painting !!

[viatorcr]

I like spring time! love it! I want it! I like painting too! and taking pictures!

[Ash8]

hey nice artwork

[Rob N]

Thanks, do you have any?

[george75]

Thanks grimbeorn !!!! they are from pics i've found interesting !!!! 

[aepplerqueen]

 

Very nice paintings - I love them

[Ace001]

You have some real skill. Keep up the awesome work!

[jeep]

I have not painted in many years as my military carreer did not allow time or space for much of the time but i mainy did graphic works, utilising anything that worked combined. Some pintings had a mix of oils, watercolour, ink, pencil whatever worked to get the effect. I could always get more detail out of a pencil.

[Rob N]

I like the top one (the girl in red on the beach). Very nice, thanks for sharing.

[bulletpr00f_m0nk]

Wow, the artistic talent level in this place is off the charts!

Much impressed...

[taylovely]

Wow! These are all wonderful! *Subtly revives the thread with her own art* I've been painting a lot with nature. Allowing the wind to move the paintbrush, stamping with leaves, leaving watermarks. It has been super fun.

[Rob N]

I love your Truffala Tree forest and the swirly candle one! Very creative, great job.

[taylovely]

Thanks! I took a class in abstraction and got some interesting ideas out of it!

[Rob N]

I've wanted to take some art classes for a while, but I just haven't made the time for it.

On a different note I found some interesting paintings by Justin Gaffrey (http://www.justingaffrey.com/)

[taylovely]

What kind of art classes would you take if you could?

[Rob N]

Personally I would like to learn to paint like the great renaissance masters. By that I would need to learn to paint people realistically, and a more traditional detailed ability with landscapes. My tastes run towards realism and landscapes, but I would like some ability to with buildings just in case. I've had a request for a Cabin in the Woods painting which took me many many renditions to get to an acceptable point.

At the moment my only painting training comes from the wonderful man that was Bob Ross. His quick and easy wet on wet oil painting style was a breeze for me and for many to learn. He left behind some video lessons which I've gone through. There is a local studio of his where they go through and do a painting with you step by step which can be quite educational.

I attached some of my stuff: The Cypress Swamp was from one of the classes, The Secluded Beach is all mine and my best made people yet, The Cabin in the is the final version that I sold, and the Kissimmee Pathway is painted from a picture I took on a hike in Kissimmee, FL.

I do well enough, but I love art, and love having the ability to create beauty and express the beauty that I see in a way that others stop and notice it too. As such I would love to learn any techniques that would help me do so.