Made a little progress on this painting today (aka: Post Your Art Thread)

Obviously, this is still the monochrome underpainting. I focused on the main drain pipe under the sink (oops, I should have asked if anybody could tell what the fuck this is a painting of). Need to flesh out the handles and do a lot more work still.

What's anybody else working on or recently (or long ago) finished?

Pfff... of course we could tell what the fuck it is.

Impressive!


edit: and by that I mean both that I can tell that it's a sink, and I can tell that it's impressive work. so there.

Yeah, it's the view of the sink in the bathroom at my friend Chantal's place. She lives on a hill over the Mission District in SF, and when you sit on her toilet and look out the window, you have the most wonderful view of the city.

That's awesome. Of course it's obvious what it is.

Great job.

Thank you kindly.

I applaud your use of it.

highlights on the chrome. Shiny surfaces are very tricky. What type of paint are you using?

Thanks for sharing.

Painted the shiny wet into wet today, because that's one of the situations where I can get away with wet into wet, and because I didn't want to wait around for anything to dry to get some reflective gratification.

almost photo realistic.

:toast:

Here's to ya.

nice

Here are two of my illustrations.


Home Away from Home



The Thinker

Me too.

Is it an illustration for a children's book?

Thank you. :)

:hi:

The idea started out as many flying houses in the air. Then, I thought it would be cooler if one house could fly and the others couldn't. I really like things that fly for some reason.

http://www.fantasykat.com/ch/dg/fondue.html B-)

The Thinker!

That was for an assignment for my editorial illustration class. The assignment was to illustrate an article on the intelligence of octopods. I was excited about it because I like drawing the octopus. It was the first illustration that I was really pleased with.

Are you published? Those have an alt-weekly kinda vibe that has a good beat I can dance to. :thumbsup:

I will be soon, though. Thanks!

such talented people around this place.

I especially like the first one... just wonderful. :)

:)

Fuck, I REALLY need to make some new art.

in the shack.

But yeah, making art is fun, and you're good at it.

Figuratively speaking that is, because it's hot as balls in my room right now. If I can gather the energy to do more than just type, maybe I should start on something tonight.

hubby has a new-media series, i should make him take some pics so i can post them :)

Yeah, you should make the man give you some pics.

Or tell him to post them on HisSpace.

It almost looks like a photo, it's so realistic.

:hi:

Hey, are you going to YearlyKos again this year?

Wish I could go.

I didn't go last year. Chicago is such an easy trip from here, I just had to go. If it was in Vegas again, I probably wouldn't have. I'm so looking forward to it. My only fear is that I won't be able to do everything and see everyone I want to see and meet. There are so many good sessions, and between the DUers I want to see and all the folks from DK and FDL I want to meet, I know I'll miss some. I'm really looking forward to the presidential forum and the session with Pelosi, Reid, Emmanuel and I forgot who else and potential chances to get to meet some of them in person. Wes Clark, Dick Durbin, Howard Dean and others will be there, too. I'm really hoping Gore will show up, but I'm not counting on it.

Sorry you won't be there. It would be fun to see you again.

Not enough people on this thread are posting their art, in my opinion. I'd sure like to see more.

:cry:

:smoke:

Always good to see that one.

:blush:

people who can draw make me SICK x( it looks like you could just whip out a real-looking picture every few seconds.

This is a great piece! I want to think they're singing though.. maybe they're yelling and singing

but honestly, it's time-consuming and a bit painstaking to make this stuff, even when making it purposefully sloppy-looking. I'm really rusty on the drawing, I need to be doing way more of it to get back to where it comes quickly again. Thanks for the kind words.

I thought it was a photograph, it's amazing how you did it I think :o

I can't draw to save my life but I make stained glass, this is the donkey I just made. This picture was before I coppered and soldered and patina'ed it. Now it's finished so tomorrow when it's getting some sun I'll take another picture and post it too.

not arts, but whatever

Where's it going to go?

Or is it for a client?

At a certain point, there's no useful distinction between an art and a craft, in my little book of distinctions.

I'd meant to sell the pieces when I first started making them but now by the time I finish each one I want way more money for it than anyone would give me, so they're hanging up everywhere, maybe one day when I'm tired of them I'll sell em ALL.

donkey's done :)

:hi:

I love how you can see the trees through the blue glass of the sky.

hey :hi:

Why did you chose a flexline for the Hot, while keeping the original outdated line for the Cold?

I kid, it looks awesome..

Her landlord is insane. Maybe he does his own plumbing.

And thanks.

I'm an "art idiot" to be honest, but I am really attracted to your paintings. You're somehow able to make simple items elegant. That's a very unusual talent.

I gave up trying to make clever art some time ago (perhaps you have seen some of my video performances from the 80s - not too clever ((though I do like one of them )) ) and just decided to try to paint what was in front of me. It has been fun so far.

Cheerio. I raise a glass to you.

Your art is very honest, for lack of a better qualifier.

Again, I know nothing about art, but when I see your stuff I smile and nod and think "Yeah. That's right. That works."

I wish I could explain it better.

show the real surface texture and "feel" of things. :)

That is amazing. I'd love to see a gallery show of your stuff.

That almost looks like a photograph. :toast:

I really want to start practicing on drawing and painting skills. I'm just so darn picky about my own work.

Here are two stained glass panels that I made to refurbish an armoire. It originally had some very ugly opaque geometric design in cream and gold. :puke:

I love this so much more!

Monsieur LeCrab

you're a friggin' natural. You ought to be making more art.

I really do need to do more, my output has been severely lacking these days.

Is that from a photo or from memory?

I have a horrible memory, haha.

I only recently became good at drawing from memory. It took a ton of life drawing classes.

I haven't taken an art class since 10th grade.

That's just lovely.

Thanks. :)

...by Lucian Freud at the Art Institute of Chicago. It was just a painting of the sink in his studio with a trickle of water coming out of the faucet. All white and gray with the subtlest hints of color in the reflections.

It seemed, somehow, that the whole sad history of the human race was captured in that simple painting.

Here's one of mine from a few years ago:

Just search Sakabatou Studio in Yahoo Video. :D

I built this cabinet to house (and lock up) my kids' video equipment.

I haven't done any drawing or painting for a while, but think I will start again in the Fall.

Nice work on the painting, Swag!

:hi: