Post YOUR artwork here, cmon !!

[nigelandjan]

Your composition is good on this one; the perspective leads the eye into the subject and it is counterbalanced nicely by the water in the right foreground. You have made and effort to repeat the angles of windmill blades in the roof lines - repitition of shape is good. Nice effort.

Praise indeed , thankyou very much ,, allthough if I am to be truthful much of what occurred ,, did just that , it occurred , but nevermind I have learnt from what you have said for future missions.

Anyway as it stands the scores on the doors 1 0


BTW after this little challenge you can post up a pic that does inspire you , and I will try my best shot at it with you .

[nigelandjan]

A little progress to report on the ongoing oil job at the moment ,, the problem here is I am at the stage of glazing various areas ,, this in effect is using paint with transparent values mixed up with various carrying mediums thinly on and then virtually wiped off again , you can see one area I have been busy in on the l/h side of the little bridge moving in toward the /h side top in effect putting this area to shade , but transparently so we can still see under the glaze , in effect making the light side lighter without doing anything to it other than making the dark , darker.

This process will take a while untill I darken it to my liking , dont forget when you paint its your individual painting so YOU do what you like ,, others will have an opinion , fair enough we aint all gonna like the same thing .

Done a bit of work on the reflections , in that black area near the left of the bridge I will put a pile of rocks ,, some highlights and shadows to go into the river, today but then I just have to wait for each glaze to dry untill I'm done .

In this weather here a light glaze takes about 4 or 5 dayse to dry enough to get the next one on top .

Cheers happy painting !

[kingwilly]

That's looking really good mate.

[nigelandjan]

Thanks S.will , its been a busy weekend for me and I have really enjoyed every minute , a fair bit of painting done . I have also done a fair bit more to this one since I posted it, a fair bit of pushing and pulling , you know how it is with oils , you have the time to re adjust it all . main problem I have this time of the year is light , or indeed the lack of it , so it all has to be crammed into the weekend.

To the poster who has greened me today , ( your id,s safe ) firstly thankyou for your comments and secondly please contribute and join in with your work , it will be great to see .

I have been absolutely thrilled at the amount of views and interest shown in this thread , if anyone is thinking I would like to have a go but dont know where to start , please by all means just have a go at your interpretation of anything I have put up on here. You would be surprised how differently we all view the same scenes .

[kingwilly]

couple more old ones that I found photos of.

[sunsetter]

quick scetch with a sharpie excuse the dates for fortrhcoming trang trip

[nigelandjan]

Blimey S.will thats some wild event going on there ! well done is it watercolour ?

Sunny thats just not really entering into the spirit of it mate ,, what happened to those coloured pencils you was getting ? All that time in Thailand now you really should have some beauties for us to enjoy

Try not to get the next onw on the shopping list please

[kingwilly]

Blimey S.will thats some wild event going on there ! well done is it watercolour ?

A bit extreme, I agree. I think I based it on a photo of a real event, however.

Oil on card, again.

It was a bit of an experimentation, and while I'm so so happy with it, I think there's areas that could be better.

[Humbert]

Anyway as it stands the scores on the doors 1 0

It ain't sports mate

[sunsetter]

Sunny thats just not really entering into the spirit of it mate ,, what happened to those coloured pencils you was getting ? All that time in Thailand now you really should have some beauties for us to enjoy

quick scribble while having a gander at the door mate ill have a go on the moro if i get time

[nigelandjan]

Just to keep a bit of interest going for those who like to have a peep ,, this is a watercolour I did 10 years ago ,, sorry bout the flash

[kingwilly]

I never really rated water colours before, but these pics of yours are making me change my mind JanandNigel.

[slackula]

I never really rated water colours before

It's a funny old world isn't it? I've always preferred to look at watercolours over oils (with my untrained and talentless eyes).

Anyway, N+J I find your gentle, unassuming style very pleasing viewing, Loy Toy will be a lucky man to have some of your fine work on his walls.

