APW - Paintings of Mine for you to Bash. (996 hits)
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Submitted by kaos-king (antius777) (View user info) at 2008-02-20 02:03:40 EST
Last Christmas (2006), I did two small paintings for both my Mom and Grandma. A number of other people in my family expressed a desire in having artwork for the holiday. So this last Christmas (2007), I had a short list of people to do paintings for. Now, I'm by NO means an accomplished painter - in fact, I really don't even like to paint. However, after watching a documentary of Picasso, I had learned of a technique he had sometime used that I fell in love with.
I used that same technique when I did my "Circle Girl" series. ( http://www.ubersite.com/m/110817 ) I ended up doing about nine of them, with three more almost done. I did the same here. First drawing out the image on gesso'ed canvas, I then trace over it with an enamel paint pen. I then color in the image with oil pastel, much like using crayons. I then moisten a brush with turpenoid and blend out the applied oil pastels, actually mixing the paint directly on the canvas. Finally, I go back into the thick sections with brush loaded up with black enamel to fill in any remaining areas.
Yeah, the plan was to do a few paintings this past Christmas. Unfortunately, by the time I started, quite a number of individuals had heard about my plan and had begged for art work as well. I ended up doing 14 paintings in 22 days. A few were copies, like the ones I did for my Mom and Grandma, again. I also learned I have to wait until that damn enamel dries all the way before I take photos: you can even see in some of the ones here, the enamel reflected the light back. Some, the images were horrible.
Like I said, I don't really consider myself a visual artist. At least not anymore... I barely dabble in it on a regular basis, I don't practice enough. Just thought I'd throw these up here, mostly so any OTHER artists out there could see the technique with the oil pastels. It's a really cheap and easy alternative to blowing $200 on a decent set of oils.
User Reviews
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2008-02-21 11:10:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Well i'm not going to bash them. Bash one out to them maybe, especially the one with the nips
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2008-02-21 01:12:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
HOLY SHIT!!??!!??
Phinch below???
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Submitted by Phinch (user info) at 2008-02-21 00:59:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
nice work ant.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-02-20 20:13:13 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
consider them bashed
Submitted by HotWillie (user info) at 2008-02-20 19:55:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
John McCain was schtupping a lobbyist during his 2000 run for President!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
President Obama baby!
+2s all around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In related news, Bill Clinton urges no "rush to judgment."
you like circle girl because you crave circle jerks
it's perfectly understandable
You writing isn't that bad, either
circe is just hot for ghola
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-02-20 19:06:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-20 15:06:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
is the last one called moons over my handsy, green?
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I giggle-groaned. Yes, one can do that.
Submitted by dithered (user info) at 2008-02-20 18:58:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You seem to clearly understand the physiology of the human hand as all these subjects' hands are shaped very proportionately and form-correct.
You however seem to have a problem with drawing faces, I think.
Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2008-02-20 18:11:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
That's something I'll never understand about some people.
How can you spend time making or painting something, present it, and include all the things you don't like about it in the presentation?
Shouldn't you think your work is at least "killer bad-ass, living somewhere on the border between perfection and threesomes"? If you don't like something about your own work, why not change it before presenting it?
I realize here that you're only presenting it to an anonymous website, but why would you give them as gifts if you weren't happy with them?
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2008-02-20 18:03:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
my first impression of the last one was a goddess symbol, with the mother represented by the woman, and the maiden and old woman by the little moons
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 15:26:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by Fartman (user info) at 2008-02-20 07:39:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 03:49:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Not bad.
Your composition on the drummer is really unfortunate - the perspective of the arm and shoulder are fantastic - but the effort is ruined by the giant symbol growing out of the guy's head.
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Being the world's foremost authority on everything must be a tremendous responsibility for Rob to bear.
I, on the other hand, am not an art expert so here's a +2 and off you go.
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It's a terrible burden to 'bare'.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 15:20:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-20 08:40:23 EST (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 03:49:53 EST (#)
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Not bad.
Your composition on the drummer is really unfortunate - the perspective of the arm and shoulder are fantastic - but the effort is ruined by the giant symbol growing out of the guy's head.
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I'm very sure that you meant cymbal.
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You are very correct.
Cymbal.
Christ, I think I might have caught dumb from Perkman.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-20 15:07:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm sorry, that really wasn't that funny.
I like both the green one and the blue one..
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-20 15:06:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
is the last one called moons over my handsy, green?
Submitted by Lib (user info) at 2008-02-20 13:56:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-02-20 13:24:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
doofus
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-20 13:10:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Hahahaha.... you are desperate to be a most viewed author on a site you claim to have only contempt for.
Nice paintings.
Submitted by Sassmasterr (user info) at 2008-02-20 13:03:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I miss art class
Submitted by Rhymenocerous (user info) at 2008-02-20 12:02:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Meh. Not that impressive to me. My girlfriend in high school painted better shit when she was 16.
Your stuff isn't bad, though. Not my particular style of art, but it's not bad.
Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2008-02-20 10:55:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
better than i could ever do
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-02-20 10:34:01 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-02-20 10:24:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
this readily apparent hit grab of yours is silly.
mva doesn't mean anything, you know? posting twice a day is so simon-esque, and really, do you wanna be compared in ANY way to that guy?
