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Tom Patterson
Trad climber
Seattle
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Feb 28, 2016 - 04:29pm PT
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You're downright prolific, neebee! ^^^
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, tom... wow, awwwww, thanks so very much...
keep up with those great sketches...
well, THIS one just reached its new home, now, so i can
share it:
got one more, to share, from this group,
soon... it has to get to its home, :))
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wow, got this cute little guy/gal on here now!
just got to its new home!
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forgot to add this:
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OOOPS, PHOTO IS FUZZY... :o
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Mar 24, 2016 - 02:43pm PT
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Whitney Portal 24"x30" Oil on Canvas
Two weeks ago the road to the portal was open and I could drive up to just before the campground. As I was one of about 3 people up there the stillness and beauty was awe inspiring.
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Mar 24, 2016 - 03:21pm PT
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Nice work Neebee and you too Tom Patterson. I bought a sketch pad about three weeks ago and decided to try drawing, after 40 years of not drawing anything and not being any good back then even. I watched a few videos on how to draw a cat did a few pencil sketches and then decided to try colored pencils, which up until recently I did not realize was a serious medium for art work.
Here are my first three colored pencil drawings.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 24, 2016 - 10:32pm PT
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hey there say, hardly visible... say, these are really neat... good stuff here, you know--the hardest part, is to 'capture the character' of the cat or dog... you DID that...
you know, so they don't just all look like the same ol' cats, of said-same colors, etc...
keep up the good work, you're back in the saddle!
:)
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CAPTURING cat hair, etc, fine as it is, is a tricky thing, at times, too...
job well done... :)
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Mar 29, 2016 - 10:57am PT
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Latest cat drawing "Delta"
Just got a deal on a full set of Faber Castell polychromos can't wait to try them out.
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Apr 13, 2016 - 08:26am PT
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I think I am getting better, if nothing else more sophisticated anyway. On the first two drawings up thread the only color blending I did was using one color on top of another. On the Miss kitty drawing I used a colorless blending pencil, which is a pencil that only has binder but no pigment once you blend you can't add more color. On the Delta drawing and this one I am using paint thinner and a paint brush to blend which allows me to keep adding layers of color after each blend. On both of these drawings every area has probably six layers of color.
This is one of my cats Baker I held off on drawing him until I thought I could realistically depict white fur, both white and black fur are kind of tricky to draw.
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this just in
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Justin Ross from North Fork
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 13, 2016 - 08:35am PT
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Excellent Hardly Visible! Great eye you have.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Apr 13, 2016 - 01:46pm PT
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Good job everyone. I am intrigued by your piece above Randishi. I would like to see that in person. Here are two new paintings in a slightly different style that combines old experiments and current wonderings.
Buffalo Cloud II 44"x44" Oil on Canvas
Wolf 42"x42" Oil on Canvas
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Apr 29, 2016 - 06:51pm PT
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Love those^^^
Here is a stained glass window in the Duomo Museum from Siena (for Justthemaid):
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 29, 2016 - 07:04pm PT
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Local two-storey home now housing Tioga Florist in Merced.
Hardly Visible, you're amazing, dude! Just ignored your talent for your whole adult life...but I'm happy to look at your cats all day.
Send me one? I'll pay you in promises.
Keep it up.
You should google Edward Weston and see his cats. It might be you'd like his stuff, but it's all black and white.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 29, 2016 - 08:59pm PT
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hey there say, hardly visible... wow, these cats are really great!
here is my newest two paintings...
oils...
HOWEVER the photos are sadly BOTH very blurry, :(
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Apr 29, 2016 - 10:09pm PT
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I don't do these as works of art, but sometimes I am surprised at what materializes. BASIC graphics from a mathematical formula.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 30, 2016 - 02:32am PT
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hey there say, jgill...
say, thanks for sharing these... hope to see more...
i think it is really interesting and intriguing, too...
thanks for sharing... :)
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justthemaid
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Jim Henson's Basement
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Apr 30, 2016 - 06:20am PT
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Great work everyone.
wow Kevin- the cats get better and better.
I agree- Randisi's piece is quite interesting for it's simplicity.
I've just been cranking out suncatchers for next X-mas. No new original pieces yet this year.
In the vein of Phylps picture- I did get off my butt and restore/rebuild a number of antiques I've had laying around. As soon as I get some sunlight I'll post up some pictures.
Sticking with the cat theme- here's an old piece "The House of Max"
Here's an enamel-work cat I did inspired by a Heidi Shaulis a few years back.
Heidi is my favorite cat painter on the planet IMO. LOVE her stuff.
http://www.etsy.com/search?q=Heidi%20shaulis
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Apr 30, 2016 - 08:13am PT
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Here's a 150 year-old antique that sat under my work table for the last 10 years. It was damaged in a way that made it hard to decide what to do with it. I was on the brink of just tearing it apart for the painted pieces when I realized I actually had a few blue and grey fragments from the same building from some other windows that were totally destroyed.
There were originally two birds and one had a big hole right through the middle of it from a ball or rock. The chalice is full of fractures and this type of painted work with two centuries of acid-rain patina is totally impossible to replicate. Any modern replacements would stick out like a sore thumb and there were some significant design challenges with any "stop-gap" (just sticking random pieces from other windows in the hole) repair. I was able to piece together a sort of sky and clouds on the one side to fill the hole and at least the color and finish sort of blend.
I edge glued all the fragments of the chalice back together and added the lead curliques to sort of hide all the breakage. I did have to repaint about half the pieces in the outer border since a bunch were missing.
Not sure what to do with it now- there's really no market for religious windows, but I do get a lot of satisfactions salvaging the work of old masters. Nobody can do this type of work any longer.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 30, 2016 - 09:24am PT
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Skip, there was a pair of Englishmen who were father and son who worked on our courthouse museum when it was restored in the eighties. Neither is still alive.
Many of their trade secrets went with them to their graves. One such was their ability to create on an old wood surface an oak grain, using certain brushes and some unusual paint formula which they had concocted.
It looks so realistic, people don't really notice, but the brush marks are there when you look closely. You have to have it called to your attention, really, especially if you are taking a quick guided tour of the building (free docent tours daily).
The two glass windows I posted are like your chalice window, in that there is aging which cannot be duplicated easily, if at all. The old Catholic parish church has painted glass windows dating from around 1917. They are shielded from the sun's rays by dark screens, so you cannot view them from the outside, but only from the inside of the church.
These are relics, and they helped form the minds of literally thousands of children over the years, bored off their butts while the latest Irish priest droned on about damnation, salvation, and various other -ations. Daydreaming about St. Theresa, the statue in the sanctuary was my thing, I must admit, but St. Mary Magdalene was pretty hot, too. Third window on the left from the altar railing.
I love your stuff, buy the way. I wish I had some coin as I have this window, this solitary window...
Sorry you and E won't assemble with the rest of us at Facelift. You'll both be sorely missed.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Apr 30, 2016 - 10:22am PT
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JTM, that restored window is gorgeous!
I'm surprised that there isn't a market for religious art.
Thanks for posting it.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 20, 2016 - 03:45pm PT
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It is such a blessing to have a gallery nearby.
So much happens here that it is hard to keep up!
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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May 29, 2016 - 05:27pm PT
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Have not been so prolific on the new found drawing hobby now that the weather is nice. I started this one while holing up in the car while it blew and snowed at Indian creek in April just put the finishing touches on it today. It is called Clifford and he is a kitten that was at our shelter in November/December 2015.
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