Hi, I'm Lucinda
The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 450D (with a tamron 18-200mm lense), by me in the mirror. It's a little overexposed, but at my age, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bare Bones Bio:
I was born in Louisiana, USA in 1956, youngest of four girls. In 1967 we all moved to New Jersey when my father was transferred. I've always loved to read and soon gravitated towards Sci Fi, Fantasy, and nonfiction (mostly English History). The last was influenced by watching Masterpiece Theatre. I had the opportunity to go to the UK and Greece on 10 day Easter trips through my high school, which instilled in me an itch to travel. After one year of college,(I learned a lot, but unfortunately not much from my professors and text books) I joined the Air Force and went to Japan and England. I married a fellow GI (Bill), in England, got out of the Air Force (Bill stayed in)and went back to the States. Bill and I then lived in Rancho Cordova, California (where we had our first son, Charles),
Biloxi, Mississippi (where we had our second son, James), Oxfordshire, UK (For me, thank you Bill), and San Antonio, Texas (where we live now). Bill is retired from the Air Force and drives a Big Rig for J. B. Hunt. I am an office manager for a carwash. Charles and James graduated last May from University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M at College Station respectively. Yeah!!!
Interests:
Reading - Mostly nonfiction history, though I have widened the field somewhat. I also like journals and diaries and have been reading "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" on and off for a while now. I'm currently on Vol. VII 1666. (I haven't gotten to the great fire yet). My fiction tends to run to fantasy, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman to name a few.
Music - I grew up on rock, folk, musicals, classical, and Gilbert and Sullivan. I still love all that and have added jazz, blues, bluegrass, celtic and a little country. I don't play any instruments and can't sing (the singing talent in our family seemed to lessen with each new sister and I'm the baby of the bunch), but I'm an enthusiastic listener.
Art (Drawing, Photography and Oil Painting) - One of the regular pastimes of my sisters and I growing up was paper dolls. We used typing paper to make swimsuit clad paper dolls with pattern book heads. Then we spent countless hours drawing and coloring clothes for them. Depending on the current story, they could be clothes from Regency England, Colonial America, or Star Trek. I also drew faces from the hairdo magazines and was happy if they looked fairly human. I now draw and have recently taken up oil painting. I'm a definite amateur at photography. I've taken pictures since the mid 70s when I went to Japan, but they are mostly of my travels, kids and cats. I've got a lot to go through to see which ones are worth posting. I bought my first digital camera last April (09) for my birthday (I ordered it in April, received it in May, for my birthday in June. (I don't believe in being too literal about such things) I bought PhotoShop in June. I've still got a lot to learn on both, but it's a lot of fun.
Other - My sister Gail and I love The Teaching Company lectures. We both buy history, I occasionally buy literature and she occasionally buys math and science and we watch each other's. I'm also a tad fond of cats.
I could gush, and probably have, about all the talent I see on RR. I find myself using the words wow and beautiful far too much. I guess I should pull out the Thesaurus.ÂÂ
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Comments (23)
psyoshida
Wow! I'm totally impressed! This is so fantastic. You are a very talented artist.
mariogiannecchini
Un lavoro veramente bello ! I miei complimenti ! A truly beautiful! My compliments!
wysiwig
This is REALLY good!! You say you are a beginner? No way! You are a natural. The modeling is very good and the eyes are near perfect. I took some drawing classes in college but could never get the eyes right.
bmac62
This is REALLY good! The girl's face is attractive and expressive...particularly the eyes and mouth. I applaud your patience and wish you well in this venture. You are fortunate to have such a fine instructor to work with.
Imaginatos
EXCELLENT painting ! GREAT mood and composition. :)
wjames
A really good painting, the expression in the eyes tells a life story
flavia49
excellent work!
thecytron
Beautiful artwork!
sandra46
excellent work, congratulations
MagikUnicorn
BEAUTY *****
misskitty
Beautiful painting! You really captured the eyes! You are most definitely a woman of many talents!
goodoleboy
Fantastic work, indeed! Is that supposed to be Ahuva in the painting? She looks so young. The lighting, composition, tones, hues, textures....all non pareil! But you a beginner in this media? If so, then you're a natural!
mgtcs
Excellent art work my friend, great expression, congratulations!
vaggabondd
This is very nice work, you are a very talented artist my friend :)
Minaya
Great work! Beautiful eyes!
Alex_Antonov
Remarkable work!
nigh23
how about WOW just fantastic work keep being detailed and nitpicky you do well with it
traceyjane
fantastic work, zoom is a must, can't wait to see the finished piece
jendellas
Flipping heck, you are a beginner???? Beautiful work!!!!
helanker
What a gorgeous painting indeed. Your fine talent shows here. Well done, Lucinda. If that is a beginners art, I would like to see you after a couble of years. WOW!
A_Sunbeam Online Now!
Great work - wish I could paint like that!
magnus073
Lucinda it seems there is nothing you can't do as I fell in love with this beautiful painting the moment I laid eyes on it. Such lovely and soft colors throughout and those eyes tell the whole story. Speaking of stories I'd very much love to know your inspiration behind this one.
anianiani
Masterpiece ..my favourite ..great art from Lucinda...thanks.