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My vision of stars who deserve a place in art.

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Comment from Life is but a dream.


You succeeded in capturing her beauty as you do in all your artwork Linda. Your composition is so good on this piece leaving adequate negative space all around. The light source is strong on her and we see that and the tonal ranges you have within the depth and detail pops this and makes it very realistic. I hope you are selling your work. I know Americans are in love with their movie stars and worship them as if they were deities, so hopefully they are buying up your work.

All the best, blessings to you this day.

 Comment Written 21-Apr-2015


reply by the author on 21-Apr-2015
    Thank you so much for this absolutely wonderful review. I appreciate your detailed critique. I am selling a bit.
Comment from Dick Lee Shia


An interesting initial impact. An impressive artwork rendition. B&w creation with excellent strokes & textures. Good compositional style. Great overall impact! Thanks for sharing...

 Comment Written 21-Apr-2015


reply by the author on 21-Apr-2015
    Thank you so much Dick.
Comment from Jean A Cormier


Lovely portrait with superb lighting and a soft sepia tint which adds to the nostalgic feel of the drawing. WOnderful rendering of the hair and top likeness of Marilyn! jean

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015


reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015
    Thank you so much Jean.
Comment from shiloh106


This is a very nice drawing of Marilyn. My new niece has Monroe as her middle name after this pretty lady. You have captured her well in this. Definitely have caught the emotion on her face.

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015


reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015
    Thank you so much Shiloh
Comment from allanoak


As normal, I just love all of your Marilyn drawings. She of course is known as a sex symbol, at least by the male gender.

But you always give her a different side. You use her face and eyes to tell a different story. In this case, the fantastic gaze, the fingers touching her front teeth, all work together to make the image what it is.

The minimalist dress seems to accentuate more the smooth skin and wavy hair.

In an photo, one might say the highlights are clipped. But in a drawing, that only serves better to highlight the important features of her face.

Exceedingly well done once again!

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015


reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015
    This is an exceptional review, an I a more than impressed. Thank you so very much.
Comment from Jairos


This is Fantastic Good impact, Amazing detail and awesome lighting effect, the depth is great, good job jairos

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015


reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015
    Oh Jairos; how very wonderful that you should award me with a 6 star status. I am, of course, truly grateful and humbled. Thank you for your sincere support of my work.
Comment from Barb J


I am in love with this drawing! Beautiful execution! Its clean and the lighting speaks volumes. I think you have achieved your goal by capturing its beauty. You are such a talented individual. From one self taught artist, to another.... BELLISSIMO!

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015


reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015
    Barb, Wow. 6 stars is always so appreciated. I am so grateful for your support and your feedback. Thank you so very much.
Comment from Ronnie McClune


Another fantastic piece. I am totally captivated wih work work. The more I study it the more I am impressed, it really is outstanding. You truely deserve your position at the top of the rankings. Could I ask you - how long does it take you to produce suce a drawing ? Once again, thanks for sharing your talent - Ronnie

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015


reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015
    Oh, Wow, Ronnie. Of course you can ask me anything. This particular drawing took me two days. I went out into the bright sunlight to get Marilyn's face drawn to the best of my ability. It was so exciting to draw her, as she is so very beautiful, and spending time with such beauty is amazing. Thank you for this wonderful review, and a 5 1/2 stars blessing is fantastic.
Comment from lannyroff


What more can be said about Ms. Bickston's work. She is a superb artist and seems to have a penchant for very realistic portrayal of movie stars. This is another example of her talent and I remain in awe of her abilities and her wonderful sense of artistic presentation. I enjoyed viewing this picture.

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015


reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015
    Oh Wow, Lanny. Reading your comments has invigorated me so much; like a shot of adrenalin. It must be the ego. I truly thank you for your absolutely amazing review.
Comment from Natures Paparazzi


Excellent excellent art work!!!! I knew right away who it was!!!!! The detail is perfect!!!!! The shading is perfect!!!!! The picture you picked out to draw is a great choice!!!!!

 Comment Written 20-Apr-2015


reply by the author on 20-Apr-2015
    Paparazzi, wow, thank you dear friend. Your review has inspired me to produce more and better work. Thank you.
reply by Natures Paparazzi on 23-Apr-2015
    Well I don't know if it can get any better!!! LOL!!! Your super talented and it was my pleasure!!!!