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Other Stuff => Your other hobbies => Topic started by: shooter on January 08, 2017, 08:28:48 pm
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I have been Blest with some amazing hobbies, Rock-climbing, beating up jeeps, High-pointer, multi-day back-packing, teaching…; alas, painting and electronics are the last 2.
My son Matt n me developed a “google translator” for major chords and primary colors, my genre is primitive, abstract. Akin to Avanguard music style According to the translator :icon_biggrin:
I started painting because I didn’t think it was right that only well-off folk could afford “good art”, Blue-collar box throwers appreciate good art, and will not hesitate to let you know; “dude, that isn’t working”.
The piece I’m doing now,15" X30" oil on canvas, best viewed at eye level, 6' away, halogen, indirect light. (my stage set-up :icon_biggrin:) stems from spending some quality desert time in ’13. Ya, ya, I’m a slow starter
This piece is 90% there after about 2 hrs canvas time. Now I have 90% more work ahead! The green works just fine for me, but my box thrower buddy will find that a bit of a stretch. So I’ll be using a technique of layering translucent paint, maybe as may as 12 layers, possibly 3 different colors, for a more “desert” look. When I asked my Instructor “how many layers is normal?” classic PRR response “As many as it takes”, I paid $300 for that wisdom :think1:
Since Doug started it, I’ve added my other genre;
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> more “desert” look.
Here on the coast, that would be sold as a "seascape".
I guess it is fine to fill multiple markets.
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"seascape".
The benefit of abstract art :icon_biggrin:
Here in the corn, if it don't look like a tractor or a kitten, it probably won't sell, hell, you can't even give it away!
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I really like the 'contemplation' piece...it draws me in.
You did a great job of bringing life to that image.
Nice work Sir.
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Thanks SG,
I had just got picked up by a local Gallery(early2000's), loading the car with some works and my wife says "you can't take that", I'm like, honey, She's asking what I was listing it for, I told her, and she paid!!
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-Is it her? (in the picture)
-Did she take the money out of your wallet?
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No, but while I painted, I often thought that's probably how she "thought" after marrying me :laugh:
and NO, we are both 2nd round so money wasn't gonna be "an issue" tween us.
This is the 2nd of the 3 painting series, Her Son, my stepson wound up with it.
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A painters version of Noodlin;
The sum of in/out from my 6SN7 driver
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Shooter those are really nice works!! Well done young man!
Jim
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young man!
That my friend is a relative term :laugh:
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Thx JJ, I got it finished, but cannot get a pic that doesn't lose major features! tried 3 cameras!
below the horizon is just "blah" in the image, the red/orange horizon is all but washed out!
finished up a 2nd one also, but like amps, they are really never done as long as you have them! :laugh:
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WOW Shooter
you are really an artist :bravo1:
Ilike all your painting jobs
but this is REALLY VERY COOL :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
(http://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=21390.0;attach=62999;image)
Franco
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thanks Franco, Painting, like music, Is an ever evolving process. Some days I get mud, some days I get lucky, but when inspiration strikes, call in sick :laugh:
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BTW the SimSumShine remember me Andy Warhol
Franco
p.s.: My mother, when she was alive, loved a lot to paint
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My mother, when she was alive, loved a lot to paint
My artistic ability came from my Mom, she got me supplies, encouragement, but we were very poor, so my Dad kept pushing me to math/science, in the end, they both "Got it right" :icon_biggrin:
SimSumShine
I was working on an amp, I used my scopes feature to take 2 sine wave, and add them into a 3rd sinewave, then my brain went sideways and an hour with paint program, walla!
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It's super cool stuff shooter. Your projects are all fun and interesting. Thanks for sharing the painting, I actually really like the sky meets earth one there. Has a cool just before a storm vibe to it !
-Brett
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Enjoyed this post and seeing your talent ! :worthy1:
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Has a cool just before a storm vibe to it !
Thanks Brett. It's an "image" in my mind from a trip to NM in '13, I just went in the desert with tent for 3 days. I just "tweaked" it some more a couple days ago, I can't get a pic that looks anything close :BangHead:
talent
that my friend is subjective :icon_biggrin:
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Those look really cool, I could imagine seeing them in a cafe or something similar.
