well you missed the best music era ever, there was nothing like the 60s and I doubt there ever will be
I'm more of an 80's fan myself, being a teen in that era. But my Dad had plenty of stuff that I used to listen to, everything from Elvis to Mrs Mills
So I do have an appreciation for earlier stuff too
There's a few really good trompe l'oeil painters ..not so much ones that paint wall murals, but actual paintings on canvas. This one for instance - it's hard to tell if any part of it is an actual frame:
John Pence Gallery - Will Wilson
My work is similar in that people do feel they could reach out and pick something up, but that's more to do with conveying the sense of texture and weight, and set in the right lighting than the tromp l'oeil effect.
WOW, that is amazing. I had to click off the link, I honestly thought the squirrel was ready for jumping out at me. You're both extremely talented artists in your own fields
I remember years ago at school, I was probably about 12 at the time. We had a painting competition and I ended up coming third. I'm hopeless at art, but with my entry I put a lot of time into it. It was a painting of a prison in a cell, the bit I was most proud of was the stone wall in the background. I spent hours, slowly building up each layer of colour on the stones so that they almost glistened in different lighting. The prisoner himself looked bloody awful, not good at painting people. I got the third place for the level of detail in the stone wall, which surprised me
I doubt my portraits would be any better now, so I'll leave that to the experts
With abstract, there's some I do like, but most of it I don't. It has to be gentle and restful or have order and meaning.
This is one that I have, and it has order and meaning. It was painted by my friend Jim in LA - it's 34x12" and based on colour order and progression following some rather precise mixing methods, and was one of the first that resulted much larger ones up to around 50"- I love how it gives (to me) an effect of pans of watercolour or pastel that have been partly used. It also consists of some of my favourite blue/green/purples - not a very sharp image though:
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That does look a lot better than the abstracts I've seen before. Things like the works of Picasso really don't do it for me though. For me, a painting should be realistic. But that's just my opinion and I'd never make an Art Critic
I was in the science stream but failed miserable with chemistry, and didn't do a lot better with physics. My knowledge of paint mostly comes from my learning with art related paint.
I used to be part of a small art group & forum based in Boston. The owner is a brilliant painter who is now around 76. He was a very successful illustrator in New York in his 20's and had a Ferrari before he was 25. He's a sought after portrait painter in Boston. He's been a great mentor in everything from the nuts & bolts of materials to careful positioning of colour or under-painting with colour. His company produced the first art oil paint with nanospheres ...amazing molecular behaviour, and originally developed for the auto industry. I still have the firsts test sets of tubed paint, and use the yellow/orange set all the time for things like oranges, apricots.
Their line of in house developed paint and mediums attracted attention and the company was bought out ...and none of the products have been seen in the art world since! Thankfully, he gave me a recipe for a medium that I use all the time, so at least I can make it myself!
I used to love Biology and Chemistry at school. Probably because we had excellent Teachers. My Biology Teacher was an absolute nut case, He'd do impressions of how plants react to light. Then jump up on the desk, hop from one desk to another, showing us how cell membranes are permeable and can absorb different elements. One time he fell off the desk and that was even funnier
As with my kind of painting, the 'rule' is, use a bigger brush than you think you need. Not easy! My husband always uses one smaller than is necessary and makes a long job of it.
I like those designed not to lose bristles ..Harris I think.
I've used the Harris brushes myself, excellent natural bristle brushes. The cheaper brushes are just a false economy, just don't transfer the paint onto the surface as well.
I do hope you're right!
Still could do with more sleep, but it's feeling tired enough to go to sleep - once asleep, I can sleep for 8 hours, but do get up at 10 regardless.
It will happen in time
Well, I just did an image search ....I'm pretty sure I'd be more likely to dream of this character
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Their a great series of films. I love the special effects in them. This is the character, I was dreaming of though :
Hope that's $ and not £ Ian.
Yep British pounds mate. Not a bad price for the Subtank
They'll be bringing out a SS version mate very much cheaper,the present one is Titanium and £250...Crazeeee
That is a bit steep for me
And you said i was Pervy
Nowt wrong with that mate. I've always been strangely drawn to Vampire Babes
