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Alien Aspie said:
This morning's quick pic is Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness. This is from a visit there on my 50th birthday.

Again I used the leaf brush, in truth the trees were bare as it was early spring but they looked rubbish when I painted them so I put some clothes on 'em :)

Never got to see Nessie ;)

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This is good, those trees are well created and the light through the Arrow Slots on the castle giving relief, pity about the lack of Nessie. :)
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
My Mountain Bike Equivalent. THis model sits in this garden by a stream, the owner dressesit different for every season, every big event, I pass it on the way to Cannock Chase and today took this photo of it in summer dress. Christmas week it's always Snpanta and New Year's Day Black Tie and evening dress and drunk.
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Brilliant. I don't understand creative people but I do appreciate how they make the world a better place - (not sure about unmade beds though.)
 
Alien Aspie said:
6.3 this morning, but once again I was up late and then slept in ;)

@gennepher I had to call into my health centre yesterday and overheard the practice manager telling a patient who wasn't wearing a mask because she felt it infringed her rights that it was ok, she could just say that she had a medical condition :banghead: All I hear now is "Well, not many people died and it was mostly in care homes so it's not a problem".
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At least you can get into your health centre, mine is doing no face to face visits, I complained by email only to be told "minimum contact to protect their staff".
 
No art, might do some later if so will post midnight. Long bike ride big hills, old Woodland. Then afternoon at MILs bungalow so late back...

Some pics from today's ride , heather very sweet today and Brocton Copice Oak wood SIL ahead of me driving me on.
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JohnEGreen said:
My first bike was a Tiger Cub a mere 250 cc but I was happy with it a bit jealous of my mates Ariel Square Four though but I came off the pillion of that one when he pulled away quite sharpish one day full throttle and I went straight off the back.

A friend of mine in the Air Force had a velo thruxton 500 cc we used to race up and down the A1 on that it was a monster, in the end he wrote it off under an ice cream van that pulled out from a side road right in front of him

After I'd lost quite a few mates in various biking accidents eventually I decided to get my self a nice safe car, so I bought one of these. The photo is exactly as mine looked but it is not the one I had.

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My first car, bench seat good courting car. Same age as me 1949 model.
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Muddy Cyclist said:
My Mountain Bike Equivalent. THis model sits in this garden by a stream, the owner dressesit different for every season, every big event, I pass it on the way to Cannock Chase and today took this photo of it in summer dress. Christmas week it's always Santa and New Year's Day Black Tie and evening dress and drunk.
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Brilliant
 
Evening all possibly fake news, but just had notification that sprouts are going to be rationed over Christmas, but also due to multiple local lockdowns Christmas could be brought forward to Nov, not sure of the date yet.
Best get your orders in for sprouts.
Again I cannot verify this news.
When and if I get confirmation I shall let our fellow posters and painters know.
 
Inspired by @ianpspurs fenland artists and my sons cottage view over the Dove Valley flood planes which always look wet I have done a quick A4 watercolour sketch ready for my next and last rainy day painting. A quick 15 minutes, I will try and start or complete a proper painting Sunday.
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Alien Aspie said:
To finish the day off with a quickie and continue my 50th trip to Scotland here is a lake near Glencoe not far from the Dragon's Tooth ;)

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This is truly amazing for someone who insisted he wasn't an artist a short while ago @Alien Aspie
That soft gentle detail in the distant hills.
The coniferous trees are almost like you have done this with carefree abandon.
And the little white bridge/fence which takes your eye off centre, so it can wander round the painting.

I always wanted to visit Glencoe, but J refused. One day when I explained the reason, he apologised, (we had been near there, but he was so vehemently against it, that I didn't push it, and thought we would have time to do it another day, but alas, no).

A beautiful painting...
 
Muddy Cyclist said:
Inspired by @ianpspurs fenland artists and my sons cottage view over the Dove Valley flood planes which always look wet I have done a quick A4 watercolour sketch ready for my next and last rainy day painting. A quick 15 minutes, I will try and start or complete a proper painting Sunday.
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I love your quick sketches. This rainy series is brilliant. You have captured rain @Muddy Cyclist
I know you say you are going to do a finished painting, but to me this one is finished, and is amazing for 15 mins.
 
