starting an oil painting course meself soon. no previous experience. getting better with charcoal though:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7036/6966488605_9cb27ac446_c.jpg
― ledge, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
whoa that's neat. Nice and bold. Reminds me i need more dark in my pencil stuff.
i tried oils once, but i was pretty young and didn't know how the hell to use them. just got a mess everywhere and put me off, went back to watercolours. But loving acrylics now, when i'm not pencilling.
Don't be feared of the messiness of oils, get stuck in with them.
― PSOD (Ste), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
Reminds me i need more dark in my pencil stuff.
yeah, maybe it's the photo but yr sketches look very H. get in there with the high Bs!
― ledge, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
the alien on the other thread is very H, but that one above is a lot darker than the crappy galaxy camera is showing.
i go to bed with high Bs! and sketch till i get tired.
― PSOD (Ste), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
I really gotta do more Snail comix.
― zooey bechamel (Trayce), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
skullz!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y7C2CPvvcC0/T79FVO9g2DI/AAAAAAAAANs/rhhs5cuf3do/s1600/2012-05-05%2B18.51.25.jpg
― PSOD (Ste), Friday, 25 May 2012 08:44 (twelve years ago) link
hulk!
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0OdcnaQIn90/UA0EBljNeeI/AAAAAAAAAP4/xoNPpt6oCMk/s1600/2012-07-22+13.23.50.jpg
― PSOD (Ste), Monday, 23 July 2012 08:04 (twelve years ago) link
(its quite big btw)
― PSOD (Ste), Monday, 23 July 2012 08:06 (twelve years ago) link
wow!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 23 July 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bj5-78vCQAA5eN2.jpg
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Monday, 31 March 2014 22:50 (ten years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LNPiVhPfSXU/Uznprnw4YJI/AAAAAAAAAYA/ksjd6zw9vqc/s1600/2014-03-29+13.02.40.jpg
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Monday, 31 March 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
v Fan v
― fauxpas cola (darraghmac), Monday, 31 March 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
Great stuff, Ste.
― banjoboy, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 02:08 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlRpI98CEAAAMbk.jpg
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Blam8bsCQAAx8Dt.jpg
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 17 April 2014 10:09 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlandIHCYAEbiMV.jpg
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 17 April 2014 10:11 (ten years ago) link
an older one
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlapxcaCQAEMj6m.jpg
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 17 April 2014 10:21 (ten years ago) link
those remind me of: http://filesmelt.com/dl/Ballantine_Books_-_Star_Wars_-_The_Empire_Strikes_Back_Sketchbook.pdf
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 April 2014 17:20 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Blfy_t1CQAAO2OJ.jpg
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Friday, 18 April 2014 10:23 (ten years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10614118_874547285890405_242127680949943253_n.jpg?oh=dd199990803b203ddde66dfaabba8778&oe=54ECF76B&__gda__=1424861526_f4bdc293026a9eaaffe26a9db6cb1e32
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:08 (nine years ago) link
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10801569_874547312557069_1985154068204859859_n.jpg?oh=184a164b56ff155f95dd780c8256b547&oe=54F6C8B0
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:09 (nine years ago) link
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1381802_871089826236151_7344142826485966463_n.jpg?oh=3feea1984be8aaf0a82fc5a6442030d0&oe=54E42E85
(Have to admit that last one, the levels were auto corrected and colours have gone ever so slightly more 'colourful', but it's not far off)
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:10 (nine years ago) link
Yowza! Was that last one painted (or initially sketched) on location?
― ledge, Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:13 (nine years ago) link
It's painted from a photo I found online, unfortunately.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:15 (nine years ago) link
Never mind! Drawing or painting from life is great if you get the chance but nothing wrong with using photos.
― ledge, Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:18 (nine years ago) link
How did the oil painting go?
