Comment from suzannethompson2
Beautiful pastel painting, James, showing the lovely lady sitting at the piano, sipping champagne. Love the expression on her face and the way you've shown the different textures of hair, skin and clothing. The dark background works very well. Excellent light and shade and blending of pastels. Suzanne

 Comment Written 01-May-2018

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reply by the author on 01-May-2018

Thank you so very very much

Comment from iPhone7
Nice work here James. Your talent continues to evolve and grow and it is very noticeable in your recent works. This is an excellent example of what I am talking about. The face of the woman is well done and catches the eye immediately. Her pose is one of elegance and sophistication. The black and white dress and piano makes all the colors more dramatic. Relly well done James ~ Steve

 Comment Written 25-Apr-2018

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reply by the author on 26-Apr-2018

Thank you so very very much it means a lot that you like her once again thank you so very very much

Comment from Linda Wetzel
Jesuel, this is splendid. I love the lighting you created and the skin tones on the figure are super. The piano is so expressive. This scene tells a story of a talented woman in a glamorous setting.

 Comment Written 25-Apr-2018

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reply by the author on 25-Apr-2018

Thank you so very very much

Comment from Susan F. M. T.
James,
A beautiful picture of this elegant young lady sitting at her Piano as she sips Champagne a beautiful smile of pleasure on her face. Created by very skilful draftsmanship beautiful choice blending & application of your colours in bringing this lady to life.
Susan

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 Comment Written 25-Apr-2018

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reply by the author on 25-Apr-2018

Thank you so very very much

Comment from El-mundo
A well structured and composed piece with a strong feel of class and grandeur to it, less explicit (don't take that the wrong way I just can't think of another term!) than a lot of your work I have studied and reviewed, but with all the care and attention to detail that is very much you're signature and quite unique style. I'm not sure if you mean the title to spell "Champagne" or if it's a clever play on words with campaign - but I can't see her in any rush to be campaigning anything haha!! Great depth and careful and well applied use of the pastels, and great proportion and your textbook intricacy in the facial expression and features, particularly the eyes that hint the bubbles are relaxing her somewhat ;) Good contrast of colour between the B/G, the healthy pink hues of her skin tone and the well sketched grand piano, the yellow bubbly in the glass in her hand topping off the piece. Great work :)

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 Comment Written 25-Apr-2018

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reply by the author on 25-Apr-2018

Thank you so very very much