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[Anonymous No.4290685]

Post art you've done in traditional mediums. Now giving asylum to Sketchbook Thread refugees.

[Anonymous No.4290686]

>>4290685
made this shimmery

[Anonymous No.4290781]

>>4290686
tried mixing different colors of the same value to apply to parts of this

[Anonymous No.4290784]

>>4290685
>>4290686
>>4290781
fuck you b***n you stupid arab bitch

[Anonymous No.4290787]

>>4290784
im white

[Anonymous No.4290793]

>>4290784
what the fuck are you talking about lmao this is art board you dumb fag

[Anonymous No.4290796]

>>4290784
BaSES

[Anonymous No.4290797]

>>4290793
its too late, /pol/ scum has been here for a long time. at this time i just hide 60% of comments and posts to keep this board at least somewhat useful

[Anonymous No.4290811]

>>4290781
I just made it a flat color, I really didn't like how busy the background elements were

[Anonymous No.4290832]

[Anonymous No.4290835]

>>4290832
very nice, you're squeezing an impressive value range out of a very limited palette

[Anonymous No.4290836]

>>4290811
You kinda fucked it up.
- The background affects the subject and vice versa. What was originally a warm figure next to a cold background is now a cold and desaturated figure next to the saturated yellow. and even though it is a lemon yellow, it is still the warmest thing in the painting now.
- The yellow is also fighting for foreground dominance even though you call it a background because it is warm and saturated.
- Avoid textures unless 100% intended. Paint as flat as possible until you are sure you are never going to make changes because you cant paint over thick paint without retaining the texture.
Its also just less interesting now. Looks like graffiti on a wall now.

Pic related is your original in greyscale which I was going to comment on before you changed it.

[Anonymous No.4290840]

>>4290835
Thank you!

[Anonymous No.4290843]

>>4290835
>value range
>limited palette
?????
What has value got to do with a limited palette. Did you mean color/hue or saturation/chroma?

[Anonymous No.4290845]

[Anonymous No.4290849]

>>4290836
it was such a mess of greys before though, I feel like at least with what I have now I can start pushing the background back up to dark, and the figure back down to light.

[Anonymous No.4290851]

>>4290843
he's using what looks like a palette of mid-dark colors and still retaining light-mid values. that's what I meant.

>>4290845
this one's very nice too, in the same way.

[Anonymous No.4290853]

>>4290843
The pallette wasn't too limited actually. Lots of greenish, neutral and brown greys. And white gouache.

[Anonymous No.4290865]

>>4290685
:O These I wanna scan to work on digitally later.

[Anonymous No.4290866]

>>4290865
2nd one

[Anonymous No.4291015]

>>4290845
Very nice.

[Anonymous No.4291017]

>>4291015

[Anonymous No.4291019]

>>4291017
The photo is more yellow than in reality

[Anonymous No.4291023]

>>4291019

[Anonymous No.4291026]

>>4291023
And two I'm currently working on

[Anonymous No.4291027]

>>4291026

[Anonymous No.4291041]

[Anonymous No.4291044]

[Anonymous No.4291131]

I'd be lyin if I said I wasn't mirin'... Brian the Cala-brian.

[Anonymous No.4291147]

>>4291131
brian sucks cock and is easily one of the worst painters and draftsmen here right next to jimmy the crackhead burnout.

[Anonymous No.4291277]

>>4291044
Nice, gave me a minor deja vu for some reason as well. Well done.

[Anonymous No.4291299]

>>4291019
>>4291023
>>4291026
>>4291027
why are you doing the paintings on the back of the canvas?!?!?!

[Anonymous No.4291375]

>>4291299
It started with me being tired of stretching canvases (and also too cheap to buy more) and painting on the back gave me twice as many surfaces. I quickly came to enjoy the rough texture of an unprimed canvas and how the unglued, ungessoed linen fibers would react to the brush and the paint.

[Anonymous No.4291447]

trying not to fuck this one up

[Anonymous No.4291449]

[Anonymous No.4291454]

[Anonymous No.4291623]

>>4291375
>ungessoed linen
I buy single fill cotton which is super cheap and you get a shit ton of it. linen will run you up, but when I would buy sample sheets of linen I would paint on them ungessoed too. the color of linen is just so nice.

[Anonymous No.4291634]

>>4291026

Nice. Could you post the ref picture you are using?

[Anonymous No.4291647]

>>4291375
>>4291623
If you're using oil they're going to fall apart within a few years. Theres a reason why gesso exists, oil tends to rot the fuck out of the fibers in canvas regardless of type (both cotton and linen are essentially cellulose) and gesso provides a layer of protection. Hell there are even clear gessos out now which means you can enjoy the effect without the retardation

[Anonymous No.4291652]

>>4291647
yeah I knew that when I did it, I imagine the other guy knows too, but god damnit does it feel cool.

