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heh, id probably create a crime against art if i tried to paint clouds like that, i aint a good painter and culdnt do em justice i reckon.
ill post some photos tho.
Yay! We get great sunsets and sunrises here in Kansas too, but I'm never up early enough to see them. I've only gotten to once, and I work right after school so I never get to see the sunset. It sucks
This is the first time we have had ice like that though, heck that's the first time we have had an ice storm!! Normally it's just snow and we rarely get much snow. We got 8 inches now though >.< I'm gonna be screwed trying to drive... i think my car is like 6 inches off the ground!!! This should be interesting...
Wondering if any artists on the site do American old west art. I would like to know what type ponchos were worn before the time of "Clint Eastwood" movies!!!!! LOL Wool-flannel, no pattern, over the head or slung over shoulder??? Thanks ahead of time for information. I have searched the internet but keep coming up with the ones with pattens and not like I am thinking would have been worn on a daily basis in the old west days here in the U.S. If any of you have paintings or sketches of such that would be authenitc style for the era, would you post your work and share with us?
It's been awfully quiet on this thread for awhile. Not the many posters that we used to have here. At 1,500 posts this thread is done. I hope that it will not simply die here and that we can finish it out with quality instead of quantity concerning posting of works of art and the discussions about the same. Hopefully, another thread will be started when this one is finished. Having a thread just simply devoted to art, artists and what we do seems to be a really worthwhile subject area that is worthwhile to continue.
By the way, my post here is #1367 in case anyone wants to know where we are at in terms of the count.
Wanted to share the commission piece I just finished. I posted earlier, part of it in progress. I had hoped to do a detailed work in progress of it but my photos didn't turn out as clear as I had hoped because of lighting. A photographer, I am not! Sadly. I do fairly well with a 33 mm but this new digital one, not as well.
This piece is called "Breezy Point Bungalow". This is one of many bungalows on a stretch of land just off of Long Island, New York. A gal's friend grew up in this bungalow and it is still owned by the family. She wanted this drawing to give as a gift to her friend but wanted changes made from the photograph I was given of it as it is today, to how it was in the early 1950's. I was told to leave out plants and replace with sand and sea shells, use the narrow door, not the one there now. Add a wagon as each bungalow always had one to use while marketing. The flag was important to the family and from photos I saw earlier, other bungalows flew a flag also. The gal wanted the old railing, not the existing one, and the patio furniture used in the 1950's, not what was in the photo given me but she was able to provide enough for me to know how to do the furniture. The bungalows are side by side so does not look like this drawing if you saw it in person but the gal requested I leave out all other structures and just have sand around the bungalow. She requested asbestos siding rather than the new siding that is now on there so I photographed a house with that type of siding so I could look at the detail, not being familiar with it. Also, I posted earlier a little bit on this and mentioned needing to research the shells that would be local to that area and Firmbeliever was kind enough to do that research and posted links for me to view. Thank you FB so much. That was a great help. You are always such a blessing!
Others have been encouragers and I appreciate it. The drawing took a minimum of 33 hours drawing time, that is "pencil to paper" time. The original measures 15" by 10 1/2". I don't charge for the research time, going to photograph siding, studying the structure, just the drawing time only.
Thank you FB for starting this thread. I hope we do see it go out at 1,500 posts with many more postings of art work! Each of you who have posted, have brightened my day and inspired me to create more and better art work. Thanks to each of you!
P.S. I need some help guys!! If any of you are online right now please respond with your opinion!! I have only a few hours to decide what I'm going to paint out of the ice pictures that I posted the other day. I decided I'm posting one of those but I don't know which one!! I'm thinking the one with the building behind the tree, but I don't know how much of it I could get done before friday (this is for my art class and my last day of school is friday!! I need my grade up fast!!)
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