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I could imagine seeing them
thanks. You make the sale you get half :laugh:
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winter inspires boredom, boredom leads to a creative mind :icon_biggrin:
this piece just fell into place, maybe 20minutes easel time so far.
I'm not a realist, modern cameras got that niche covered!
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When I asked my Instructor “how many layers is normal?” classic PRR response “As many as it takes”, I paid $300 for that wisdom :think1:
I reread the thread and saw this. I had a hearty laugh. When I ask my Wing Chun instructor if I defended an attack properly he says, "Did you get hit?" When I ask what counter attack would be best he says, "Yes" And on top of this wisdom, I'm PAYING this guy to beat me up every week....
Man you have some great talent there. Very nice work!
Jim
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I'm PAYING this guy to beat me up every week....
Then you have great instructor :laugh:
I taught RockClimbing, when I got a new kid, I'd put them on the wall, within 5 minutes I knew if they were serious, if so, I handed them a 25lb pack, told them to wear it for 2hrs while walking on their tip toes :icon_biggrin: and the good ones came back for more!!
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there were 2 canvas' for 10$, this "journey" happened 1st. Originally 10min easel time as a gray-scale, color took longer!
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Been at this since ’04, the ones that challenge, they typically show up in 3’s :dontknow:
Painting the illusion of glass is a :cussing: pain!! Might be til spring tweaking the edges.
Some of my “working thoughts” :icon_biggrin:;
A/D
Recycled Souls
Boomer to Millennialza
Fracking wisdom
EDIT:, added images after tweaking for couple hours
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https://www.artistsnetwork.tv/courses/paul-jacksons-watercolor-workshop-the-illusion-of-glass
I realize he is watercolor not oils; also I do not feel illusioned looking at that video snip; but there may be tips to use (worth $17? I dunno).
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Thx PRR
these last 3 are acrylic, and I think that's part of the problem, they dry to FAST!
I got all winter, probably overlay oils on this one, might be a keeper, or a fire starter :laugh:
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Franco, here's my latest;
I'm taking a 1/3 of the winter off, heading for warmer climates :icon_biggrin:
so I've been working in acrylics mostly since traveling with oils (dry times) gets problematic
I was "feeling" sorta Pollock-y, this "type" is what I call "Dave original", You know it when ppl say; "I like it", but they don't know why :laugh:
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Many Thanks Shooter
I like to watch to your works, some I don't understand 100%, but you really are an artist
:bravo1: :bravo1:
Franco
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some I don't understand
I don't believe anyone can understand what is in the head/heart/soul of an artist, whatever the genre' or medium. There are songs that just make my foot tap, even without hearing "the meaning" the words.
Abstract art is like that, I smile n shake my head when folk ask "what is it?, what does it mean?...." It's simply, do you like it?
you really are an artist
I'm just one of many, look at Steve's Visio work, PRR's witticism, and, and
I believe this place inspires, n motivates that other 1/2 brain :laugh:
here's one of my early pencil work, enjoy my friend
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.... It's simply, do you like it?
Oh, I don't pretend to understand things, but I like very much something that give me an emotion, doesn't metter what it is or what it mean
simply I enjoy when I enter into resonance with something :smiley:
Some of your abstract paint give me that also if I don't know why and what they are or mean for you, only I've a good feedback watching
Thanks again for sharing
I'm just one of many
Despite that, you are one of those :grin:
Franco
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simply I enjoy when I enter into resonance with something :smiley:
Nicely put!
Here's my largest format work, so far :icon_biggrin: 30' X 20' :think1:
took 3 days basically non-stop, I'm pretty sure I was outta my mind during that time :laugh:
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Ciao Shooter
I can see 4 oil paints (a big red one is on the right of the picture) and a big portion of the floor that seems to be painted (??)
