Post YOUR artwork here, cmon !!

[nigelandjan]

BTW here are my paints from Ban Dung + 2 extra brushes I think it set me back about 60 bht for the lot ,, was ok I had some fun with em during the boring nights on the ranch

( Edit handy if I posted the bloody pic ) been a long day

[Marmite the Dog]

I just noticed Marmite ,, in your method of painting did you " mask " that tree out before you painted it ?? or did you ( surely not ) paint round it with your background ??

Just painted around it where the hills are the background. It wasn't difficult.

[nigelandjan]

You done well to do that without a lot of little run backs , mind you with the opaque tree you have put on top it would have been ok without ,, mind you thats the mark of a true watercolourist ,, well done !

[nigelandjan]

Now I,m working on a bit of a mountain range thingy ,, only a very small piece , just from imagination in my head, just trying to do something to show perspective, 75% done will post the process up tonight when I get home after work .

[Marmite the Dog]

I made the mistake of looking in my archives for another photo to paint.

I looked at this and thought 'no chance - way too tricky', but it's been gnawing at the back of my mind that I have to do it.



I'll keep thinking about it for a few days...

[nigelandjan]

Great ! looking forward to it ,,, Tip borrow EG,s biggest wash brush

[daveboy]

I sketched this a few years ago after a rather harrowing night.

[Marmite the Dog]

I sketched this a few years ago after a rather harrowing night.

Sadly, it looks like my mum.

[El Gibbon]

LOLOL I gave him some real student paints, (cotman - W&N student) which will be a huge step up from what he's been using... Don't know if he can get that tonality in the oranges from them.. But have plenty of top grade W&N and Maimeriblu he can try.

Depending on the size of paper he could use a house painting brush just as well for the base washes.


E. G.

[Marmite the Dog]

Great ! looking forward to it ,,, Tip borrow EG,s biggest wash brush

I already bought a 5cm brush!

[nigelandjan]

As promised this morning some pics from my " mountain " ( ish ) pic .

Now this is as you can well see not a great painting , it is just to help give a bit of an idea about how you can achieve a bit of distance in a picture .
As if to emphasise this I have done it on a tiny little bit of paper , about 6" by 4".

Hope it helps a bit .

Here we go , bear with me its just out my head I,m not working from anything , so I lightly sketch a few to be mountains with a 2B pencil .





Then add a bit of a wash in the sky turning me paper upside down to stop it running down the paper .








A few of the far hills washed in lightly then full on with the foreground









Now a little warm green in the foreground to bring it forward












Time to cool down and mist out the background a bit










Few more full on rocks this side of the foreground ,, and hopefully we have a bit of perspective and depth in the picture .

[kingwilly]

And that's an important point too, and one that I'm only just learning, colour is a big factor in perspective (and brush strokes and lines)

[Marmite the Dog]

Time to cool down and mist out the background a bit

How did you achieve that?

[nigelandjan]

The clue is in the picture below that caption ,, in this instance for quickness I used pastels ,, although if I took my time could have done it with washes of weak colour

[kingwilly]

Here's my version, not really 100% happy with it, but it's not bad either.

[nigelandjan]

Bloody hell KW you sure got some distance in them hills mate ,, well done !

[El Gibbon]

Well Done!
Only comment is the vibrant green tends to be the POI...

Assume it is in oil?

E G

[slackula]

Nice one KW

I just noticed that this thread has over 12,000 views. Since I reckon only about half of those are from me having a look to see what nice new things have been posted up it seems that you lot with the skills are pulling in some eyeballs in goodly numbers!

[Marmite the Dog]

The clue is in the picture below that caption ,, in this instance for quickness I used pastels ,, although if I took my time could have done it with washes of weak colour

I'm sure that's cheatering.

[charleyboy]

I'm amazed at some of the 'creations' on this thread.

I also like to be on the look out for 'up and coming' artists like Daveboy!

[kingwilly]

Well Done!
Only comment is the vibrant green tends to be the POI...

Assume it is in oil?

E G

Thanks. Yep, oil. I only painted in the green bush recently because the picture was too plain without.

[kingwilly]

I've been considering painting leaves on that tree, and not. Leaves are difficult to do well, but it sorta looks plain without. I'm tempted to try anyway.

[slackula]

I've been considering painting leaves on that tree, and not. Leaves are difficult to do well, but it sorta looks plain without. I'm tempted to try anyway.

Don't do it!

I said upthread that MtD's version of the tree had something I couldn't put my finger on, yours does too. I realised what it was, Wordsworth's The Thorn (OK there's no lichens and stuff and it's bigger that a 2 yr old kid but still):

III “High on a mountain’s highest ridge,
Where oft the stormy winter gale
Cuts like a scythe, while through the clouds
It sweeps from vale to vale;
Not five yards from the mountain path,
This Thorn you on your left espy;
And to the left, three yards beyond,
You see a little muddy pond
Of water—never dry,
Though but of compass small, and bare
To thirsty suns and parching air.
IV
“And, close beside this aged Thorn,
There is a fresh and lovely sight,
A beauteous heap, a hill of moss,
Just half a foot in height.
All lovely colours there you see,
All colours that were ever seen;
And mossy network too is there,
As if by hand of lady fair
The work had woven been;
And cups, the darlings of the eye,
So deep is their vermilion dye.
V
“Ah me! what lovely tints are there
Of olive green and scarlet bright,
In spikes, in branches, and in stars,
Green, red, and pearly white!
This heap of earth o’ergrown with moss,
Which close beside the Thorn you see,
So fresh in all its beauteous dyes,
Is like an infant’s grave in size,
As like as like can be:
But never, never any where,
An infant’s grave was half so fair.


A wretched thing forlorn!

[blue]

Leaves are difficult to do well,

True , but then the whole bussines looks very tricky indeed.
Everytime I think about getting my unused painting equipment out and having a go here, some bounder raises the bar again ,
our Nigel been the main culprit...

I thought I'd try from the digital painting angle; but even that requires an art grounding I don't have -so many brushes ,washes, pencils , blending modes etc .
I did had a go and enjoyed it very much , but not on a full painting yet.

Still, it has provided a nice outlet for my kleptomania, and have shoplifted several painting programmes .
I have the pro versions of

Corel Painter 12
Art Rage 4
Paint Tool Sai
Sumo Paint Bamboo 2.2
Sketch Book Pro 6
Manga Studio 5
Project DogWaffle Howler 8 ( though only a, slightly , crippled version )


Anyone know of any more ?

[daveboy]

I'm amazed at some of the 'creations' on this thread.

I also like to be on the look out for 'up and coming' artists like Daveboy!

Thanks charleyboy I'm eagerly awaiting my critique.