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Off Topic Area => Other Hobbies => Topic started by: irockhound on April 28, 2017, 09:15:42 AM
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We all have our loves and talents and we all only have so much time in the day to do these things. Graphite sketches, Ink and Oil painting are things that I did growing up and loved which is what led me to being a designer. I miss doing these but I am pretty sure my skills have atrophied from non use. I will have to find some pics of my Oil paintings. I sold and gave away many and in some cases never thought to take a photo first.
When I was about 11 my mom had a full set of Time Life books on the masters of art. I would look through these every day and study Degas, Brugel, Rubens, Sargent, Delacroix, Michelagelo and Rembrandt among many others. Rubens, Delacroix and Michelangelo were my favorites and I would try to draw their famous works. I used to stay up till 2 or 3 in the morning working on a sketch in my teens and loved it.
My later work such as the horses I sketched on plate finish Bristol board which has a polished surface. It brings out a light in the piece such as in the eyes but of course that comes with a dark side in that you can't ever make a mistake. Any eraser used on the paper brings up the tooth in the paper and any graphite put down after that will show the repair. You have one shot at it.
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OMG, Steve! Those are beautiful! :Worthy:
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Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard. :drool:
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Very nice. My mother was an artist. Oil and acrylics. I have a number of her paintings. I had some talent but never kept up with it. I guess you get too busy working and raising a family.
You have some real talent, you should get back
Into it.
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Drool warning indeed!
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Your work is exceptional Steve. No wonder you're able to craft such artistic cabs. Kudos!
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Thanks for the great comments. I really miss it but am almost afraid to see how bad I might be now. I looked through some old boxes of photos and found one of my paintings. This was a 30"x 30" of a hummingbird. The other photo was a painting of my wife before we were married also 30 x 30. She has never let me hang it in our house. Still looking for a pic of a blue-jay I did.
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Holy cow, your skill is impressive! Those are truly beautiful.
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You are very talented. It is a skill you never loose so get back into drawing and painting. You will always regret it if you do not
Karen
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Those are amazing! Thanks so much for sharing. Always keep sketching- it never does go away, just gets a little rusty.
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Very impressive as was the explanation of how hard you worked to master these skills.
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Wow.... those painting are very beautiful ..! :hello2: :hello2: :icon_thumleft:
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wonderful set of skills you've got