the life painting Thread.

[panchosimpson]

Hope I'm not breaking the rules, these are pen and ink...drawings (?)

[Blue Severin]

Damn, loop and Pancho kiling things in here. Some more portraits

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/jbrassell/portraits-1.jpg

[Main Loop]

My newest:

[hyetothesky]

good stuff man

[overmars]

Hi
Just wanted to say um... Hi! I'm a newbie and just wanted to thank all those who have made this thread so damned excellent!

At this point I have to confess that I'm only at page 11! But I just had to say: Thanks!

[teena_mom]

waw that is really good stef here , my eye get out and my tongue it's out too. that is really W i like to see . i'd say thankx too i learn V much here :)

[teena_mom]

so i'll just put some unstudy,ugly,random oil pastel , maby after that I can start paniting some oil to be more easy for me .

[teena_mom]

Copied portrait 25 x 30 ,

[teena_mom]

Quick oil pastel

[MidgardSerpent]

PanchoSimpson, those drawings are absolutely beautiful man, great sense of light and dark.

Thanks for posting.

[Khakibin]

My coffee cup....tablet and ps
first try actually at study of something like a cup. (Ive dwelled too much in anatomy and people...and forgot that the rest is important too :/ )

[kielbasa_w]

man, super landscapes Main Loop. I need to get out and do more plein air... By the way, how are you guys photographing your paintings? I usually have to do some tweaking afterward to make them look right, which kinda feels like cheating.
Here's a still life:
http://eclipsethenet.us/MrlIbHEkPCXIQFNDYWbfVMLPVdgdvhW/art/aug_7_2008/chilessm.jpg

[Main Loop]

http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/19/385.jpg
http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/19/386.jpg
http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/19/387.jpg

[voraz]

Great stuff, people.

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2166/skt9908004upfz2.jpg

[dariocoelho]

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/studies/wellheim.jpg

[tmbritton]

So much good stuff in here.

Mainloop, panchosimpson: keep 'em coming. I like your stuff.

Here's one of mine. 16x20, Acrylic Self Portrait.

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[teena_mom]

Old tea pot,bananas,Pomegranate, i think this is the name, here in my country named ROMAN ;) ...

[halkonst]

Main Loop your paintings are really amazing. That still life of the lantern really grabbed me by the balls. I've been going backwards in this thread looking for more of your work. You have great stuff in here. Waiting to see more.

[Main Loop]

New picture...

[Main Loop]

Main Loop your paintings are really amazing. That still life of the lantern really grabbed me by the balls. I've been going backwards in this thread looking for more of your work. You have great stuff in here. Waiting to see more.

Thank you! Glad to hear I got a fan..

[Main Loop]

Main Loop your paintings are really amazing. That still life of the lantern really grabbed me by the balls. I've been going backwards in this thread looking for more of your work. You have great stuff in here. Waiting to see more.

Thank you! Glad to hear I got a fan..

[Main Loop]

From my workshop with Erik Tiemens:

[kidult]

Some digital stil lifes - about 30 to 45 min each

[Main Loop]

New oils from life...

[panchosimpson]

back after a lengthy absence :)

stuff from the past month or so in roughly in chronological order

PS. fish painting is unfinished...the fish started to smell :/

[Magnus]

Wow what a great page! I'm a total beginner at painting but I have been lurking around for some time. (will post when I reach a bearable level)
Main loop I have looked at your plen airs and I'm a big fan. Seems somehow your last paintings are much tighter and crispier, great stuff! Do some bigger ones that are more finished for me right now!!! ;)
Pancho simpsons your stuff is great also...damn tight in all aspects.
And to all of the other talents I've forgot to mention: Great stuff!

Does anybody know what happend to that guy ABCart who used to lurk here? If you haven't seen his stuff I recommend it: http://www.aaroncoberly.com/
Had he lived in the old Italian renassaince times he would have been a rich and influental man indeed. (he might be now aswell :))

[exema]

heres an apple dawg!

[Main Loop]

exema - Nice study. Wish there was a softer transition between the light and the core shadow...
Magnus - I'll start doing larger pieces as soon as I have the room, which will be real soon!
panchosimpson - Nice studies! Especially the way the architecture is done. Powerful strokes...

[sandeepbarot]

amazing!

[ZUPZUP]

http://www.zupzup.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Limes_Shot_Glass.jpg
Thought I would jump into this great thread with everyone else. Some great work here! This is a still life of a shot glass and a couple of slices of lime that I finished up the other night.

Main Loop - Nice plein air work.

