonderful, so happy you’ve chosen “Little Angels” for your sweet little girls wall… I remember so well the pictures in my bedroom and illustrations in my childrens stories when I was a child… So nice to get lost in them through daydreams and imaginings…. It is an honour to think your daughter will grow up with this little artwork from me nearby :). I wish you and your family and the little one every joy and happiness in life…. Karin :)