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Bill
Franklin, physicsnerd@yahoo.com
Christmas Angel, November, 2020,
watercolor 10x14, matted to 16x20
This is my entry in the CTWS Holiday Exhibit, which can be
viewed at www.centraltexaswatercolor.com/exhibits. Comments
and suggestions are always welcome.

Bill
Franklin, physicsnerd@yahoo.com
Four Horsemen, One Driver V4,
August, 2020,
watercolor 10x14, matted to 16x20
This will be my entry in the Climate
Change exhibit. It portrays the four horsemen of the
Acropolis (dire disasters all) and the one driver of them
all, namely human overpopulation. The flags will spell out
the specifics. There will also be some suggestion of the sky
and ground with dust stirred up by the ensemble. There will
probably be a 5th version (at least), so suggestions of
improvements would be welcome.
Bill
Franklin, physicsnerd@yahoo.com
Corean at piano V5, August, 2020,
watercolor 10x14, matted to 16x20
This is my 5th try at painting a friend in
Acme, WA, who was a concert pianist, but has not been able
to play at all lately due to advanced aphasia. I consider it
finished, but I am thinking
about a 6th version, and would appreciate any suggestions.

Bill
Franklin, physicsnerd@yahoo.com
Banjo Ben 3, June 2020,
watercolor 10x14, matted to 16x20
I was trying for a watercolor look
Comments welcome.

Bill
Franklin, physicsnerd@yahoo.com
Banjo Ben V3, July 2020,
watercolor, 10x10, matted to 15x15.
I made a more detailed ink sketch,
with crosshatch shading, intending to use very
sparse color. However, things quickly got out of
control, so I ended up painting more details, and
darker paint. Now it looks
more like an oil done with watercolor paint.
Comments welcome.

Cathy
Niekamp,
cniekamp@msn.com
Portrait of
Christine, pencil, 9X12, June 2020
Comments
welcome. This is the final version.
Sandra
Scott,
sandra@scott-usa.com
Creeping Charlie (wildflower),
May 2020, oils
This is what Sandra was finishing
Sunday, 5/17. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Myrl
Luper,
myrl_luper@baylor.edu
Wildflower, May 2020, watercolor pencil, 5"X7"
Comments are welcome
Bill
Franklin,
physicsnerd@yahoo.com
Glad Girls 1
with background,
watercolor, 10.5"X10.5"
The
background was originally left white. I filled in the
greenery before Sunday, then added the critters Sunday.
Comments welcome.

Chesley
Smith,
csmith108@hot.rr.com
Guitar, May, 2020, Collage, 8"X10"

Bill
Franklin, physicsnerd@yahoo.com
Glad Girls 4, May 2020,
watercolor 10X14 (quarter sheet)
This is the finished painting, I
think, but it could still be altered. So I would
still welcome comments and suggestions. I probably
won't do a V5, but I am considering revising
V1, filling in some of the white background with
hovering objects, like butterflies.
From Kay Reinke: I
really like this. I particularly like the hands.
They are so hard to do and yours are great!
Bill
Franklin, physicsnerd@yahoo.com
Glad Girls 4, May 2020,
watercolor 10X14 (quarter sheet)
I'm incorporating suggestions on GG3 &
color choices. At this point you can see a change in the
background. (earlier versions are below.) By enlarging it,
you might be able to see the sketch lines, which include
changes in the hands & clothing lines. Nothing is finished,
but the footprint of the flowers is what I plan to use,
unless I hear suggestions to do otherwise.
Additional comments & suggestions are
welcome.
Cathy
Niekamp,
cniekamp@msn.com
Sassy Blue
Eyes, pencil, 9X12, May 2020
Comments
welcome. This is the final version.
Pat
Blackwell,
patsyruthb1@yahoo.com
Kay
Reinke,
kayreinke@gmail.com
Evening Glow, April 2020, 18x24
oil, $550
Comments are welcome
Critique by Sandy
Scott: Mesmerizing, very inviting, soothing. Wow, it is
lovely!
Critique by Bill
Franklin: I really love this. Shadows from the bright
glow of the sun are very well done.
Kay
Reinke,
kayreinke@gmail.com
Emergence, April 2020, 24x24x1.5
gallery wrapped acrylic, $650
Comments are welcome
Critique by Sandy
Scott: Aptly named, like an emergence of life in our
world and experiencing the soothing but glowing flow of
lights in the beginning of life... Beautiful! Or it could
be a woman emerging from her tub of low emotions, and
successfully beginning life anew with colors bright with
possibility. This painting surely got me thinking :)