[Anonymous No.4291698]

>>4291044
You need to work on edge control.

[Anonymous No.4292340]

>>4291044
this is great

[Anonymous No.4293022]

reduced the background on this to a couple spots

[Anonymous No.4293164]

>>4293022
I never thought I'd miss Illastrat.

[Anonymous No.4293172]

>>4293164
kek

[Anonymous No.4293431]

[Anonymous No.4293437]

>>4291041
looks like a big vat of period blood. doesn't help that it appears to be streaming out of her vag

[Anonymous No.4293714]

>>4291041
I really like the lighting on this. Very bold. I think the spots of black shadow are a bit too much though. With how strong that light source below is I don't think there would be much pure black. The rim of the cauldron should also be much warmer. It should be lit by the lava, just as the underside of the figure.

[Anonymous No.4293771]

>>4290781
I like this version better. But the background is more interesting than the person so I guess tone it down if you want the person to draw the eye the most.
>>4290811
This version the green and red highlights on the skin and blue shirt dont make sense and stand out as a mistake. I say simplify the back ground of the first version with a green red and yellow wall paper. With majority green color with yellow high light and red and blue shading. It will also add a abstract element by using colors as shading and will be interesting to the eye without stealing the show from the human. I'm lazy and did a quick version to explain my idea but I think a layering of yellow and red and blue lines over a green wall would match the highlights on the shirt and add that more interesting touch and color >>4290811 needs

[Anonymous No.4293829]

>>4293431
Thats a big mouth

[Anonymous No.4293909]

>>4291041
I really like the lighting but the pose is kind of bland IMO and whatever she's stepping out of could use some more definition.

[Anonymous No.4294037]

Meh.

Gouache on hot press watercolor paper.

[Anonymous No.4294497]

>>4291634
Half of it is visible in the picture. if you really want the whole i'll have to do some digging.

[Anonymous No.4294610]

Still practicing watercolor, hopefully will be able to try it out with a life model next sunday, in the meantime I'm trying to figure a simple workflow from start to end so I don't have to worry about time and can focus on color and light.
This painting was another attempt to get a grip on color, afterwards feels like I should've done a bit more to tie the image to the bottom of the frame, maybe define the floor a bit more to make the model pop out better.
Still, it's getting easier, I'm fiddling less with my paint and have a better understanding of how to achieve certain effects so I'm going to keep at it.

[Anonymous No.4294611]

>>4293771
opalescence?

[Anonymous No.4294757]

>>4294037
I like the contrast in patterns

[Anonymous No.4295234]

>>4294610
Proportions are fucked head/face is far too small. Less babbling more creating

[Anonymous No.4295728]

>>4295234
Yeah I noticed that afterwards, I couldn't really do anything to fix it without making a mess.
I don't know why but I have less problems with proportions when drawing from life than when I draw from photo reference.

[Anonymous No.4296178]

Just bought a dip-pen and some ink. But I don't know what to draw. Any suggestions or advice on how to use it? Should I boil the nibs or stick them in a potato, I've heard there's oils on them that may inhibit proper flow that one needs to remove.
I did clean one with dish-soap, is that enough? I have a hard time getting started. I think i have unrealistic expectations of myself so I get discouraged when I actually try. Anyone else feel the same?

>>4294610
I like it, head's a bit small though. Did you use a ref for it?

[Anonymous No.4296197]

>>4293022

Jesus christ that's unappealing.

[Anonymous No.4296317]

[Anonymous No.4296424]

>>4296317

This is very very pretty (eat your heart out, Brian), I love your brushwork. I can't really discern what the jars hold though, my first thought is orange peels but the shapes are wrong, maybe clarify what it is just a little more to make it even better.

[Anonymous No.4296488]

>>4296424
Thank you, that's very helpful. I didn't even think about the clarity since I already knew what I was painting. They're candles. Unfortunately they died after like 5 minutes, though.

[Anonymous No.4296685]

I've not anything brand new to display. I've had some paintings framed and am enjoying them which are quite recent though I'm not able to make photographs and share them as my personal computer is poorly. I am also in a large amount of discomfort. New work is slow, every part of my life is a struggle and lifting up a paint brush isn't a happy experience at the moment.

[Anonymous No.4296740]

>>4296685
Try to remember people outside of your life struggle too, and that all honest effort betters those around you. Even if it feels like what you’re doing is insignificant the best way to get through hard times is to help those going through hard times to

[Anonymous No.4296770]

>>4296740
Thank you for your support. Would a painting help? Maybe, I don't know. Je ne sais pas?