Exema - Love that apple!

[panchosimpson]

more stuff

[Art_Addict]

Cool stuff Ramon!

recent portrait study:

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[bharat]

This thread is amazing
nice work man....amazing

[bharat]

very nicely done this things i like the feel too much.

[ZUPZUP]

http://www.zupzup.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Horse_Chestnut_SHEAR_102408.jpg

Here is another new still life I set up. There were all of these wonderful alien looking horse chestnuts falling in my yard....how could I not resist painting these things?

[Main Loop]

ZUPZUP - Lovely. I love the pallette and the contrast, reminds me of Manet's still lifes...

http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/19/410.jpg

[tias]

Hello. Great work here. Just wanted to share some of my own life paintings.

[juraj metod]

Nice, clear and strong works, Keith

[tias]

just one life portrait

[Maxine Schacker]

This is such an inspiring thread! Hats off to all of you. Your work has presence, integrity and reflects the quality of your experience painting.


Pancho- that bit of red next to the tree trunk in the first painting is perfect and really makes the painting vital.

ZupZup - the horse chestnuts are so alive! What a great, vital piece of work.

Tias - I particularly enjoy looking at the garlic.

Thank you all for the pleasure you've given me.

[Almighty Chris]

My first outdoor painting :] It's cold outside
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3079.jpg

[teena_mom]

hi :medusachow:

[Main Loop]

Note to Self: Don't leave paintings out to dry overnight!

[Benisimo]

some truely awe-inspiring stuff here
Back to the Sketchpad:painting:

[Blue Severin]

more limited palette head studies

[The Lone Gunman]

http://scottdaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/scott-daly_tommy-painting1.jpg

Hey Everyone! I've been a lurker of this thread for awhile. Great stuff everyone! Very inspiring. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

By the way Main Loop I will say I love the limited palette too. That's how I started off and I hope to get back to it later on when I find time. Great thread.

[darkos]

beautiful paintings!

still life
http://orchidlan.free.fr/images/20081127_optimash.jpg

[panchosimpson]

Tom: Nicely done buddy!

Maxine: Thank you!

Lone Gunman: That is really nice! reminds me of the soviet impressionist work I've been looking at lately!

Darkos: I love that still life!

Here's a bad picture of a self portrait I did last night, I'll upload a better picture later and also all the landscapes I have lying around :)

oil, 11x14, slightly under 3hrs

[Maxine Schacker]

Pancho, you are growing steadily. I'm moved by the honesty in your work. You are so young and so very, very gifted. Just as I am on the verge of giving up on art and the art world, I find work on this site that brings back my faith in what a very brilliant teacher of mine, many years ago, called "the crystal spirit."

Your work makes me want to paint again.

The Lone Gunman, I look forward to seeing more! Nicely composed, sensitively painted.

And best of all- all of you are about more than surface realism. There is life in these paintings, and that's what it's all about. Not art for art's sake, but art for life's sake.

[panchosimpson]

Maxine, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your encouragement and the kind words you offer us in this forum. I know I'll re-read your comments whenever I feel discouraged or get stuck with painting :)

[crossbowgurl]

Is oekaki ok? I cant seem to be able to be able to spend a lot of time on stuff

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/aquafina_and_kiwi_perfume_by_crossb.pnghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/bottle_in_front_of_screen_by_crossb.pnghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/canada_dry_bottle_by_crossbowgurl.png
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/empty_glass_by_crossbowgurl.pnghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/empty_water_bottle_by_crossbowgurl.pnghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/glasses_on_paper_by_crossbowgurl.png
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/hat_camera_and_banana_keychain_by_c.pnghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/headphones_and_mp3_player_by_crossb.pnghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/painting_stuff_on_my_desk_1_by_cros.png
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/painting_stuff_on_my_desk_2_by_cros.jpghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/painting_stuff_on_my_desk_3_by_cros.jpghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/crossbowgurl/real/stuff_on_my_desk_again_again_by_cro.jpg

[tias]

wow poncho, you're fast. great studies and love the SP!

more portraits

[The Lone Gunman]

http://scottdaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/scott-daly_study11.jpg


http://scottdaly.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/scottdaly_study31.jpg

3 hour studies. i need to work on my color. eek

panchosimpson- thanks, yeah i've been drooling over the soviet impressionist. i love those guys. actually i still have a library book out past its due date on them. thanks for reminding me. sweet study be the way. you're fast and accurate.

maxine shacker- thanks i hope to have more scanned as soon as the semester is over.

