You do water reflections very, very well.
You do water reflections very, very well.
Got me thinking of White Horses.
Chick I was banging at the time said the music's by Leftfield. Just don't quote me on that.
^My memory is of it being one of the few good tracks on their hotly anticipated (after the epic Leftism) but ultimately disappointing 2nd album.
But I have not listened to it in 20 years so might give it a spin
Yeah, it's 'Phat Planet', from their second LP 'Rhythm & Stealth'.
Started painting this one last week plein air as it’s just round the corner from our home in Frinton thinking I could get away with it as it’s a huge area and very few pedestrians as you can see it’s as rough as guts and full of puddles , however one of the local busybodies started going off at me so I just packed up and went home , Incant be arsed with the aggro anymore
oil on box canvas 400mm by 300mm
I'm proud of my 38" waist , also proud I have never done drugs
To do with lockdown here Willy ,, we’re only allowed out for one hours very local excersise now , anything else is taken care of by the local brigade who have little else to do anyway
I was inspired by this thread and nigelandjan's contributions when making my New Year's Resolution for 2021. I like to learn something different each year and decided to attempt to learn to draw this year. I resigned to the fact that I am not an artist many years ago, but with retirement rapidly approaching I thought I would have a go and at least try.
The goal is to paint birds and butterflies using acrylic, but there are a few hurdles that I have to jump, first being to actually be able to draw.
I have a couple of beginner's drawing books and have set aside at least 20 minutes a day for the first hurdle, learning to draw. Half the Lunch break at work seemed like a good idea, so I started on 7th Jan. It's nearly 2 week's later and I have kept up the pace, reaching the dizzy heights of Lesson 14.
I thought I'd have a go at the blue tit I photographed a week or two ago, using some cheap kid's sketch pad and pencils...
It's still a long way to go before I become a budding amateur painter but it's certainly relaxing.
Some great work in here. I can't draw to save my life but I took a shining to techy drawing at school and chose it as one of my subjects.
Today I was asked to draw what I was needing for a storage container with shelving so I knocked up a wee isometric. I was really missing my T-square, set square and isometric paper, but armed with an HB and a piece of card for a ruler, I knocked this up and it was a pain in the arse.
Lang may yer lum reek...
Nice design Dirk.
^ If evenly spaced, then the 160cm measurement should be 164cm.
Material 2cm thick and 84cm from bottom of 1st shelf to top of 2nd shelf.
Gap from top of 2nd to bottom of 3rd should be 80cm. (84cm+80cm=164cm)
...Where is the total width of the shelf?
Always start with a datum and go from there.
Black diamonds? I shit 'em.
No timber required, I't just a rough idea using another container we have as a rough template.
Thanks Bogon, I'm not worried about evenly spaced and slightly larger on the bottom is better. Shelf width is 72cm all round leaving 100cm isle in between.
I took my measurements from the cabin pictured below and I'll submit those pictures with my drawing.
I bagged a mickey mouse ruler this morning at 7/11 and tidied it up a little.
Very good well done , but I wouldn’t limit yourself to acrylics , give oil a try if you can , you only need the three primaries plus a white however having a go with anything is better than nothing .
oil is so much more forgiving and user friendly , well for me anyway , I actually gave my acrylics away I got frustrated with em
keep up the good work ,when you do retire and sit down to paint the time will fly
A few days ago, I saw this picture of the snow in Frinton. I wonder if Nigel was able to get out and about to paint some snow scenes.
It was glad the emotion came through the paint
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