I think it depends what you have going for you in "real life", scourge.
I think we know the answer in this case.
Submitted by loopdeloo (user info) at 2008-02-20 10:30:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-02-20 10:24:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
this readily apparent hit grab of yours is silly.
mva doesn't mean anything, you know? posting twice a day is so simon-esque, and really, do you wanna be compared in ANY way to that guy?
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2008-02-20 10:04:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I bet you could rock out a set of tarot cards.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-02-20 10:02:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
The one's by Alphonse Muche remind me of some prints we have that were done for the 1910(?) World's Fair in Paris. The circles had some more detailed decorations though. I wish I could remember who did them, because they rule.
I do different things, but I still enjoy doing the occasional visual arts like here:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/115024
Unfortunately, I usually only get the chance while I'm at work, so my materials and surface area are limited, because I can't exactly set up an easel and go to town on it with everyone bothering me about paperwork and why aren't I doing what they pay me for.
Fucking Fascists.
Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-02-20 09:44:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Nice, you've graduated to "good enough to illustrate a kid's book", but you're no Rembrandt. Learn to draw hands, please.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-02-20 09:20:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-02-20 09:10:06 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Here is some constroctive critisism so you don't get sand in your vagoo and start crying about what Uber has become.
Learn to draw fucking hands, or have people keep their shit in their pockets.
Just to make it easier on you here are a few websites explaining how to draw hands.
http://www.howto-draw.com/people/howtodrawhands.php
http://drawsketch.about.com/library/weekly/aa112402a.htm
i will even give you a movie explaining it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-rxwUCLejc
Submitted by BubbaEarl (user info) at 2008-02-20 09:01:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
why do all the hands look like they're crippled with arthritis?
e.g a) http://www.emedicinehealth.com/images/4453/4453-13248-30912-31167.jpg
b) http://arthritis-symptom.com/images/Rheumatoid-arthritis-1.jpg
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-02-20 08:57:15 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-02-20 08:52:05 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
I guess that whole "I quit Uber because it stinks" thing didn't really stick, eh Howie?
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2008-02-20 08:50:15 EST (#)
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Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-20 08:40:23 EST (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 03:49:53 EST (#)
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Not bad.
Your composition on the drummer is really unfortunate - the perspective of the arm and shoulder are fantastic - but the effort is ruined by the giant symbol growing out of the guy's head.
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I'm very sure that you meant cymbal.
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Yeah, I was real confused for a second...
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-20 08:40:23 EST (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 03:49:53 EST (#)
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Not bad.
Your composition on the drummer is really unfortunate - the perspective of the arm and shoulder are fantastic - but the effort is ruined by the giant symbol growing out of the guy's head.
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I'm very sure that you meant cymbal.
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-20 08:38:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
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Submitted by Adam Warlock (View user info) at 2008-02-20 03:44:39 EST
[Graphics] APW - Paintings of Mine for you to Bash. (Rating: 1.11 on 14 reviews, last by LittleMonster 21 minutes ago)
Submitted by kaos-king (antius777) (View user info) at 2008-02-20 02:03:40 EST
Seriously, dude?
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-02-20 08:16:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
It's my fault.....shouldn't be so lazy and get on top of you every once in a while
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-02-20 08:08:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 I'm back on top of LittleMonster making bad jokes.
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-02-20 07:54:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-02-20 07:44:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
here's your +2 now please shut the fuck up
Submitted by crosschris (user info) at 2008-02-20 07:42:42 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
from that angle it looks like he's jerking of!! but you can see progression in your work.keep at it
Ranking: 2
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 03:49:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Not bad.
Your composition on the drummer is really unfortunate - the perspective of the arm and shoulder are fantastic - but the effort is ruined by the giant symbol growing out of the guy's head.
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Submitted by Fartman (user info) at 2008-02-20 07:39:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 03:49:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Not bad.
Your composition on the drummer is really unfortunate - the perspective of the arm and shoulder are fantastic - but the effort is ruined by the giant symbol growing out of the guy's head.
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Being the world's foremost authority on everything must be a tremendous responsibility for Rob to bear.
I, on the other hand, am not an art expert so here's a +2 and off you go.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-20 07:26:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I could finger paint with semen better than that.
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2008-02-20 06:34:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:36:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:28:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I really like them. Your style is simplictic yet the attention to detail is lovely, if that makes sense. Probably not.
They remind me of the iilustrations I had in a book as a child, about fairies andd goblins, that book was Eastern European.
Pretty.
And what a touching gift :)
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 03:49:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Not bad.
Your composition on the drummer is really unfortunate - the perspective of the arm and shoulder are fantastic - but the effort is ruined by the giant symbol growing out of the guy's head.
I don't know what you want as far as feedback - I mean its a shame you can't be really proud of your art... sort of takes the fun out of creating it doesn't it?
I don't know - you seem to be going through a 'lack of confidence' phase. You are a talented kid - slow down, take your time. If you think something looks rushed then why bother giving it away? Every time you see it you will be filled with regret.
Anyway, keep on keepin' on.
Submitted by Linus (user info) at 2008-02-20 03:35:26 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Vapid.
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2008-02-20 02:59:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Very good.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2008-02-20 02:57:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Not terrible.