Excuse me ,,,, to what you refer :rolleyes:
(my brain is undernourished at this time, all the energy is conveyed to the digestion department)
Franco
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the floor
It's my fresco, (no angelic), meets Kandinsky :laugh:
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Very cool floor - what is the floor surface made of?
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It's just luan? 1/4" plywood over the 3/4"T&G sub, was prepped for a laminate floor, but I was on the down-sized outsourced chopping block soooooo, paint, mostly oil based exterior, and latex interior. spent real money and bought Industrial clear coat used for basketball courts. I've been offered good money to "do it again", but declined, I can't imagine EVER, reproducing anything close. I've even been offered good money to sell this floor, I just said buy the house, get the floor free :icon_biggrin:
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Oh, OK, the floor
but now, when you have time to do it, you must take and post some other more "readable" fictures of that floor :wink:
Which will be the next .......... doors ?? :icon_biggrin: :icon_biggrin:
Franco
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more "readable" fictures
when I work out the kinks in my home defense drone, I'll try n photo the floor :icon_biggrin:
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Hey, you missed a couple panels! :icon_biggrin:
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we call that negative space in art, If you don't balance the positive space everything shorts out :icon_biggrin:
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Wow and arteist!! I would show my artwork, but now I am ashamed to do so. Great work Skippy!!!
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> a big portion of the floor that seems to be painted (??)
In a totally different style....
A previous tenant painted the landing at the bottom of the cellar stairs.
(Looks like it is time for some touch-up.)
BTW-- I strongly endorse the alternating colors on steep dark stairs. Makes it much easier to see. (On the other cellar stairs I left the treads luan-light but masked and stained an inch at the edge very dark.)
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I am ashamed to do so.
a REAL artist can't be shamed :l2: post your work, I'm lonely :laugh:
In a totally different style....
I seriously considered a black n white checked, but I had soooo many 1/4 full cans of paint that the landfill wouldn't take with paint in sooooo...
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I am ashamed to do so.
a REAL artist can't be shamed :l2: post your work, I'm lonely :laugh:
In a totally different style....
I seriously considered a black n white checked, but I had soooo many 1/4 full cans of paint that the landfill wouldn't take with paint in sooooo...
I am not really, I was just going on. I am a commercial artist. If you have Fresh Express in the produce department of your local super market, the pre made salad folks, just look at their logo and packaging.
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I am a commercial artist.
:l2: You're doing better than me, you get PAID! :laugh:
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I am a commercial artist.
:l2: You're doing better than me, you get PAID! :laugh:
Well I guess we all have to have shelter and food. I started doing artwork for print shops when I was a kid. No computer so drawing was important.
I have done a few nationally noticed and 2 international companies. This is what I do in real life and is the reason I do not have 75 amps and 100 more radios.
I do like your work as I prefer illusion and abstract.
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I prefer illusion and abstract.
I didn't start painting till I was 40somthing, wife & I went museums prior to my painting hobby and I was always drawn to Abstract and surreal, Digital cameras were just hitting so I figured if it was real, I couldn't compete. Since I'm not a follow the rules guys, it works well :laugh:
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I've even been offered good money to sell this floor, I just said buy the house, get the floor free :icon_biggrin:
Enzo Ferrari once said, "I don't sell cars; I sell engines. The cars I throw in for free since something has to hold the engines in." :icon_biggrin:
Amazing work Shooter!
Jim
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I prefer illusion and abstract.
I didn't start painting till I was 40somthing, wife & I went museums prior to my painting hobby and I was always drawn to Abstract and surreal, Digital cameras were just hitting so I figured if it was real, I couldn't compete. Since I'm not a follow the rules guys, it works well :laugh:
Ok, I have done some painting. This is a place we played as kids. It is on the wall behind the sofa. I also do silk screen art and some pottery. The painting took forever as it is sort of large.
