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simonpark81 In reply to Tolkyes [2012-07-27 16:22:57 +0000 UTC]

i mostly draw my works rather than paint them, but i am definately going to be working grand fantasy landscapes for a while now.
i have found art i am passionate about

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simonpark81 In reply to Thorskegga [2012-05-22 18:42:30 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much im still working out how to oil paint yet but i think it went well. if you wanna buy it i can arrange something XD

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simonpark81 In reply to skyrere [2012-02-29 15:53:35 +0000 UTC]

yeah... im not really the painting type. im in love with the rennaisance, and i really want to aim for that crisp, clear and magnificent style that da vinci, raphael and others (like turner, renoir and in more modern times artists like salvador dali and boris vallejo) used to achieve with oils...
but i have a slight handicap; i did a watercolour once. it was on a tuesday. i as about thirteen years old and i said never again.
then fast forward to last year and i was trying to figure out how to get more rennaissance-related style into my works-
common sense led to me getting my first set of oil paints, and trying my very first painting. im really rather proud of how its turning out but i am working on another at the same time now - so progress has slowed somewhat.

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skyrere In reply to simonpark81 [2012-02-29 22:58:10 +0000 UTC]

you have the desire.
You have the drive.
you have the support.
Listen, Look, Watch, Learn.
Do Bob Ross first. Learn to do the splotching loose landscape style first. It will teach you the feel of the paint and how it works with itself in varying degree's of thickness...
once you have mastered Ross, you can move on to the more detailed and crisp works... you will have learned how better to feel the oil paints on the brush and how they feel when you are puting them on the canvas. Boris always starts with models that he draws separately, then pieces the pencil drawings together, then transfers the works onto canvas, then he paints.
I adore Boris. I recommend that you go to Amazon.com and find yourself a Boris art book. Most of them include some background on how he does the work. It helped me grow as an artist, it will help you as well.

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simonpark81 In reply to egg-sterminator [2012-01-27 16:34:10 +0000 UTC]

i will try . . . i suffer with terribly shaky hands, and so photos are even harder to manage than drawing straight lines :-S

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simonpark81 In reply to Muko-kun [2012-01-23 13:06:23 +0000 UTC]

yeah im really pleased with it but i have found i cant leave it alone;
i have already done another session on it when i intended it to be finished ^^
i have another one im working on that looks even more deep... but im waiting until its closer to completion..

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Muko-kun In reply to simonpark81 [2012-01-24 10:32:59 +0000 UTC]

looking forward to seeing that piece

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simonpark81 In reply to Aerhalev [2012-01-20 20:00:32 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the kind words and advice!
i prefer to let eveyrthing flow from the imagination, feeling as though one day the art will take me to the place i need to be...but you have a good point; i can google search images of water now too...
strokes beard in a thoughtful manner

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Aerhalev In reply to simonpark81 [2012-01-22 17:38:01 +0000 UTC]

of course, you must never stop letting imagination flow and get too attached to references, there must be a balance between both, I think that's the hardest part of painting...

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simonpark81 In reply to Aerhalev [2012-01-23 13:16:58 +0000 UTC]

thanks for understanding and not just thinking im trying to be high and mighty... something certain people tend to randomly think of me for whatever reason.

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Aerhalev In reply to simonpark81 [2012-01-24 18:33:22 +0000 UTC]

No problem

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