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RE: Post your other non-phtographic art here. - Dave - 02-11-2023
Nice work, Natalie and Rich.
Rich, I've never managed a photo of a kingfisher; the photo you saw was probably Don's.
RE: Post your other non-phtographic art here. - Rich - 03-24-2023
After one of our many snowstorms this winter, I was driving by the cemetery and spotted this scene and knew I had to paint it. White scene on white paper is difficult. I titled it "Resurrection".
RE: Post your other non-phtographic art here. - Adamphotoman - 04-28-2023
Nice Rich,
We repurposed a 50+ year old painting I did in high school.
Painted the dining room wall a cheery yellow gold green and it framed it perfectly.
RE: Post your other non-phtographic art here. - Rich - 05-07-2023
Neat! Colors of the painting and mat work well together! Bet it looks great on the wall!
RE: Post your other non-phtographic art here. - Rich - 05-07-2023
We don't get these birds in South Dakota. Photo reference from an art friend in Florida who was a local High School art teacher here.
This is Beauregard Bunting, the first name is French in origin and means beautiful gaze.
RE: Post your other non-phtographic art here. - Dave - 06-04-2023
Rich, I'm sorry I missed this.
Excellent draftsmanship and composition, beautiful colors, and great catch-light in the eye.
Well done!
RE: Post your other non-phtographic art here. - Rich - 06-04-2023
Dave, not to worry, all good. Thanks for the nice comment!
RE: Post your other non-phtographic art here. - Rich - 06-20-2024
Wel, I finally got this watercolor painting done. It is from a photo by Natalie. Natalie, feel free to post your photo if you desire!
Meet Beau Bluebird!
RE: Post your other non-phtographic art here. - Dreamin - 06-20-2024
(03-24-2023, 11:40 AM)Rich Wrote: After one of our many snowstorms this winter, I was driving by the cemetery and spotted this scene and knew I had to paint it. White scene on white paper is difficult. I titled it "Resurrection".
I really like this minimalistic painting! Well done!
(04-28-2023, 03:38 PM)Adamphotoman Wrote: Nice Rich,
We repurposed a 50+ year old painting I did in high school.
Painted the dining room wall a cheery yellow gold green and it framed it perfectly.
Grant, I love the colors in this.
(05-07-2023, 02:56 PM)Rich Wrote: We don't get these birds in South Dakota. Photo reference from an art friend in Florida who was a local High School art teacher here.
This is Beauregard Bunting, the first name is French in origin and means beautiful gaze.
Rich, WOW! Really pops! I've never seen a Beauregard Bunting, but would love to! Really great painting!
(06-20-2024, 03:44 PM)Rich Wrote: Wel, I finally got this watercolor painting done. It is from a photo by Natalie. Natalie, feel free to post your photo if you desire!
Meet Beau Bluebird!
Rich, I think you did a fantastic job on this. I will post the photo, just for reference if anyone forgot. Wonderful!!
RE: Post your other non-phtographic art here. - Dave - 02-23-2025
During a 2-day cleanup of accumulated stuff we no longer need, some things I've been hoping to find for decades. We found:
1) A box of 24 hard pastels. (these date back so far that they cost just $4.50 but current cost for 24 hard pastels is nearly $40
20 Some long-missing Walter Foster art books. Anyone approximately my age who had a childhood interest in art knows of the Walter Foster books, and to me they are treasures. Cost when I bought them in Jr. High and High school was $1.00 to $2.00; now they run $9.00 to $25.00.
3) A falling-apart sketch book dating back to 1965. There were several sketches from this time frame.
4) A mostly unused pad of different colored paper that can be used for pastels, charcoal, drawing, and a few paint media.
Here are some of the sketches and one mediocre watercolor sketch from way back then.
1) A young horse from the late 1960s or early 1970s)...
2) Cowboy and rider working together, about to rope a calf or full-grown steer(same time span as above)...
3) A sketch of mine from 1965, my sophomore year of high school. I think I got the likeness pretty good...
4) Cowboy firing rifle while astride horse (again from 1965)...
5) Watercolor sketch, unsure of date but maybe in the late 1970s or mid 1980s; The bottom 45% of the image is where I was testing colors and values, and I noticed that my brushstrokes were loose and free, put down quickly and left alone. But with the sketch itself I tightened up and produced a horribly overworked mediocre mess.
6) Finally a sketch that my wife Pauline drew of me on Feb 10 1973, 9 months after we got married. The likeness is spot-on, right down to the lame, wispy mustache I was trying to grow then...
It was a real hoot rediscovering these things from so long ago.