NEW ART PROJECTS GOIN ON?

Dagmaraka, you might also look at <[email protected]>. It has lots of practical beginners' stuff. I forget who recommended it, Vivien, Osso, or some such altruist.

Nope, that didn't quite do it. I've never called them up; I receive their updates because I subscribe to them. I'll have to look further into the website address.

o.K., Dagmaraka, try <http://painting.about.com> .

no on Photobucket - strange - are they there for anyone else?

url links:

whole image 6x8in sketch oil on canvas

detail 1


detail 2

so thats the image hosting site you sent me vivien?
Ill be back home by mid week and I want to see about putting some dig pictures up to see how this works for me. IUll PM you if I get into trouble with image quality. OK?

yes fine

Lovely images Vivien....there is a lot of texture
in your painting...
Are you using a palette knife to get that layering effect, perhaps scraping in some areas or is it all brushwork?

yes, yes, i loved the texture, now that the images finally appear on my screen. i love those warm colors too. ton of suggestions here, so little time, i'll just have to come back when i have a day or two to play around... with a trip to india ahead that may be in a long while...

yes it was painted entirely with a knife so that I could keep the colours clean and clear - much easier to just wipe the knife!

what do you think of the blowing it up idea and the large canvas covered in small roses idea?

I don't know when I'll start on the blown up one but the other will have to wait until June when the roses flower again - more source material needed.



Dag I envy you - India - <sigh> - Anthony Eyton did some wonderful work there but in reproduction it looks much tighter than it is - his work is actually beautifully loose.

Vivien, if you have an urge to return to the colonies why not the U.S.?

I'd love to if funds permitted! I had the chance to go to NY in the final year of my degree but knew how much work I'd got to do in a short time and how tired I'd be - and sacrificed the chance - I would have loved to have gone.

Travelling around like Dys and Diane would be wonderful - I just need to win the lottery!

I'd like to travel Europe too - I love France and know I'd love Italy but haven't been there.

What is everyone else working on?

Ive been working in the East Quebec and LAbrador area for the last couple weeks . On many breaks in the work Ive done a bunch of still lifes of equipment in the powder sheds and dragline equip areas. Its been rather cold so Ive used pastels and charcoal and conte crayon. Im gonna do some finished works of some of the mule engines that have been set up since the 1920s . I took a bunch of photos . (film , cause the digital cameras dont seem to take long exposures to really cold air.I had one but it was buried in my parka so deep it was a pain getting it out. -even film gets somewhat brittle if left out too long, and batteries just die)
Glad Im home till April.

I've heard you mention painting, sculpting, carving, photograpy, and furniture making, farmerman.

Quite an impressive list, but how are you at cake decorating?

probably an expert!

the work sounds interesting - are you going to post some of the sketches? I love seeing people's sketchbooks.

I also tried to make bongs once along time ago Gus. They werent very good.

I see that youre out of the Canadian slammer. Get to see Cav?
Vivien, as soon as I get on photo bucket, and I get my pics back and I scan my sketches , ill post em. Theyre quick sketches mostly of the machinery but I did do some of the mines dogs. Those were action sketches.

Oh, looking forward to see that, farmer..

I put the finishing touches to this one this week

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it's 4ft 6ins square

these photos were taken with flash and lose some of the subtle colour changes

details:

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Vivien, pardon my density, but what am I seeing here? These "luscious" images are, what, painting over photos (the size makes this seem unlikely)?

no photo, oil on canvas and the image is purely out of my head - a sort of amalgamation of interesting light on the landscape seen over the years.

Hills with a wood flowing down the valley and the light illuminating the trees on the horizon and making them seem to illuminate the painting from within is what I was aiming for.

It is now in its new home - a collector with huge rooms and some lovely paintings.

What are you working on now?