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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2015 21:24:39 GMT
Anyone else do artwork? I cannot paint, tried oils, acrylics, watercolor and the only thing I can do with a brush is paint a barn! But I can draw and for many years did art shows and dog/livestock shows with an art booth, primarily horse and dog portraits, in graphite, colored pencil and pastels. I don't travel anymore, or do shows, but still do some artwork, mostly gifts for friends now, or for myself. Most recently have been doing some memorial portraits for myself ... horses and dogs that are now gone, but still have a place in my heart. I've had animals all my life, but there are some that have been special. This is "Blackjack", poster child for the black mutt 'throwaway pup' I found on the roadside in mid-winter in Montana. He was with me for more than 10 years and the best farm dog I've ever had. This was my personal favorite of all the Rottweilers I owned in 20-some years of raising/training and showing the breed. Originally purchased as a working security dog for my husband, he decided he was going to be *my* dog ... and my dog he remained for the next 12 years. This was a portrait I did of him in his later years, when arthritis and old age was starting to overtake him and he would sneak up and get on my waterbed after I was out doing chores, but his hearing was not as good as it had been and I usually caught him and he always had this typical "Busted!" expression on his face every time.
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Post by Maura on Apr 1, 2015 21:57:21 GMT
Very very nice. How do you do your drawings? Is it all freehand? You know, if you had just a little less pencil you could add watercolor or ink as a tint. Play with it. This is the cover of one of my books. Daisy was either abandoned in the woods or ran away. She developed into a wonderful dog. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 0:36:04 GMT
Very very nice. How do you do your drawings? Is it all freehand? You know, if you had just a little less pencil you could add watercolor or ink as a tint. Play with it. This is the cover of one of my books. Daisy was either abandoned in the woods or ran away. She developed into a wonderful dog. Yes, all freehand although I usually work from reference photos. I like the way you've added color to the background on your book cover. I've not tried to use watercolor or ink washes but I have added some colored accents with colored pencil, like the red in the beer cans in the Blackjack portrait and the butterfly in this foal portrait. This unicorn foal has more color with the wild roses.
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Post by Maura on Apr 2, 2015 16:58:49 GMT
Pretty. You have a talent, for sure.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2015 13:22:39 GMT
Look for painting books online. There are some magazines like Decorative Artists and Paintworks that will take you through the entire process of painting step by step. You will be painting your drawings like an old pro in no time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2015 17:45:03 GMT
Very nice, everyone. Love the first picture, so much expression. Ears look like the grand pups, one, one way, one the other, even turned wrong side out at times. Such a dork. IF both are up, like that ones left ear, he looks like Yoda.
I have no artistic talent at all. I do enjoy and am in awe of those that do. I do a few wood burnings but used an outline traced on the wood. I build things from wood and metal, no plan, just from my head. Even complete cabins from my head. Our niece did a small pencil drawing of our barn at the farm and gave to us. Later she did a bigger water color, it got 1st place at the State fair. It hangs at the pizza shop in town for now....James
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Post by Homesteader on Apr 14, 2015 19:08:33 GMT
I do paint, oils mostly now, but did acrylics at first. Then added watercolor too. Your work is beautiful!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 12:55:42 GMT
Look for painting books online. There are some magazines like Decorative Artists and Paintworks that will take you through the entire process of painting step by step. You will be painting your drawings like an old pro in no time. I actually belonged to an artist's group for a number of years and took lessons both through the club and through the junior college ... watercolor, oils, acrylics. The instructors taught well, step by step, but I simply seem to be unable to translate what I see in my mind's eye to what I can put down on paper/canvas with a brush. I don't have that problem for some reason, with the drawing media and finally decided that was what I would stick with. I do some work with colored inks, pen and ink drawings, but that seems to be the only "liquid" media I can manage well and that is, I'm sure, because I am using a pen to "draw" with. I actually ended up quite good at architectural drafting with the mechanical pens after I took a college class, though I haven't done any of that for many years either.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 3:36:07 GMT
sfm, your talent in drawing is something a lot of painters envy. And lots of artists can be as technically perfect as you (that butterfly!) but not as expressive. Thanks for sharing your work, I've been coming back again and again.
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