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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
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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 -
From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
A mixed media painting by Mike Herrera, depicting an underwater scene with a fish and some rocks in stark relief. I am not sure what media Mike used to get the rocks and the fish in relief but I do remember that this was quite a striking painting. If I am not mistaken, this would have been seen in Rufee Art Gallery in Mabini Street, Ermita, Manila sometime around the year 2005?© Mike Herera estate
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From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
A mixed media relief art painting by Mike Herrera, seen in one of the art galleries in Ermita, Manila, sometime around the year 2005? I am not sure what sort of technique Mike used to get the (cave wall rocks, or whatever they are supposed to be) into such stark relief? 'Very interesting painting, though. -
From the album: Mike Herrera Paintings
Image courtesy of artfreaks.com member Noel L. Laxamano. He writes: "I never thought that a Mike Herrera original was hanging in our living room! Here is his rendition of everyday Filipino activities in the early 19th century in the infamous Binondo, Manila. The work is oil on canvas, measuring 30in (height) x 50in (length)..." -
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Come back, FunkyBoy! It's time for some more art!! -
Self-portrait and an Upside-down practice sketch
smb commented on smb's gallery image in Members Albums - Index Page
Haha! Number 1: That was me when I still had some hair! ??? Vic Rolfe circa 2005!! ?? -
I started drawing and sketching in 2005 - before moving on to some early attempts at pastel painting. Soft pastels are still my medium of choice but the paintings often start out as a rough sketch, followed by some watercolour embellishments before overlaying with pastel. Although I don't have much time for art these days, I really must get myself a sketchbook, at least, and bring that with me on my travels...
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From the album: Drawings and sketches
This was a practice sketch that I made back in 2005 when I first started trying to get back into art. My inspiration was a really good book that managed to convince me that I could draw! Personally, I think that this is the one book that every aspiring artist should read, before anything else... The book is called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and, after 15 years, I would still highly recommend it. -
Self-portrait and an Upside-down practice sketch
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From the album: Drawings and sketches
Both of these were done as exercises back in 2005 when I was trying to get back into art after a thirty-year break. Both exercises came from a great book for beginners, called "The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Betty Edwards. And here's a link to her website: https://www.drawright.com/ Drawing number 1 was a pretty fair attempt at a self-portrait, I thought. (You will notice that I still had a little bit of hair around my ears and the back of my neck in those days!) Number 2, the "upside-down" drawing was a particular revelation for me! Basically, you had to turn the book upside-down, (thus confusing the right side of the brain,) and then copy the drawing just like that. Finally, having cheated the right side of your brain out of its tendency to make you draw things in its own stylized images and just copy what was in front of you, I was quite surprised by the results... Never mind... Betty Edwards can explain it a whole lot better than I can! -
Gustave Courbet - practice sketch using charcoal
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From the album: Drawings and sketches
This was another practice sketch that I did from Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards, back in 2005 when I was trying to get back into art after a 30-year break. This little exercise was based on copying a portrait of Gustave Corbet, and it introduced the use of charcoal with a little bit of shading here and there. -
From the album: Drawings and sketches
Another early practice drawing from when I started trying to get back into art in 2005. I did a series of sketches and drawings back then, before moving on to pastels. None of those early sketches would have been at all possible, had it not been for the confidence that I gained after reading and doing some of the practice exercises in a wonderful book called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. This was the lovely Faye - from Boston, apparently!! To be honest, I can't remember where I got the inspiration for the sketch but it was most probably copied from a photo in Playboy magazine, or somesuch! -
OK, so it was a silly question... And no one else seems to have any questions for this forum. Oh well, no problem... Here are a few brief answers to some real questions: Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
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Artistic inspiration and missed photo opportunities
smb commented on smb's blog entry in Vic Rolfe's Art, Photography and Travel Blog - (formerly smb's Blog)
Happy days!! (I just edited this post to get rid of a 'bad' link... It brings back some memories, that's for sure!!) -
Lovely little doggie!!
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