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Thanks very much for your contribution to artfreaks.com. Your insights and the sharing of your knowledge are greatly appreciated! I would just like to add my own two pennies worth... In my own personal opinion, gained after my own experience, I don't think that the exercises described in the book are complicated at all. They are very easy to do and, again - in my own personal opinion - well worth the time and the effort! Of course, there is always something else to do, with which we can use our time more effectively... I think that most of us would be quite hard-put to use our drawing skills to save the planet, for instance?!! However, if you do choose to spend some of your time learning how to draw, I do think that the time spent doing some of the exercises in the book would be very well spent. Some of those exercises in Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain were a real revelation to me! Hey... I even managed to do a reasonably passable self-portrait!! Number 1, below, was literally my first ever attempt at a self-portrait and number 2 was the result of my efforts after doing the "upside down" drawing exercise...
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Gruesome!
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Never heard of it! What's all that about then?
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Video Scribing, eh! Well, what is that all about then?!
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Sunset over HMS Warrior at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
smb posted a gallery image in Sunsets, sunrises, clouds and the sky
Another excellent sunset photo by Tim Penycate - this time, with the sun sinking in the Western sky behind the masts and yardarms of the historic warship HMS Warrior, at the Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.© Tim Penycate
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Another interesting photograph by Tim Penycate, who writes: "Sunset and lamplight over Aldershot. 'Makes the place look deceptively attractive... "
© Tim Penycate
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The window frame looks like it was made out of matchsticks!!
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A good bit of advice there, from Jennifer. Jennifer Blekinsopp is an expert artist, so she is well-worth listening to! As Jennifer says, fixatives are the key to painting in layers, when doing pastel painting. But you really do need to get hold of a top quality fixative, if you want to maintain the vibrancy of the colours of your pastels. Note, also, that Jennifer does not fix the final layer. I am with her all the way on that one...
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Studying the work of past masters is a great way to improve your art but first, you have to learn the basics... Find a good art class, if you can. It's a great way of getting to meet like-minded people too. There are so many good books out there too. Buy a few and find one that you like - and then work your way through it from cover to cover. Then... Branch out on your own! Let your imagination fly. Experiment. And come up with your own style!
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Photo of a spectacular sunrise over Basingstoke in Hampshire, U.K. The photo was taken from the railway station multi-storey carpark by Mr Tim Penycate - after a full 10 minutes waiting for the perfect shot!
© Tim Penycate
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Very good! And the link still works - so that's a bonus!
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If anyone has any photos to share... You can either post them in the artfreaks.com Gallery - or you can simply upload them directly to your post in the forums. The choice is yours! When you reply to a topic, you will see something like: "Drag files here to attach - or choose files..." Just like this... (See? Simple!!) Shoubi, my lovely old Pitbull Terrier licking my friend Eddie's face!!
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Lovely!
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahib Sketch
smb commented on Sikander's gallery image in Members Albums - Index Page
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Keep these coming!
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You can use artfreaks.com as your image server - no problem!
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"Binondo Church" by Filipino artist Mike Herrera
smb replied to Noel M Laxamana's topic in Mixed media
More Mike Herrera paintings here: The link will take you to an album of mine in the Gallery, here at artfreaks.com Mike Herrera Paintings -
A small collection of images of paintings by the late Filipino artist, Mike Herrera
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From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
I don't know if Mike ever gave this painting a title. The image title is just one that I made up - and the scene could just as easily have been a late afternoon one - just before sunset! This would have been a photo that I took of the painting some time ago at an art gallery in Mabini Street, Ermita, Manila. (I see that the EXIF info. for the photo shows that it was taken on the 31st of May, 2006...)© Mike Herera estate
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From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
(My title...) A watercolour framed behind glass, of a night scene with wooden shacks in a village in the rural Philippines. My title... Photo of a Mike Herera painting seen in an art gallery in Mabini Street, Ermita, Philippines sometime around February 2005© Mike Herera estate
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Rural cottage with washing on the line and a cockeral in the yard
smb posted a gallery image in Members Albums - Index Page
From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
(My title!!) Photo of a Mike Herera painting that I saw in one of the art galleries in Ermita, Manila - sometime in February 2005 The painting is a watercolour and it was framed behind glass, so I do apologise for the reflection of the strip light in the gallery.© Mike Herera estate
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From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
A rural scene by Mike Herrera with farmworkers harvesting a golden rice field. From a painting seen in one of the art galleries in Ermita, Manila, Philippines - sometime in February 2005 -
Fishermen hauling their net on a stormy sea
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From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
A Mike Herrera painting of Filipino fishermen in a small fishing boat on a stormy sea at night, hauling in their net with a good catch of fish. From a painting seen in an Ermita, Manila art gallery some time in 2005 -
From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
A floral still-life with painting with flowers in a vase, by the late, great Filipino artist Mike Herrera. Seen in a gallery in Ermita, sometime around 2005 -
From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
A Mike Herrera painting depicting a cock-fight (or "sabong") scene in the Philippines. "Sabong" being the cockfight, the guys with their prize cockerels are. of course the "sabongeros!" This painting was seen in an art gallery in Ermita, Manila some time around the year 2005
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