[darkos]

panchosimpson > thanks man. Love the SP.

http://orchidlan.free.fr/images/20081205_pommade.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

MY 7 DAY PAINTING TRIP - IN THE GREAT OUT OF DOORS -

I went on a painting trip, into the great out of doors. I had my back pack, my Easel, paint supplies and my bike. I rode around Salt Spring Island, B.C. With my Easel and backpack strapped to my back. I painted rain or shine. I did approximately 2 paintings a day, one day 3. I wanted to share some of my favorites.

Unfortunately, the quality of these are horrible compared to the live painting. The color on the computer is a lot more desaturated and extreme low quality. These will have to do for now, until I can get them professionally photographed.

Most of these are 11 x 14, a couple are 8 x 10 inches, they are all Acrylic on Masonite panels.

The 1st one was done, just before dark along the ocean side, all of the paintings were done within 1 - 2 hrs, including this one.

The 2nd one was done at 10 am in the morning, at the side of the road near a farm.

The 3rd was done also just before dark within an hr, right above the ocean.

The 4th was done, on top of a hill, looking down towards the ocean, a zoomed in view.

The 5th was done, on a mountain side, looking at a view down towards the ocean. It started to rain, it was sunny, misty and a rainbow appeared, eagles soared above my head and in the distance.

The 6th was done, atop the ocean side, standing out in the poring rain, with no cover...it started raining after about 5 mins of starting...

The 7th was done, at approximately 6am with a flashlight strapped to my head, painting in the dark, with the sun slowly rising.

The 8th was done shortly after the 7th at about 8am, I was standing right on the ocean on a bunch of rocks, with crashing waves and harsh wind blowing all around me. My easel almost blew over a couple of times. The 6th was done later the night of these two.


~JB

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[panchosimpson]

thanks for the comments guys and gals:) more stuff

[panchosimpson]

one more..2hrs

[halkonst]

Main Loop - Awesome as always!

Pancho - I think you do a great job of capturing the socal light in your plein air stuff. I'm totally jealous. And the SP you posted fucking rocks!

Justin - That sounds like a really cool trip.

tias, lone gunman, zupzup, art addict, darkos, crossbow - really cool stuff all of you.

This is my first art post on these forums! These paintings are all on letter sized canvas paper, painted with a very limited palette (transp oxide red, ultramarine blue and tit white). I'm just a happy amateur but I hope you'll like these.

[sparsons]

3 hour session, oil and egg-tempera on canvas, 2 x 3 ft.
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[panchosimpson]

thanks halkonst, those portraits are looking nice!

here's a bad cellphone pic of a portrait of my friend, i'll post a better one later

[panchosimpson]

better picture

[tmbritton]

Tough one to follow.

Here's two of mine that I did today. Gouache on gessoed cardboard. 10 x 8 inches.

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[Art_Addict]

Latest WIP I've been struggling on, will update when it's finished.
oil on linen :

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[halkonst]

Gorgeous ear art addict!

[Blue Severin]

a digi paint of a photo ref , way to go :nohope:

[JustinBeckett]

Phantomfrog - The Life painting thread, means, paintings done strictly from life only. So, no, your painting does not belong here.

~JB

[Timothy Duong]

there are some amazing artists in here...

I did this a couple years back. I am just getting back into art so I haven't done much in the last couple of years.

[keith eager]

Hi guys,

Great thread here! I thought I'd post some of what I've been doing since I'm on holidays from school right now. Just starting to mess around with gouache on my own, any tips or crits would be more than welcome!
Co-incedentally I was in the middle of sketching the guy with the computer when a couple of my classmates dropped by starbucks to do some life drawing. Always nice to do some drawing with a group.

[panchosimpson]

Nice study Tom! That ear is great, and it's good to see you tackle a hard pose without fear :)

Here's two from me, first one isn't finished yet...both are inside my house

[panchosimpson]

one more

[phantomfrog]

JustinBeckett - Sorry abt that... will move it out :)

[panchosimpson]

some stuff i've been working on

[panchosimpson]

update

[panchosimpson]

more stuff

[panchosimpson]

one more, same spot as this one
http://highonturpentine.blogspot.com/2008/05/backyard-adventures.html

[HERNE]

Great paintings so far *applaud all* really amazing !

This one is originally in oils on canvas something like 60x80
i've taken a smaller foto and can't take a new bigger one very soon was a present 8)

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/8848/pict0015ms7.png (http://img53.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0015ms7.png) http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/pict0015ms7.png/1/w480.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img53/pict0015ms7.png/1/)