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  • Sep 24, 2007, 03:47 PM
    firmbeliever
    The Artist in you!
    "Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his nature into his pictures."
    - Henry Ward Beecher

    For all those who are creative in art-
    Be it painting in acrylics,oils,guache,crayons, pencils,pen,ink or charcoal.
    Or any other medium

    We would love to see your art!



    Disclaimer:It is upto each of you to protect your original works from being copied,please do take the neccessary steps to stop piracy of your work.
  • Sep 24, 2007, 04:12 PM
    chek101
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    [QUOTE=firmbeliever]"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his nature into his pictures."
    - Henry Ward Beecher

    We would love to see your art!

    Hi Firm,

    Well, I already posted some of my stuff to this site but I'll put it up here again, then go look for some new things. First four are paintings: 1) SAHARA - oils, 2) TRANSITION - acrylics , 3) "ZI" a painting done in oils of my daughter-in-law and my grandson - oils, 4) my HEROES painting doen in oils, 5) Beadwork, these are just a few of the dozen or so beaded portraits of the State stamps that are completed, I am doing all the states.
  • Sep 24, 2007, 04:18 PM
    firmbeliever
    Thanks Chek,
    Love to see more of your work!
  • Sep 24, 2007, 04:21 PM
    chek101
    Say Firm... here's a cool name for this folder, "Wherefore ART thou?" LOL!
  • Sep 24, 2007, 04:23 PM
    firmbeliever
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    Here's a handmade card I did sometime back.
  • Sep 24, 2007, 04:24 PM
    nauticalstar420
    Stick figures is probably the extent of my artistic abilities, but you guys have done some beautiful artwork!
  • Sep 24, 2007, 04:30 PM
    firmbeliever
    Thanks Erika.
    My card is all cut from paper and stuck on a card and some out lines in pen.
    Its not even finished well, but that's what I had on the PC at the moment.
    Even if it is stick figures, I would love to see them.

    Chek, that's a good header for this thread!
  • Sep 24, 2007, 04:33 PM
    chek101
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    A few more beaded state stamps here. There are 24,000 beads in each one. I have some others and will post them here too. That third one is a beaded Woman of the desert. The fourth beaded image is a piece I am doing for my son and his new bride. I worked this pattern up from a photo I took on their wedding day. When it is finished it will contain 47,000 beads. The photo makes the piece look small but that's misleading, because it really is a large work. Those tiny black things next to it, bottom right, are the beads not yet threaded on the needle.
  • Sep 24, 2007, 04:43 PM
    chek101
    That card is so cool!! I like the clean lines and the colors top it off nicely. I bought a ton of special paper to make cards with. I love cards... I have tons saved.
  • Sep 24, 2007, 04:53 PM
    JoeCanada76
    Proud is very talented in the art department but how can you guarantee that nothing will be copied?

    Anyway, Hopefully one day she will actually get her art and talent looked at.

    Excellent art so far on this thread. For myself I enjoy drawing buildings and making art with my food. Lol

    Joe
  • Sep 24, 2007, 04:55 PM
    nauticalstar420
    You guys should edit your photos with your name or a distinguishing mark, so people know it belongs to you and can't steal it.
  • Sep 24, 2007, 05:00 PM
    chek101
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    [QUOTE=firmbeliever
    We would love to see your art!


    Ok, here are some of the things I've built. All are life-size.

    Photo 1) Turn of the century Double-suspension brougham (horse-drawn carriage)

    Photo 2) The drawing I worked from to build it. Got the drawing from the library.

    Photo 3) This is a replica of the 1857 Bronze Napoleon 12-pdr (Civil War Cannon)
  • Sep 24, 2007, 08:47 PM
    METERRE
    Those are some wonderful pictures. I've never done anything like that, but I wish I could.
    I'd post a picture or two of my few water color paintings, but as I mentioned I gave them away as gifts so I don't have them with me. I do have one or two. I'll take a picture of one which is drawn in pencil, and has water color border. I know, it's not the best art but I try.
  • Sep 24, 2007, 10:09 PM
    METERRE
    http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...1190693149.jpg

    Oops I had posted it on the other post. But here it is again. The real thing is more vibrant in color but my cell phone blurred it a little. So as I was saying, I drew the face with a regular pencil and painted the border in water colors.
  • Sep 24, 2007, 10:25 PM
    cal823
    Once I put a mark or something on the photos ill post mine up, if you guys would like to see them... im not very good though.
  • Sep 24, 2007, 10:26 PM
    nauticalstar420
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by cal823
    once i put a mark or something on the photos ill post mine up, if u guys wud like to see em.....im not very good tho.