[nigelandjan]

Thanks indeed QC and KW ,, do you know for years I positively hated watercolours ,, just through ignorance really as I had never even tried em ,, anyway bout 15 years ago I had my first shot.

Oh dear ,, I very nearly ended up throwing it all in the bin ,, its so much harder IMO than oils or pastels ,, there is no second chance in watercolour ( strictly speaking ) you really cannot either go over or correct anything , its a one go live performance.

Also I dont know if you are aware but there is no WHITE colour in watercolour painting any white you see in a picture is purely reserved colour , so you have to look after those areas very carefully.

I will try and do a stage by stage picture ( s ) of me doing one to explain sometime on here , also if I can I will try and do a small video also on here for interested parties.

Cheers

[kingwilly]

I will try and do a stage by stage picture ( s ) of me doing one to explain sometime on here , also if I can I will try and do a small video also on here for interested parties.

I would be interested.

[nigelandjan]

Well it has to be said after all the master advice from the Humbleone he is a tad slow in coming forward to the gallery with his masterpiece ,,,,,,,,,,, not finding it so easy there o humbleone ??

Cmon where is that masterpiece of yours ? shake it out from your easel

[nigelandjan]

Never quite so easy is it when faced with that pure white blank canvas ?

[blue]

Do you ever paint people or animals Nigel ?
or do you just prefer landscapes .

[kingwilly]

Well it has to be said after all the master advice from the Humbleone he is a tad slow in coming forward to the gallery with his masterpiece ,,,,,,,,,,, not finding it so easy there o humbleone ??

Cmon where is that masterpiece of yours ? shake it out from your easel

Eh? Are you referring to me, I don't recall giving out much advice, given as Grade 11 Art class is about as far as I go. And as for producing more, I'm interested but currently snowed under with work and can't see myself getting a chance any time soon(ish).

But I did find a couple of blanks canvas frames in the back room that I've dragged out, and I did find a large tube of titanium white oil paint....

Purchase a couple more colours and a few brushes and I might just be in business...


edit, I see he's referring to Humbert...

[Humbert]

Well it has to be said after all the master advice from the Humbleone he is a tad slow in coming forward to the gallery with his masterpiece ,,,,,,,,,,, not finding it so easy there o humbleone ??

Cmon where is that masterpiece of yours ? shake it out from your easel

I don't own an easel. If I actually felt the need, which I don't, to respond to your goading I would have to go out and make a substantial investment in oil painting supplies. You are just going to have to wait to see my paintings when and if I choose to do some. I see by your sarcasm that you are still smarting from my comments. Chill out.

[nigelandjan]

^ Cmon Humbleone ,, not smarting at all ,, just gently coearsing you into responding with the equipment you said you had gone out and bought a couple of weeks ago.

Neither do I own an easel ,, just a term of endearment ,,,,,,chill out and paint

I am sure you can ?

[nigelandjan]

Do you ever paint people or animals Nigel ?
or do you just prefer landscapes .

Deffo prefer landcsapes mate , but will dig out a couple if I can find em ,, thought I had posted an oil of a tiger before somewhere on here , but will try and look for it .

Its not very good ,, but its original

[kingwilly]

ut will dig out a couple if I can find em ,, thought I had posted an oil of a tiger before somewhere on here , but will try and look for it .

Its not very good ,, but its original

yep, landscapes are a very different technique to people or animals...

[Humbert]

just gently coearsing you into responding with the equipment you said you had gone out and bought a couple of weeks ago.

I bought some oil pastels which I hate. I have to use brushes. I have no control over detail with oil pastels and I don't like the fact that you can't put light opaque colors over dark colors. I know oils. I don't do watercolor because I have not done much of it and have no confidence in the medium. I can do airbrush with tempera but I no longer own the equipment. I really need to go out and buy a shit load of oil painting supplies to do this the right way.

[kingwilly]

I really need to go out and buy a shit load of oil painting supplies to do this the right way.

agreed, and oil paints, knives and brushes aint that cheap.