[Anonymous No.4296820]

>>4294037

Best one in this thread.

[Anonymous No.4296839]

Empty out my pockets, yesterday's wrappers and some coins, a wallet that is largely redundant.

[Anonymous No.4296853]

>>4290811
You were correct in your summation. Though I am surprised that your dissatisfaction at the back ground which was pleasing.

[Anonymous No.4296868]

>>4294610
Watercolor is such that it allows one to continually amend one's art. Perhaps continue with this piece using only your imagination?

[Anonymous No.4296871]

>>4294611
Stakhanovism?

[Anonymous No.4296955]

>>4296178
Yes it was using a photo ref.
I did make a drawing of it before which I measured carefully but I thought I could do it without measuring a second time. Guess I was wrong.

>>4296868
Care to elaborate on that? I'm no expert, but I feel like watercolor wants to be done in one go, one session.
I'd rather make a new attempt from scratch.

[Anonymous No.4298061]

>>4296955
Turner used to layer his watercolours. I think his came out pretty good, and some people like them enough to pay millions.

[Anonymous No.4298257]

>>4290832
C+ try wetting and stretching out your paper in future.

[Anonymous No.4298827]

>>4296820
Aw, thanks dude.

[Anonymous No.4298877]

>>4298061
Samuel Palmer is the preferable water colorist tbf

[Anonymous No.4298887]

did a pen drawing

[Anonymous No.4299029]

>>4295234
Stop cursing all the time.

[Anonymous No.4299033]

>>4298887
Nice

[Anonymous No.4299035]

>>4291647
>oil tends to rot the fuck out of the fibers in canva
This is an untruth.

[Anonymous No.4299050]

>>4290832
great thumbnail
>>4293022
this one is kind of alright. your colors are eyecatching and you're almost leaning into a unique style but whatever prowess there may be is buried under your lack of fundamentals. stop shooting yourself in the foot and fuckin study forthe love of god
>>4294037
the density of that greenery is delicious.. post more

[Anonymous No.4299067]

>>4298887
Damn this is nice. Dumb question but did you do an under drawing in pencil or just go into it with pen?

[Anonymous No.4299069]

>>4299067
Shame they rushed off the right hand arm.

[Anonymous No.4299072]

>>4299069
tried to stick to the ref

>>4299067
I just draw straight with pen, I don't really like mixing media I find ink and pencil look poop together

[Anonymous No.4299076]

>>4290845
saved

[Anonymous No.4299086]

>>4299072
Maybe instead of the diagonal hatching try contoured hatching , but I'm sure you know all of this already. Also there's a shadow from her left shoulder across her right breast that you've missed. 5.5/10

[Anonymous No.4299139]

>>4299086
contoured hatching on distant things ends up being more fuss than it's worth I find, unless I actually have a model and 3 hours or something... I usually just flatten background elements for quick stuff

[Anonymous No.4299145]

>>4299139
Now really, is that the attitude?

[Anonymous No.4299184]

>>4299050

>the density of that greenery is delicious.. post more

Uh... ok. Thanks!

I wish I had something newer to post but I'm in the middle of job hunting right now and don't have much time to paint.

[Anonymous No.4299205]

>>4298887
It's like Conan comics from the sixties.

[Anonymous No.4299286]

>>4298877
Gay, tbf.
>>4298887
No head, hands or feet, plus ça change.
>>4299035
But, it does?

[Anonymous No.4299293]

>>4299286
Samuel Palmer wasn't homosexual, he had a wife and family. You know nothing of art.

[Anonymous No.4299308]

>>4299286
the ref is literally right here >>4299072

[Anonymous No.4299725]

Made this one recently with markers and I dont usually work with colours.

I was kind of pleased with the result.

[Anonymous No.4300360]

>>4299293
Oscar Wilde wasn't gay, he had a wife and family. You nothing about literature.
>>4299308
Your ref is shit, as usual.

[Anonymous No.4300363]

>>4299293
Oscar Wilde wasn't gay, he had a wife and family. You know nothing about literature.
>>4299308
Your ref is shit, as usual.

[Anonymous No.4300457]

How do I paint things that arent lit in a studio? I painted a shelf in my kitchen but since the light was poor on my canvas/palette my values are all blown out. Pic rel is the result. Do I just have to note that I'm in low light and mix everything darker than I think?

[Anonymous No.4300469]

>>4300457
That’s the beauty of painting, you can (and should) always have a lightest light and darkest dark.

