Post YOUR artwork here, cmon !!

[nigelandjan]

EG good effort on a new subject matter ,, I love the way you have simplified the background with that colour mix .

Just one little tip / observation if it helps , mix a little cad red / violet colour together to place a shadow underneath it ( not too dark ) and it should jump up off the canvas a bit

[kingwilly]

It looks great!

[El Gibbon]

Nig
Yea, will add it, easy with acrylics. Knew there was something missing lolol

Sometimes you just get too close and miss some important details

[nigelandjan]

Nig
Yea, will add it, easy with acrylics. Knew there was something missing lolol

Sometimes you just get too close and miss some important details

Great well done please post up the " enhanced " version when done .

Its so easy to miss such small important details , I know thats why when I paint I constantly walk away from it then walk back in to look again ,

BTW please from your artistic eye fell free to criticise / offer advice on anything I put up ,, I have lots to learn for sure and I make many mistakes along the way so every bit of help is more than welcome , especially coming from another artist .

Cheers Nigel

[slackula]

Very nice pic EG.

It would be interesting to see you, N&J and KW all do a pic from the same source photo, not in any sort of competitive way but just to see how each of you interpret it in your own styles.

[kingwilly]

Very nice pic EG. It would be interesting to see you, N&J and KW all do a pic from the same source photo,

Actually, they did.

I just havent held up to it and posted anything yet. half a dozen pages back on this thread somewhere.

I'm not in their league anyway.

[slackula]

Actually, they did.

I had a sneaking suspicion that it had been done while I was writing the post, but I wasn't sure if it was my imagination or not.

I'm not in their league anyway.

Says you! Like I wrote, it would be interesting to see how you each see a pic. If you are concerned about not being in their league then add Ant and I to the mix, you'll look like Rembrandt, Michaelangelo and Van Gogh rolled into one next to what we post up!

[El Gibbon]

Well this is the initial study of Marmer's pic of Burma.. was intended as a tonal sketch... two colors UM blue and Permanent Alizarin Crimson , acrylics... Titanium white added for adjusting tones.

Now need to a proper one with the trees that he hacked out of the original.. no sense of composition lolol

E. G.

EDIT: Forgot to add its on a canvas panel about 8 in sq

[Marmite the Dog]

^ I'll try not to spill some beer on it tomorrow night...

[nigelandjan]

Lovely combo of colours there EG ( BTW I would flick that bristle off the canvas ) thats a lovely strong bit of colour , something you and KW have in common , mine tend to be a bit washed out compared to both of you ,, but we all have different styles and see things in different ways .

Its great to see you taking part and I am very much looking forward to seeing your next installment of that picture as it progresses .

BTW as I will be over in October and as I believe you are in Marmites area if there is anything art wise you need bringing from the UK that you cannot get in Thai please give me a shout and I will do my best to bring it over for you ( as long as its not a full size easel ! )

[kingwilly]

Says you! Like I wrote, it would be interesting to see how you each see a pic. If you are concerned about not being in their league then add Ant and I to the mix, you'll look like Rembrandt, Michaelangelo and Van Gogh rolled into one next to what we post up!

Ok, ok, fair call. I wasn't trying to look for compliments, but since you mentioned Ant and his efforts I have to agree with your point.

Well this is the initial study of Marmer's pic of Burma.. was intended as a tonal sketch... two colors UM blue and Permanent Alizarin Crimson , acrylics... Titanium white added for adjusting tones.

Now need to a proper one with the trees that he hacked out of the original.. no sense of composition lolol

E. G.

EDIT: Forgot to add its on a canvas panel about 8 in sq

That's lovely, I really like it.

Lovely combo of colours there EG ( BTW I would flick that bristle off the canvas ) thats a lovely strong bit of colour , something you and KW have in common , mine tend to be a bit washed out compared to both of you ,, but we all have different styles and see things in different ways .

I wouldn't say washed out, more soft or pastel like, in much the way much Japanese art might appear compared to the strong colours used in Chinese art.

[nigelandjan]

Be nice to see QC and some others have a go ,, if only others would realise we can all learn so much from each other from the different viewpoints we have .

It really does not matter how good or bad in our own eyes we think our own work is ,, its just great to share our ideas

[El Gibbon]

Lovely combo of colours there EG ( BTW I would flick that bristle off the canvas ) thats a lovely strong bit of colour , something you and KW have in common , mine tend to be a bit washed out compared to both of you ,, but we all have different styles and see things in different ways .

Its great to see you taking part and I am very much looking forward to seeing your next installment of that picture as it progresses .