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Ok, I have done some painting
I'd say! awesome piece!
when I compare myself to society, I'm a A-
when I compare myself to REAL artists, I'm a C- :laugh:
you still paint regularly? I seem to get inspired at "seasonal changes", by January, I'm done, by May :icon_biggrin:
really is a great work, thx for posting
dave
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Guys you are really great :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Franco
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:worthy1:
Ok, I have done some painting
I'd say! awesome piece!
when I compare myself to society, I'm a A-
when I compare myself to REAL artists, I'm a C- :laugh:
you still paint regularly? I seem to get inspired at "seasonal changes", by January, I'm done, by May :icon_biggrin:
really is a great work, thx for posting
dave
Dave,
No, I get inspired in different ways. Like one I painted is a sheep on a dark blue background, almost black. On the head of the sheep is a Black Raven painted with a different pattern and finish to the paint. Cant take a photo because you cannot see it.
I do not like canvas painting and it is sort of expensive when you not very good.
I have another similar one painted from the back of my Uncle's house which shows a rusting '49 Studebaker Truck resting at the edge of the woods and another of a 39 Plymouth.
Like I said, I am much more of a commercial artist. For instance, when you passs through Atlanta heading down I75 South, when right now within 13 miles you would see 9 billboards I created. I have been doing it for a living so long I don't enjoy it much.
However, I do enjoy interior design.
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No, but while I painted, I often thought that's probably how she "thought" after marrying me :laugh:
and NO, we are both 2nd round so money wasn't gonna be "an issue" tween us.
This is the 2nd of the 3 painting series, Her Son, my stepson wound up with it.
Wow.....coming from a guy with Very Little artistic talent, but who REALLY Appreciates the ability in others, this painting is very nice..!!!
Of course i do not know what this gal looks like, but her painting is very beautiful.
Well Done :smiley:
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I've dabbed in the water color painted and have attend classes down in Copper Square. I thoroughly enjoyed it and don't paint anymore. I have managed to get my kids into it and my two youngest have quite the setup for latex and oil. My little apprentice and I will watch Bob Ross and Bill Alexander and she can impress the hell out of me with her paintings, kids have some insight to this stuff
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kids have some insight to this stuff
Kids can still see with clarity, they haven't been stilted by the world of grown-ups yet
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Took a trip to the "3 corners area", East of the 4 corners :icon_biggrin:
The national grasslands, think Little house on the Prairie to the Dust bowl. If you don't play well with other humans this is a great place :laugh: My 1st camp sight, Mill canyon, NM, was 73 miles round trip to get gas, :think1:
this is my "interpretation", fracking wells, fences, and wide open spaces;
this is the easy part :cussing:, dialing in the detail one line at a time
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I really like that Shooter. Those colors are opposites on the color wheel aren't they? One of my favorite paintings is Van Gogh's "Figure with Landscape". Lots of oranges and blues. I actually bought a poster/print thing of it and framed it. Hangs next to my Wizard of Oz cuckoo clock. :icon_biggrin:
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Van Gogh's
I studied his works and pallet, I liked his "complex simplicity", O'Keeffe was another Artist I stole ideas from.
Yellow and blue, side by side messes with the eye/brain, you cannot focus, at the junction, your eye "twitches" causing you to have to "roam" around the image, but the brain keeps sending the eye back. IF you're good enough, I'm still in training :icon_biggrin:
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Since MI is now officially a rain forest, I got a little more done. The "artist" part is about finished, now the tedium of technical stuff :think1:
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The Algorithm is up for sale at Christies :think1:
worth a read if, short version;
imagine playing with a music critic listening and correcting you, forever if you let it. that's how the algorithm was set up, 500yrs of art for 1/2 to learn from, the other 1/2 an art critic!!
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I can't draw a circle but I've inspired my children in their pursuits.
Sarah-
silverfox.
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I've inspired my children
you inspired well!!!
thx 8W, I'm ADD's poster child, gotta have something to do, not finish, just do :icon_biggrin:
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Thanks Shooter,
The image is digitally created, but she's learned with all the classic tools; Colour pencils, brush and paints. She is going to start the Bob Ross method with oil paints sometime soon. already bought an affordable easel. Youtube has Bob's whole catalogue of shows. Just amazing how quickly he could put a painting together and while he's doing it, at first you can't imagine how it's going to turn out as anything, then it suddenly appears, then again it gets seemingly all screwed up only to be perfectly completed all in about 25 mins. There's even a Bob Ross Store. Just like amp building, easy to spend $900. on a good setup.