    I would love to see them! :)
  • Sep 24, 2007, 11:16 PM
    cal823
    Aaww I hope you guys like them, well until then here's one of them
    <<<<<< my dp :) did it with square pastels
  • Sep 25, 2007, 12:25 AM
    Clough
    You are saying that you created your avatar, cal?
  • Sep 25, 2007, 12:27 AM
    Clough
    [QUOTE=chek101][QUOTE=firmbeliever
    We would love to see your art!


    Ok, here are some of the things I've built. All are life-size.

    photo 1) Turn of the century Double-suspension brougham (horse-drawn carriage)

    photo 2) The drawing I worked from to build it. Got the drawing from the library.

    photo 3) This is a replica of the 1857 Bronze Napoleon 12-pdr (Civil War Cannon)[/QUOTE]

    What did you use to make the cannon, please?
  • Sep 25, 2007, 03:21 AM
    cal823
    Yep I created my own avi :) hehe
    The pic was part of a pair of pics same size, the other one is a chick with pink/red hair :) lolz
  • Sep 25, 2007, 04:21 AM
    rpg219
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by nauticalstar420
    Stick figures is probably the extent of my artistic abilities, but you guys have done some beautiful artwork!


    I'm with you nautical :o... no talent in me so far
  • Sep 25, 2007, 04:25 AM
    firmbeliever
    Meterre,
    I loved the border of your painting.

    Cal,
    Show some more of your art will you:)

    Hey Joe,
    Would love to see Proud's art.
    Put something on the painting (using Photoshop etc)like a signature across the painting before uploading on the net.(maybe someone who knows graphics and such can suggest a way to protect the art?)

    Clough,
    Wheres your art... I have heard you are an artist ;)
  • Sep 25, 2007, 04:31 AM
    rpg219
    About protection of the art work... all you have to do is make c with a circle around it and your initials... if someone copies it, they would be committing copyright infringement... local copy shops know not to break the copyright law
  • Sep 25, 2007, 04:39 AM
    firmbeliever
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by rpg219
    about protection of the art work...............all you have to do is make c with a circle around it and your initials.......if someone copies it, they would be committing copyright infringement....local copy shops know not to break the copyright law

    Does that C represent any legal documents proving it is copyrighted work?
    For example, if I copied someone's work and put C on it, how do they prove that it is not my work?

    Thanks
  • Sep 25, 2007, 05:24 AM
    firmbeliever
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    Here's just a sketch in pen...

    I do not mind these being copied.. :)
  • Sep 25, 2007, 07:41 AM
    benn11
    :)

    That's the best I can do
  • Sep 25, 2007, 12:37 PM
    METERRE
    Simple yet nice. Sometimes art doesn't need to be this really super complex thing, to be beautiful or fine. Sometimes simple means fine, as long as it's neat or has quality or a message... oh you know what I mean.
    That sketch can definitely become a good work of art, perhaps if you add a touch of color... not too much, to keep it neat and simple. Or perhaps add something happening around it or just something.
    And I'd buy it.
  • Sep 25, 2007, 12:45 PM
    chek101
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by firmbeliever
    Here's a handmade card I did sometime back.

    I LUV this! Your space, colors and lines are dead-on! Wonderful work!! Anymore?
  • Sep 25, 2007, 12:55 PM
    chek101
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by METERRE
    http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...1190693149.jpg

    Oops i had posted it on the other post. But here it is again. The real thing is more vibrant in color but my cell phone blurred it a little. So as I was saying, I drew the face with a regular pencil and painted the border in water colors.

    I like this, Met; your colors work well. I would enjoy seeing some more of your stuff. I wish I could keep things simple but I'm not happy unless I spend another sleepless night trying to figure out a way out of the usual corner I painting myself into that day. Some times I just go at things with head down and at break neck speed. Art is thinking. I need to practice that part more.
  • Sep 25, 2007, 01:07 PM
    chek101
    [QUOTE=Clough]
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by chek101

    What did you use to make the cannon, please?

    I don't have a metal working shop, only a wood shop (or used to have that is), so everything I built was usually made from 99 % wood. The cannon barrel is wood and only weighed 85 lbs, each wheel weighed 95 lbs. A friend of mine had a cool lathe he built himself and I went over there and we worked together on his lathe till I got the shape I wanted. I was hand-honing it before that, but after 2 weeks and seeing how little progress I was making, I gave my buddy a call. The metal strips around the wheels, I got from an iron smithy who made them to my specs. The rest I did myself.