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:19 (nine years ago) link
Ah the course two years ago? Went ok but stalled afterwards, doing another portrait course now and getting into it more, hopefully will keep it up after the course finishes. Here's my piece from the last session:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7473/15522143749_5005786d2c_b.jpg
And a couple of watercolour sketches of Venice, one on location and one from a photo after I got back. More illustrative, I didn't pluck up the courage to throw away the pen and just rely on tone & colour.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3942/15698795131_20315caf98_b.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5601/15702290732_e44401dee6_b.jpg
― ledge, Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:27 (nine years ago) link
wonderful, keep it up for sure.
Love watercolours + black pen. What kind of pen have you used there?
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:31 (nine years ago) link
just an unfancy hard tip liner pen. need to get a dip pen for more exciting & energetic lines.
― ledge, Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:35 (nine years ago) link
I was hit with redundancy a couple of months ago, so I decided to use the opportunity to get serious with painting. Enjoying all the experimenting and finding my style but struggling with sources.
One thing I realised after rifling through my truck load of photographs for sources is, as you mentioned, how much better it is to paint from live. Also it made me understand the importance of taking a decent photo (looking at composition especially) if it's going to be used for painting. Literally had nothing to go on.
The painting above of the colourful buildings on the coast is the first one I've sold.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:45 (nine years ago) link
I only ever tried oil painting once, I was fairly young and just recall someone had given me some unwanted oil paints and tools. Had no idea and just got them out and started to paint. Yeah got messy very quickly. Scared me off.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 6 November 2014 11:52 (nine years ago) link
Good on you for making a go of the painting, I foolishing and/or courageously chucked it all in last year (!) to try and become an illustrator, success and clients have not been beating a path to my door yet. I struggle to inspire and motivate myself tbh, have not done as much work off my own bat as I could have. But hey this is ilxor gallery not ilxor artists' therapy. If I may be forgiven the self promotion, I have a portfolio site at http://tom.ledger.name/
― ledge, Thursday, 6 November 2014 12:10 (nine years ago) link
Difficult isn't it.
Love your "Der Trommler" btw
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 6 November 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10613127_887951241216676_1607446934253665386_n.jpg?oh=0172fcc1a1d21f81c28015e4f09ff002&oe=550681BB
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10501700_887951444549989_8763934611250593000_n.jpg?oh=678874326afaabf23873028750d11311&oe=54D27D96
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Monday, 1 December 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
(last one is partially complete btw)
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Monday, 1 December 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
How did I not know how many super talented ILXors there are?
Those of you who sell things should post links to where you sell those things.
― carl agatha, Monday, 1 December 2014 14:16 (nine years ago) link
dope, ste!
― Nhex, Monday, 1 December 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
whoa, those are bomb. I would buy one.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
yea those are rad!
― marcos, Monday, 1 December 2014 14:52 (nine years ago) link
Thanks guys, really appreciate the feedback. Trying to do more of the star wars droid things, something that people recognise. And generally looking at droids and spaceships from other famous movies/tv shows.
I'm dying to do a painting of the red dwarf ship, hard to find a decent image that has the detail though.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Monday, 1 December 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
Great stuff, Ste. Here's the final portrait from my class, she looks a bit too mean, hair is too flat, etc etc. Definitely want to get more impressionistic in future.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7526/15937099675_9cf4695b8e_b.jpg
I do have some stuff for sale on Artfinder, mostly drawings: https://www.artfinder.com/tomledger
― Kelly Gang Carey and the Mantels (ledge), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 11:24 (nine years ago) link
I like that a lot Ledge, the face is very strong.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 12:26 (nine years ago) link
i was quite pleased with this recent watercolour:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3ayhpRCYAERtDA.jpg:large
― rad naps (+ +), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 23:59 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I like it.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 4 December 2014 00:33 (nine years ago) link
That dog knows how to live.
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Thursday, 4 December 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link
Part way through my sci fi theme, going to do more of my own creations. The Tie Bomber is not finished btw
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5I20CoCIAAZlVp.jpg:large
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 18 December 2014 12:52 (nine years ago) link
digging it.
― how's life, Thursday, 18 December 2014 14:13 (nine years ago) link
good stuff ste. something about your style reminds me of the simon bisley end of 2000ad art.
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 18 December 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
Yep, big influence.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Thursday, 18 December 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link