BTW as I will be over in October and as I believe you are in Marmites area if there is anything art wise you need bringing from the UK that you cannot get in Thai please give me a shout and I will do my best to bring it over for you ( as long as its not a full size easel ! )

The bristle is imbedded lolol its an older board that I had been playing with grounds on. Didn't want to waste a new board on a potential disaster.

As for the color...hmmmm ANOTHER major difference in using acrylics vs. w-colors is that w-colors dry lighter.. not so with acrylics that dry discerningly darker.

Thanks for the offer of being a pack mule LOL.. I in fact get about 90% of my supplies from Ken Bromley's.

Marmites' area?????? close, about 10 meters in actuality,

E. G.

[kingwilly]

You might well have seen some of Rob,s ( Neo,s ) pics in his Hurst Castle thread , several of them interest me ,, today I have had a quick go at this one ,,,









First up is a pastel rendition of it








Thanks for the inspiration Rob

I would never have thought to paint that picture, but you've done a nice job of it.

[slackula]

Be nice to see QC and some others have a go

lol, I can't even paint a wall white without fucking it up

I accepted long ago that drawing, painting and music are just not things I can do, my noggin just isn't wired that way.

That's probably why I derive so much pleasure from seeing what you guys post up, you are all very modest about your efforts but to someone like me it is really cool to see amateurs do something for the love of it and produce such nice results. I'm not much good at mechanical things either so Hensen's car thread is also fascinating.

[El Gibbon]

OK here is a 5 min rework based on the original photo.... tough to get a really really dark using just the two original colors. Had to add just a touch of Burnt Umber to get a dark that was prominent.

Although the composition sucks ( it was quick and dirty) I think it adds perspective to the amount of distance percieved.... Detail in the foreground provides a basis to judge distances.

Comments?

E. G.

[Gipsy]

I accepted long ago that drawing, painting and music are just not things I can do

Come on, don't be so modest. You've done it before...

[nigelandjan]

TBH ^ Gippo thats a bloody good starting point for a lot of us ,, I guess many of us when we are kids get given one for xmas or birthday,s .

Funny thing was I never had one , and I never asked for one , I really disliked the kinda jigsaw look it ended up with , I think later on they brought out a version you could blend together to take that look away.


EG the strong darks have certainly done the trick , looking good mate ,, mabe I.ll have a go at it with some pastels or watercolour over the weekend .

[nigelandjan]

EG I use KB,s as well , I dont know if you ever use Jackson,s ? they have some very special online offers , its good to know KB,s post out to you ok , mabe in the future we could get together over an order to share post costs etc ,,, just an idea .

If your that close to Marmite you could go round and replace that can of beer in his right hand with a paintbrush , I,m sure I read some time ago he was an art scholar from the past and we could shake a nice landscape out of him


Thankyou QC + KW for the encouraging comments and yes different subjects are there to ring the changes ,, TBH I have one lined up in BLD,s excellent new thread on the PP Island holiday , and as its gonna rain here all weekend just for a change it could well be sooner than later

[El Gibbon]

If your that close to Marmite you could go round and replace that can of beer in his right hand with a paintbrush , I,m sure I read some time ago he was an art scholar from the past and we could shake a nice landscape out of him


Well that would be something.. its a mouse though rather than a beer in his hand most of the time.... but then again he "claims" to be just an innocent bystander...

Computer art is way to flat for me.. no 'depth' in colors, variations etc. even if you add brush strokes you can't get the texture of a good paper or canvas... at least I can't...

He claims to be educated in the arts and it seems so, having been offered a crit or two by him.... I've offered to supply him with everything he needs... but then.... nothing.... Of course he will ask for what I don't have lololol oils

got the pencils, water soluble and regular, oil pastels and tons of different w-color and acrylics... no excuses

[kingwilly]

OK here is a 5 min rework based on the original photo.... tough to get a really really dark using just the two original colors. Had to add just a touch of Burnt Umber to get a dark that was prominent.

Although the composition sucks ( it was quick and dirty) I think it adds perspective to the amount of distance percieved.... Detail in the foreground provides a basis to judge distances.

Comments?

E. G.

It's certainly done the trick in perspective, the additional colour adds a variety of tone and the trees add a bit of interest, featureless hills without anything else in the picture are too boring.

I think it only needed one tree though, on the left. I bit try bashing out something similar but with oils.

[nigelandjan]

Looking forward to your version in oil KW

[El Gibbon]

I think it only needed one tree though, on the left. I bit try bashing out something similar but with oils.

I agree, like I mentioned this was a 5 min bash lolol the idea was to focus and center the POI and emphasize the perspective. Hence the two trees instead of one. Kinda overkill intentionally.

E. G.

[kingwilly]

Fair enough. And I reckon it looks pretty good.

[splitlid]

something I have been playing with today.