    The coach was real fun to make. I will put up some more pictures of her where you can see the work in progress, also some pics of the other things I built in progress. The hurricane tore the coach up some, but I mended her and she came back together OK.
  • Sep 25, 2007, 01:07 PM
    firmbeliever
    Thanks,
    There's few more, but it needs to uploaded into my PC.
    Maybe in a week or so.:)
  • Sep 25, 2007, 01:08 PM
    chek101
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by cal823
    yep i created my own avi :) hehe
    the pic was part of a pair of pics same size, the other one is a chick with pink/red hair :) lolz



    LOVE IT!!
  • Sep 25, 2007, 01:40 PM
    chek101
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    [QUOTE=firmbeliever]"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his nature into his pictures."
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    Here are different pics of the coach. I have also included a shot of her in construction. I painted her red just to get a protective layer on her because she has to stay out in the weather while I work on her.

    Pic 1) construction of the coach
    Pic 2) a bit of the interior visible
    Pic 3) that's my boy Drac up top driving his ladies (female vamps inside coach).
    Pic 4) this is one of four horses I built the year before to pull the coach
  • Sep 25, 2007, 02:07 PM
    chek101
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    [QUOTE=firmbeliever]"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his nature into his pictures."
    - Henry Ward Beecher


    Here's the Sunset picture I loved so much, the one I shot at my son's house on Thanksgiving. I shot several pictures that day. The first 2 look identical but they are shot 20 minutes apart. The others were all shot in the next hour. I don't know if I can post them all in this post might have to put the others in another post. There are 7 photos in all I shot that day of this unbelievable sunset.
  • Sep 25, 2007, 02:10 PM
    chek101
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    [QUOTE=firmbeliever]"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his nature into his pictures."
    - Henry Ward Beecher

    For all those who are creative in art-
    Be it painting in acrylics,oils,guache,crayons, pencils,pen,ink or charcoal.
    Or any other medium

    And here's the remaining two shots:
  • Sep 25, 2007, 02:20 PM
    chek101
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    [QUOTE=firmbeliever]"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his nature into his pictures."
    - Henry Ward Beecher


    This painting was done on an 4 ft by 8 ft piece of plywood. My union office asked me to paint it for them.
  • Sep 25, 2007, 02:26 PM
    chek101
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    [QUOTE=firmbeliever]"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his nature into his pictures."
    - Henry Ward Beecher


    This was a large mural that my boss asked me to do for the lobby on the first anniversary of September 11th. It was roughly 20 ft long. The photo of the painting I put up before showing the firemen/heroes painting... well that picture was actually taken from this mural; it was a close up shot of the one below of the fireman poster that was painted into this mural. The fireman painting is actually 24" x 36" here. This is supposed to depict the ghost of a fireman and a female cop standing beside a postal worker who is looking at the poster on the wall. One of my co-workers asked that I make one of the people in the mural a person of color, so to cover all the bases, I made the policeman a female person of color. Note: the post office cap in the workers hand.
  • Sep 25, 2007, 02:41 PM
    firmbeliever
    Wow Chek... you art is wonderful... in all its forms:)
  • Sep 25, 2007, 03:03 PM
    chek101
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    Quote:

    Originally Posted by firmbeliever
    Wow Chek.....you art is wonderful........in all its forms:)

    Thanks Firm, I guess I'm just a stickler for details is all.

    The next couple of photos I am going to put up are of my very favorite thing of all time... Tyrannosaurus Rex!! These first two shots are of the article that I read in my local papers about T-Rex Sue; she's what got me wanting to build her. I feel so sorry for the people who found her and worked on her for 2 YEARS digging her out of the mountain pice by piece only to have the government come and take her from them on some phoney baloney charge. Greed! Anyway, I liked her stance in these pictures they had in the papers. I figure if I build her in that pose, I could keep her height more manageable for me to work with. So, they're the pictures I decided to go buy. The next post will show how far I got on Sue before I had to stop. I just got the inner structure done and that was all.
  • Sep 25, 2007, 03:08 PM
    chek101
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    And here is as far as I got.

    Pic 1) what I was striving for in stance.
    Pic 2) her head almost 5 ft long, hand carved teeth
    Pic 3) had to stand in my neighbor's yard to take this pic... Sue was LONG! 45 feet long.

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