Finally Nailed the Perspective!
The five of you who viewed the post will remember I am trying to paint bricks in a sidewalk without a reference photo. I posted my ill-informed technique and was well schooled by one @bdmillergallery who offered great suggestions.
I finally got smart and found an image online that has accurate perspective lines. How novel!
Now I can finish this thing!
Let me know what you think about my painting, my lines, the cost of sorghum, whatever!
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Wonderful painting mate, you have great skills
Thanks!
What a difference. This will be a hard piece to part with now. I find that the more I work on something, the more thought and energy I put forth, the more I fall in love with it. At this point I don't want to part with it.
GREAT JOB! The perspective looks awesome.
Your input was invaluable. Took it from folky to well-executed. Thank you so much!
Your welcome. It was just a little advise from someone who isn't invested. I am so happy that you found it useful.
Love the brownstone, the sidewalk, the light, the style. Makes me think of Edward Hopper.
Hopper may be my favorite painter, now, but I've never actually tried to paint like him. I think I was drawn to him after developing my style. I never studied art or artists, so I never really knew of him earlier. I need to write a post about learning about art versus doing art...
So you're a self-taught, "outsider artist," then? That's must be why you have such a unique vision - uninfluenced by academic and peer pressure. That's cool that you developed your own style and then found elements of it in other artists.
That's basically true. I always wanted to be an artist but never thought I had any talent. Or rather, felt I had innate, untrained talent, somewhere, somehow. I mentioned this to a friend who had recently lost someone who painted. They inherited the supplies, and gave them to me! I experimented for several years, and finally copied one of my photos. It looked good, so I kept with it. In 2009 I started taking classes because I knew I needed help. I've since stopped going because I think I got what I needed out of it. I'm glad you like my style!
Keep going, man.
There's this other artist I love, Matt Kish. He does abstract, iconic images with a ton of patterns in them. He had no artistic training but one day decided to do an illustration for every page of Moby Dick. Obviously, it took a couple of years. Then he went and did the same thing with Heart of Darkness. It was really amazing to see his skill and style develop.
Now he's a full-time professional illustrator, and there's no one who does anything like what he does.
I've heard of Kish. His Moby Dick works are mind boggling. Brilliant work.
Wow, he has an impressive body of work, and very original!
I had my start through my 9th grade art teacher whom gave me a few paints and brushes for the summer. Guess she saw some sort of talent in me. I enjoyed it but slacked off for many years until my wife bought me a Bob Ross art set, LOL. I've been hooked ever since. Self taught with a love of trying new techniques. No formal classes, but i'm thinking probably not until I retire and have time. :(
It's so hard to find time. I forced myself to add time into every day, instead of trying to schedule time during a weekend. I finish my morning routine 30 minutes early, and spend at least 20 painting. It's amazing how much you can get done in that time. When I get home, I try to spend up to an hour in the studio. It rarely works out that way. Are there night classes near you? I found a school on my commute that offers classes from 6-9p.m.. Because of my train schedule, that wasn't possible, but I was able to arrange to attend 5-8p.m. with limited instruction. It worked out really well for me, and gave me the foundation I was lacking.
You are just what I need. Someone to get me back on track. Your right. I need to set aside some time to learn more about what I love to do. Every once in a while do I see classes. I should check out the local colleges. Maybe they have some non credit courses. The one big thing I would love to learn is what all the brushes are for and really how they are supposed to be used. A GOAL!!
That’s the spirit! No time like the present. You know what I’ve learned about brushes? The fewer the better. A medium filbert can do most things. A larger brush to cover big areas, and a small one for details. I find this forces me to accept idiosyncrasies in the lines and colors that add interest. Too focused and it may as well be a photo. I like people to know it’s a painting, even if they have to look closely.
impressive !
Thanks! Almost there.