Fbg 7.6

In ZenBrush2 a beach scene.
Just playing. Thinking while I am doing it.
I did, many years ago enrol for a painting course at Croxteth Hall.
We had to do a painting of a tree in a landscape.
I only attended the first one, because the tutor looked at my painting, and said to me, 'I don't know what you are doing here, you're a better painter than me.' She told me she was jealous of me. And she didn't guide or criticise my painting and walked away. But she gave everyone else guidance. I wanted guidance which is why I went. I wanted to be taught how to paint.

But I was determined to come away with something, so I stopped painting, and watched what she was saying to the others. I was lipreading where I could. And the best bit of advice that she gave someone, that I took away from that lesson was she was telling them their tree was flat, and to do bigger leaves at the front, and smaller leaves at the side in order to give the shape of the tree and depth. I try to apply that thought, but in a more general way to my paintings.

I know I haven't painted trees in this imaginary beach scene, apart from the driftwood, but I painted the painting, and then I asked myself questions, on how to achieve a more 3 dimension to the rocks, and also asking myself where was the light source. The painting still seemed a bit flat, and then I remembered what J told me. He had pointed out that often there is a dark line where the sea meets the sky. So I incorporated that darkness, and now there was more depth to this painting. So that is my thinking processes!

Here is painting...

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Alien Aspie said:
This morning's quick pic is Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness. This is from a visit there on my 50th birthday.

Again I used the leaf brush, in truth the trees were bare as it was early spring but they looked rubbish when I painted them so I put some clothes on 'em :)

Never got to see Nessie ;)

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Fab - little details between the trees, fence going into the Loch, gloomy castle surrounded by flecks of light.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 7.6

In ZenBrush2 a beach scene.
Just playing. Thinking while I am doing it.
I did, many years ago enrol for a painting course at Croxteth Hall.
We had to do a painting of a tree in a landscape.
I only attended the first one, because the tutor looked at my painting, and said to me, 'I don't know what you are doing here, you're a better painter than me.' She told me she was jealous of me. And she didn't guide or criticise my painting and walked away. But she gave everyone else guidance. I wanted guidance which is why I went. I wanted to be taught how to paint.

But I was determined to come away with something, so I stopped painting, and watched what she was saying to the others. I was lipreading where I could. And the best bit of advice that she gave someone, that I took away from that lesson was she was telling them their tree was flat, and to do bigger leaves at the front, and smaller leaves at the side in order to give the shape of the tree and depth. I try to apply that thought, but in a more general way to my paintings.

I know I haven't painted trees in this imaginary beach scene, apart from the driftwood, but I painted the painting, and then I asked myself questions, on how to achieve a more 3 dimension to the rocks, and also asking myself where was the light source. The painting still seemed a bit flat, and then I remembered what J told me. He had pointed out that often there is a dark line where the sea meets the sky. So I incorporated that darkness, and now there was more depth to this painting. So that is my thinking processes!

Here is painting...

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Lovely story - interesting thought process and yes, that bit about where the sea meets the sky.
 
Good morning everyone from a an early start in the dark and dangerous north

The wonder wheel of stir fry with cauliflower rice came in at 5.1 this am

Quick in and out today - off to Birmingham to help son with some elastic trickery - a little ring main and a couple of sets of LED lights in the ceiling (once we have the plaster board up).

Mu - nothingness - quick koffy and off

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6.2 this morning and I'm hoping the rain holds off so I can cut the grass.

I still don't think I'm an artist, more a technician. The reflection on the lake is a good example, I simply merged the layers I had which were the background and trees, then duplicated the layer and flipped it upside down. Used a smudge brush and warp to make it look like water. So the top half is painted and the bottom half is just technical.

There is another way in Procreate to mirror things like that but it happens whilst you're doing it and it's a bit weird :)
 
@gennepher Lessons well learnt and applied in this beach scene a very nice example of depth and perspective, like the thought process behind it.

Thank you for your compliment on my sketches.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a an early start in the dark and dangerous north

The wonder wheel of stir fry with cauliflower rice came in at 5.1 this am

Quick in and out today - off to Birmingham to help son with some elastic trickery - a little ring main and a couple of sets of LED lights in the ceiling (once we have the plaster board up).

Mu - nothingness - quick koffy and off

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A busy day then, take care, I see you managed to practice some graffiti style art before your big city adventure, are you taking your spray paint? :)

Interesting lettering, any meaning?

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Alien Aspie said:
The reflection on the lake is a good example, I simply merged the layers I had which were the background and trees, then duplicated the layer and flipped it upside down
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That's just the same technique used for watercolour reflections, except achieved with a brush. Artistic thought process much the same, just useing different tools to create it.
 
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