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Old 07-05-2003, 01:06 PM   #1
Peter Jochems Peter Jochems is offline
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I really like these still-lifes. Great white pot, like Tim said (the rest is not bad either ). I especially like, for some reason, the painted flower on the white pot and the reflected light of the apple.... If the bad economy gives you a reason to make more of these... Well... Then that's a good side-effect... You should have a third web-site devoted to these.

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Old 07-05-2003, 03:33 PM   #2
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I've been playing with pastels on Wallis paper. Here's a still life. I haven't done many still lifes; landscapes are even rarer (I think I did one - an abstract). Mosquitos and ticks love me. I'm getting quite turned on to pastels!
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Old 07-08-2003, 07:41 PM   #3
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Age factor

There are many wonderful scenery and "mountain and water" paintings (landscape, is also called "wind scenery")in China. A saying goes that a youngster can paint a good portrait, a middle-aged person can paint "flower and bird painting" well, and, for landscape painting, one needs to be quite aged. (Don't regard this as formalization).
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Old 06-09-2005, 07:45 AM   #4
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Well,
Since many people have asked to see stuff from the Town to which all roads lead, here are a few things:

First the sketch from the other day, which is now photographed. It is 1,5ft by 4ft and I think I will call it "Nocturne". It's the trees right in front of The Danish Academy with a fuzzy moon.

Then I thought it might be an idea to show you how I normally work, so here are some different photos on my approach to things:

1. Drawing is the foundation of a good painting, and I usually do a fairly detailed one that will guide me through the rest of the process.

2.This time I simply used a pensil directly on the oil primed canvas.

3. Then, since I desided to do as the old Romans did it (when in Rome, do as the Romans) I re drew everything with a pigment pen. This is in order not to smear the draft when I do the the imprimitura.

4. Here, since the light is very warm, I wanted to have a warm under tone, I used a burnt umbra directly from the tube. Sometimes when I chose the background to look more like the canvas it self, I use raw umbra in stead. (mant different earth tones can be used here depending on tast.

5. So now it will dry down a little until tomorrow. Then it gets that special, slightly sticky quality that i like so much to start painting for real.

Hope this showes you something about my normal landscape painting.

Do comment, please!!!

Best wishes

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Old 06-26-2005, 04:45 AM   #5
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This is a very interesting thread.
I too do better with figures and still life, but fail miserably at landscape.
I noticed that somebody said that the composition of a landscape rather escapes them, but what I have noticed day after day as I drink my coffee on the deck that over looks the hills rolling towards the horizon, is that no matter what the clouds are doing in the sky, they blend perfectly with the shapes I am seeing in the greenery of the hills & valleys. I marvel at this on a daily basis. It is like Nature, has it all down pat and has everything perfect.

I am interested in developing my ability in landscapes and stills, not only for their own sake, but also to be able to easily incorporate this into my figure & portrait painting.

I would like to post this "violin" which is currently on the easel, and hope to receive some comments on how to improve it.
I am quite happy with the violin itself, but in the surround, I was trying to put a reign on my usual tendency of "too much unnecessary information" and so was trying to push much into the background.
However, i do not think it is working well.
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Old 06-26-2005, 04:55 AM   #6
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Just for a chuckle, I may as well post my most recet attempt at a landscape. this is called "Days End" and was painted from a Photo I took in India at dusk. It was a charming photo at least.
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Old 06-26-2005, 05:33 AM   #7
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I love your violin painting as it is Tricia. You have a great feel to your work. You captured the atmosphere in your landscape and it even feels hot. Well done.

Just for the fun of it, I will post my first pastel landscape when I first started to draw. It is a beach path at Yaroomba on the Sunshine Coast here in Queensland. I have only done two seascapes to date. It is called 'A Well Worn Path'.
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Old 06-26-2005, 07:45 AM   #8
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Ngaire,

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Old 06-26-2005, 08:10 PM   #9
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tricia Migdoll

I would like to post this "violin" which is currently on the easel, and hope to receive some comments on how to improve it.
I am quite happy with the violin itself, but in the surround, I was trying to put a reign on my usual tendency of "too much unnecessary information" and so was trying to push much into the background.
However, i do not think it is working well.
Tricia,
Why not light the candle and work with that effect ?

Allan
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Old 06-26-2005, 08:26 PM   #10
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I can't believe I never noticed this thread before. Very interesting to see other portrait artists paintings of different subjects. I try and do all subjects. I'll go through a phase of just figures, than several still lifes or landscapes. Depends on what I am interested in at the time I suppose.
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