One of the assignments I gave them was a night image of our creek area. Very hard to draw a good rendition of the forest with darkness and shadows.
The portrait you posted towards the end- Is that impressionist?
silverfox.
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I've dabbled in pencil and silverpoint doing animals, mostly horses. If you have never seen silverpoint it is really cool. I like the "softness" of the effect but super challenging. That was a while ago and I haven't even sketched on a napkin in years. My daughter is really good. She recently did a 24x36 pastel of the alien girl on Avatar and it is amazing.
I hope not too off subject... I was watching the original Jurassic Park and could not believe how long ago that came out. I looked up the little boy and girl on IMDB to see how old they were and they are in their 30's now! Then I read a little factoid about the little girl, Ariana Richards. It said she painted a picture for Steven Spielberg and he had it framed and hung in his house. I'm thinking yeah, he's a nice guy and it's probably hanging in the basement next to the dogs playing poker.... Then I saw something that said she is regarded as one of the most talented portrait artists in the country. That is an understatement! I looked up her work. Wow... What a talent. Check it out:
https://galleryariana.com/gallery/
Jim
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> they are in their 30's now!
That happens to all the little babies. I just talked to a friend from college. I never met Jeff's son but son is in grad school (and Jeff does his taxes). Joe had a son, last year at age 28 he was gasping and passed-away, Joe very broke-up. Dave had a son and a couple years ago he got married; I found the video and he's no minimum-age groom. Not to mention Judy's rug-rats now mid-career and having kids. I know the 15 yo neighbor who mowed the lawn in a bikini :huh: is now much older. My brother's little brat is running rackets in the far east.
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Is that impressionist?
that's the "box" I'd put it in, but being the 1st AI painting for sale as "fine art" I will always consider it's "box" digital art
and a tip; go to the "craft" section, you'll find supplies cheaper, work just the same for learning. let your works, and progress dictate "supply cost".
In the easy money days I bought myself 2 sable brushes, on sale ~~$40 ea. :think1:
they did have "that feel", control, yadeda. I mostly use AND abuse $2 brushes now
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PRR, We are not getting older, it's everybody else with that problem!!! :icon_biggrin:
Another useless factoid - the little boy in Jurassic Park played John Deacon in Bohemian Rhapsody and he looks exactly like him!
Hijack over!
Jim
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I've been a fan of Denny Dent (RIP) for a long time. People who can visualize like he does in the abstract is just amazing. He has to be wired differently from the rest of us! I was surprised to find this on youtube. Its from an old Jimi Hendrix video tape I think I bought back in the 80's. I was surprised as Janie Hendrix has stopped all youtube Hendrix music and video. Turns out, they overdubbed the music to get around her. This is so cool. I don't think he is worried about sable brushes! I know, I know! Apples and oranges. :l2: This is where my kids say, "you think your funny, but your not..."
Jim
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"you think your funny, but your not..."
:laugh:
just left my daughters and made it back to the frozen north, my G-daughter no longer thinks I can "walk-on-water", I've been relegated to the "'ol folk pile"!! :sad2:
ah well, teens never change..thankfully!
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Funny thing about life: You're not a profit in your home town; and, the folly of youth will never recognize the wisdom of the elders. That's why humanity continues to make the same dumb mistakes ad infinitum...
silverfox.
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And it's nothing new to our generation....
Jim
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
Mark Twain
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I was talking with my kid (37yrs old :l2:) about my theory on the tower of Babel thing, my thought was He scrambled the "generational gap", AND our ability to clearly talk with the animals also. I'm making headway with the animals, but the human race, not so much :icon_biggrin:
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This piece is moving into it's 3rd year :think1:
I put it in the frame last night to see the areas I didn't need to tweak :icon_biggrin:
realville is not my genre' but I like to do 1 figurative piece every now and then to keep the "technical" skills somewhat "tuned" kinda like doing scales as a musician :dontknow:
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I never really think about my age. I am quite sure just before I die, you will hear these words. Hey ya'll, watch this.
