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chek101 · Sep 19, 2007, 05:02 AM

Hope this works??

Here is some of my artwork.

The Man standing beside horse and cart was done in acrylics
The Desert Girl (girl from Nat'l geographic cover) done is oils
The mother and baby is my daughter-in-law and my grandson -- painting in oils
The Cannon I built about 12 years ago - construction
The Coach was built the year after the cannon - construction

chek101 · Sep 19, 2007, 05:13 AM

The photos came out too big. You may need to reduce their size so they can appear more sharp. Just click on the minus sign above the photo to reduce the photo till it clears up. I didn't realize this web site had provisions for allowing uploads. I accidentally discovered this just now. LOL! Anyway, enjoy.

Also the Heroes painting (the fireman) was done in oils as well, forgot to state that.

Capuchin · Sep 19, 2007, 05:16 AM

Okay.. great... do you have a question? :o

Capuchin · Sep 19, 2007, 05:17 AM

If you just wish to show your work, than member discussions is probably a better place for it.

shygrneyzs · Sep 19, 2007, 05:17 AM

Those are beautiful pictures. Thank you for sharing them.

firmbeliever · Sep 19, 2007, 05:18 AM

Chek,
Did you say built the coach!!

WoW!

And the desert girl is just like the NATGEO cover... beautiful.
Your acrylic work is so neat, I wish I could do that :)
The mother and baby is so beautiful and realistic.Chek you are very talented...

And the firemen... I can almost hear them.
Thank you for sharing your talent with us... is there anymore?:)

P.S. I couldn't find the Canon?

rpg219 · Sep 19, 2007, 05:24 AM

The painting with your daughter-in-law and grandson is beautiful! Good work :)

RickJ · Sep 19, 2007, 05:25 AM

Wow and WOW again. Very nice, chek!

chek101 · Sep 19, 2007, 05:29 AM

Originally Posted by firmbeliever

Chek,
did you say built the coach!!!

WoW!

And the desert girl is just like the NATGEO cover...beautiful.

Your acrylic work is so neat, I wish I could do that :)

The mother and baby is so beaitiful and realistic.Chek you are very talented....

Yes, I built the coach and the Cannon and a few other things as well like my horses. I enjoyed building the coach. I went to the Library, found a picture of a coach I liked, copied it on their copy machine, took it home, tacked it to the wall of my shop and working from that picture, I built the coach. Glad you liked the work!

Capuchin · Sep 19, 2007, 05:31 AM

I like the desert lady, you captured the eyes beautifully.

Could you get higher res pictures?

firmbeliever · Sep 19, 2007, 05:43 AM

I think Cap, if you could give instruction on the how to do it(high res pics on the forum)... it might help Chek..

chek101 · Sep 19, 2007, 05:51 AM

Originally Posted by firmbeliever

I think Cap, if you could give instruction on the how to do it(high res pics on the forum)...it might help Chek..

I did notice that high res photos can easily be reduced when you, the viewer, views the photo. Just click on the small minus sign ABOVE the actual photo (in the same frame). Click on the minus sign till it reduces the size and the picture clears up.

Also I tried to get the cannon photo posted 3 times but it didn't work, Also I tried to include a picture of the drawing, I worked from when Ibuilt the coach. I'll try again, but if it doesn't show up here that'll be a mystery to me because all the other ones did and they are all the same size. Hmmmmm... weird. Anyway here goes... trying to attch now.

Capuchin · Sep 19, 2007, 05:55 AM

I'm not talking about the size, but the quality. There are visible large artifacts as a result of compression which somewhat spoils the beauty of an art work (which for me is in the fine detailing and brushwork).

You might be limited to 5 attachments per post, by the way :)

firmbeliever · Sep 19, 2007, 06:00 AM

I agree with you Cap..

chek101 · Sep 19, 2007, 06:14 AM

Originally Posted by Capuchin

I like the desert lady, you captured the eyes beautifully.

Could you get higher res pictures?

No, you can't submit high res pictures here; there is a maximum of how big your photo uploads can be. The photo uploads I posted were originally very high res photos but I had to use the photo converter (the one suggested on this web site) to convert the photos to meet the photo size requirement for posting. Most of my photos went in OK, but there are a few that just won't go in because even though I followed the same procedure for reducing them using the photo converter, they were not accepted and therefore un-postable. What gets me is one of those photos was an even smaller res than the rest of them to begin with. I don't get it, but there's not much I can do about it except go by the guide lines.

Btw, when I posted this posting in the Spirituality section, I did so because it was suggested I do that. Otherwise I would not have posted it there. I was responding to a request made by one of the people I was talking to on that board.

firmbeliever · Sep 19, 2007, 06:23 AM

That would be me,:)
I suggested it because you needed help and I thought posting your work and going from there will help you in some way.

I don't think the admin and Mods knew the reason... ;)

RubyPitbull · Sep 19, 2007, 06:28 AM

Great stuff! Thank you for sharing!

chek101 · Sep 19, 2007, 07:18 AM

Thank you all for your kind comments. It is appreciated and I just want to say, "Have a nice day!"

chek101 · Sep 19, 2007, 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by firmbeliever

That would be me,:)
I suggested it because you needed help and I thought posting your work and going from there will help you in some way.

I dont think the admin and Mods knew the reason...;)

That's OK... I don't have a problem with it. How cool is that cannon? Also here is a portrait (being done in beads) of my son and his new bride on their wedding day last Dec 31st. This portriat is being done in very teeny tiny beads, but not yet finished. They are those little black specks along side the photo along with the needle and thread. This will use some 47,000 beads when completed. Right now there are about 28,000 beads there.

templelane · Sep 19, 2007, 07:35 AM

Can I ask some technical questions just out of curiosity?

Do you work from photos? If so how do you enlarge the image? Is it just by eye are do you square up/ explode photos?

You are incredably talented, and creative. Beads as a media astounds me - where did you get the idea. What's the support?

I'll have to pick your brains about oils sometime, I always use acrylics but would like to branch out as they lack the warmth and depth that you can achieve with oils. Don't know where to start really (they were banned at home and school/college when I was younger).

So impressed by the way!