Bill
Franklin, physicsnerd@yahoo.com
Glad Girls 3, April 2020,
watercolor 14x20 (half sheet)
I never got suggestions for the girl's
clothing colors, and I decided that one problem was that
there were such large areas that were basically featureless.
So I decided to try giving them indigenous clothing, woven
wool wraps. I didn't pull it off very well, partly because
the clothing areas were already defined. I'm considering a
version 4 with a sketch with different clothing. I'd
appreciate any comments and suggestions on Version 3 that I
could use for V4.
Chesley
Smith,
csmith108@hot.rr.com
Dr. Martin King jr, mixed media, April 2020
Critique by Sandy
Scott: I just have to say this is my most favorite of
your MLK paintings. It's got everything! If it were in a
gallery, I would just have to keep returning to enjoy it!

Chesley
Smith,
csmith108@hot.rr.com
Abstract, April 2020
This painting is not showing up when I
visit this page online. I tried replacing it where it was,
then trying it below, rather than above Chesley's other
painting. It still isn't showing up for me. If this
happening for you, let know. I don't know what else to do.
Bill
Franklin, physicsnerd@yahoo.com
Glad Girls 3, April 2020,
watercolor 14x20 (half sheet)
This is version 3. I have made
changes in the hair and the teeth, but it have both
worse. Anyway, still need help with now is the girls
clothing colors. In version 1, I used blue and gray.
In version 2 (bottom of this page) I used blue and
pink. I wasn't happy with either. What do you
suggest? Other comments & suggestions are also
welcome.
If you think any of the combinations below
look good, please tell me which one. Or suggest another.







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Critique by Sandy
Scott: I think version 3 in your chain of pictures looks
best. I'm not the best at picking colors, but these colors
are bright without taking over the other objects and people
in the painting. And, the flowers don't disappear in the
area of the smaller girl's dress.
Cathy
Niekamp,
cniekamp@msn.com
Portrait of
the artist when very young,
April 2020,
graphite, 9x12
Cathy
Niekamp,
cniekamp@msn.com
Ott,
April 2020,
colored Pencil,
9x12
Critique by Sandy
Scott: I am amazed by your drawings. It must be
difficult to blend with colored pencils. I enjoy seeing your
talent develop.
Critique by Bill
Franklin: I continue to be amazed by what you can do
with colored pencils. I tried that for a while, getting
better paper, better pencils, but not getting very good at
using them.
Jean
Thomas,
jeanthomas623@yahoo.com
Untitled, April 2020,
unfinished,11x14 oil, comments and suggestion welcome.
Critique by Sandy
Scott: I really like this, colors & shapes are
beautiful. I would darken his underbelly by adding some
muted blue & feathering it upwards, lighter as you go, like
you did his front leg. I would also soften the hard lines
around his body & the mound below him. I think this will
turn out cool!
Critique by Bill
Franklin: This is my favorite of the 3. I can't add any
suggestions to Sandy's.
Jean
Thomas,
jeanthomas623@yahoo.com
Untitled, April 2020 may be
unfinished, 16x20 oil, comments and suggestion welcome.
Critique by Sandy
Scott: The roses are a pretty color. I like the still
life, but I would soften the lines & make more shadows,
especially underneath the single rose on the table, the
bottle & the glass. I would also darken the background where
t hits the table, and soften the gray on the wine bottle.
Jean
Thomas,
jeanthomas623@yahoo.com
Great Outdoors, April 2020,
unfinished, 24x48 oil, comments and suggestion welcome.
Critique by Sandy
Scott: I love this. The mountains are cooled down
nicely. Try cooling & lightening the landscape as you go
toward the horizon. Perhaps the fish could be brighter.
Critique by Bill
Franklin: Here I can make a few suggestions. For
one, the trees in the distance are far too regular. Add more
to the vary the spacing and the heights, and make them
extend along the entire shore, rather than stopping before
they get to the nearer trees. Also, the deer and fox need to
have some molding to make them look 3D. There isn't a real
sense of where the sun is, i.e., where the light is coming
from. Perhaps from the above right? Make it cast shadows to
mold the animals and on the ground beneath them to root
them. Finally, the eagle is larger than the deer and
therefore must be closer, but it tends to look like a very
big eagle at the same distance. I'm not sure how to improve
that. Maybe with shadows below the deer, the lack of one
below the eagle will let us know that he is closer than the
water below him, which is not in the painting. If the light
were coming from behind us, you could make its shadow
smaller than it is. That would let us know that it is closer
than its shadow, which would be near the deer. I hope this
didn't seem to critical, but I think you can make this a
very nice painting with a few improvements.