I plan to die with my boots on!
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I put it in the frame last night to see the areas I didn't need to tweak :icon_biggrin:
I'd like to see the area outside the frame, especially anything that needs tweaking!
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What! Google couldn't answer that?
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I never really think about my age. I am quite sure just before I die, you will hear these words. Hey ya'll, watch this.
I plan to die with my boots on!
"Everybody has a plan until they're punched in the face."
silverfox.
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I never really think about my age. I am quite sure just before I die, you will hear these words. Hey ya'll, watch this.
I plan to die with my boots on!
"Everybody has a plan until they're punched in the face."
silverfox.
Even Mike Tyson. How true. I missed the offspring painting until now. Very good work!
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dong my stint at the beerbaitngas I got to meet a lot of neighbors I didn't really know
John's 28, finish drywaller, Brazilian Jujitsu instructor, sent me his latest, I gave him the "artist of M drive" title :icon_biggrin:
(I got a flipphone so res is limited :)
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Heard the name Robert Franks n got a treat! Amazing eye.
I stole the one below, It made me smile cuz I know that road (other pic:)
mainly I chucked thinking, do all artisans stop in the middle of a road.........
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uhhhh... To see the other side? To see from the other side? To encounter the other on the other’s side? To see where he had been? To give himself distance? To chart new territory? To get away from the noise? To be sure that the road was a road? To make his own way? To create something new? To consider the old? To consider the new? To start over? To appreciate where he had been? To be somewhere else?
Jim :icon_biggrin:
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while I was heat-stroking in the So FL sun, scraping 50yr old paint from decretive black iron railing a new painting formed, yellow & 1:2 format, not much but....
a quick study
Note; There is NO white snow looking stuff in the mid foreground, it's black/brown - digital cameras :think1:
the last couple have been mountain scapes, I think it's time to head back this spring :laugh:
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(http://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=21390.0;attach=80733;image)
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Franco
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Sarah
drew this, computer drew this as a poster for me couple weeks ago. From the time I described the project to finished poster, 4 hours.
silverfox.
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Shooter, I found yet ANOTHER artist who has ripped you off!!! Time to call the attorney....
Jim :icon_biggrin:
https://www.ursulasphotos.com/p423157790
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You need your Wife to get your eye's checked!
That is an amazing artist :worthy1:
forgot the artist, once I seen his work I blew through 10 canvases just blending color but I could NEVER unlock the brush work.
this is as close as I get, (12,518 miles to go :)
"Time to call the attorney...." :laugh: that's another thread about BIG......
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(http://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=21390.0;attach=81988;image)
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Franco
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Franco, abstract art is best viewed at ~~ 8-10ft, when you get real close it all comes apart :laugh:
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Oh, no problems to me, I can stay only at 1-2ft (I'm blind as a mole) :icon_biggrin: :icon_biggrin: :icon_biggrin:
Franco
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stumbled on this pic, from my 1st 10 pieces :m20 , seems appropriate in these times :laugh:
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Started this on the beach in FL :icon_biggrin:
since it's now December again thought I'd work on it some
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(https://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=21390.0;attach=83586;image)
Very Very COOL :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I like it
Franco
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My art store is still Q'd as non-essential, so on hold for paint n project 2,3,4,..... :laugh:
here's some GndKid art, painted it in the car coming home from school
~2yrs ago
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downsizing my fails, this one was set for the burn pile, got out the razor-blade, only burn 1/2 now :icon_biggrin:
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I spilled High-Gloss, black enamel, maybe a quart, about 10yrs back. Last night the Sun caught the floor just right, the "orange peels" in the paint POPPED!
Calling this one Dave's Jackson :laugh:
I Zoomed in on the "Peels"
If you've looked at modern-day RFID tags......
Maybe call the Zoomed; damaged QRC :icon_biggrin:
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Started this on the beach in FL :icon_biggrin:
since it's now December again thought I'd work on it some
That's cool. Kinda like the desert, as seen through the Milky Way, or vice versa