[Anonymous No.4300543]

Drew a girl at the coffee shop

[Anonymous No.4300611]

>>4300457
Indeed you do. So plein air painters often key their pictures to the sky, and see how they want to pitch their darks from that.

[Anonymous No.4300698]

Posting some ink work

[Anonymous No.4300700]

>>4300698

[Anonymous No.4300701]

>>4300700

[Anonymous No.4300718]

>>4300698
>>4300700
>>4300701
I like. Especially the mushroom one. What kind of pen do you use? and do you draw with pencil first?

[Anonymous No.4300728]

>>4300718
Thanks. I either use fineliners, brush pens or a mix of both for inking.

I usually sketch things out with pencil first. Still not good enough to draw straight away with ink, although sometimes I try to challenge myself and draw without a pencil sketch. Usually mess up something when I do though.

For those three I did a pencil sketch first.

[Anonymous No.4300775]

>>4294037
This is nice. Somehow reminds me of pixel art. Might be because of the colors are a bit cartoony, which is fine if thats what you intended and were not aiming for realism

[Anonymous No.4300859]

>>4300700
wish I could use negative space like you, I always end up clogging everything with ink

[Anonymous No.4300881]

>>4300543
That's potential harassment.

[Anonymous No.4301378]

>>4300543

You drew her as if she has habsburg syndrome. Super unappealing. And stop halfassing the hands because you cant do them.

[Anonymous No.4301402]

>>4301378
Ok retard

[Anonymous No.4301643]

>>4301402

Truth hurts, doesn't it? Give up Brian, you cunt, you are incapable of improving brcause you have your head stuck up your ass. Find a job, stop suckling your parents' teat, you're an adult nearing his thirties. Your art sucks.

[Anonymous No.4301675]

Tryna do some psychedelic/creepy cute work that would be cool to look at during an acid trip lol

[Anonymous No.4301676]

>>4301675

[Anonymous No.4301677]

>>4301676

[Anonymous No.4302648]

>>4290685
How did they do it back then to not want to kill themselves when painting?

[Anonymous No.4302668]

>>4302648
They either were trained by professionals or didn't paint at all.
And they weren't spoiled with bad information.

[Anonymous No.4302670]

>>4302648
work on 17 canvases at a time while drunk off your ass and supported by rich patrons

[Anonymous No.4302694]

>>4301676
>>4301677
too much going on and i would honestly drop the characters

[Anonymous No.4302717]

>>4301643
noone's taking your advice seriously with that spacing faggot

[Anonymous No.4302724]

>>4302717
retard

[Anonymous No.4302795]

i painted this for a girl in college

[Anonymous No.4302816]

>>4302694
It's acid art so the point is for it to be extremely busy and layered so that it's fun to look at while tripping, however I'm working on better incorporating the characters.

[Anonymous No.4302817]

>>4301643
so I should kill myself?

[Anonymous No.4302859]

I just finished this.
I feel I have ruined it.
Idk but at least I'm done.
>>4302795
Quite good, the water is slightly too green for my taste.

[Anonymous No.4303051]

>>4302859
yeah it was a beach with a lot of runoff so it was kinda green. heres another one i did more recently

[Anonymous No.4303057]

>>4302795
another

[Anonymous No.4303060]

another one

[Anonymous No.4303191]

>>4302817
Please don't hurt yourself.

[Anonymous No.4303324]

>>4300775

I may have over-saturated it a bit when adjusting the scan in photoshop. The original is a bit duller, but I think it looks better with he intensity turned up.

Chalk it up to experience. I'm going to do another one soon, but this time I'm planning out the color and lighting more carefully.

[Anonymous No.4303350]

>>4303060

Pretty neat, I just wish you would have taped off the no exit sign.

[Anonymous No.4303352]

>>4302717

>using spaces and interpunction properly
>bitch about "spacing"

???

[Anonymous No.4304110]

plant

[Anonymous No.4304472]

>>4302859
I can't see any fault with it. Well done.

[Anonymous No.4304485]

>>4303350
the idea i had was to extend out the color of the no exit sign so i could paint over it with kraken tentacles but ohh well... they tore the door down before i could finish.

[Anonymous No.4304495]

>>4304110
cool

[Anonymous No.4305884]

I think my colors are too warm. Maybe grey up the wall to add some contrast? This was my second try. The first time I fucked up the values so that was what I was trying to focus on. I think the radiator sticks out too much too.

[Anonymous No.4307743]

im streaming myself painting in oils if anyone wants to watch

twitch.tv/brianvcomforti

[Anonymous No.4307748]

>>4307743
Stream your suicide

[Anonymous No.4307769]

>>4298877
Sargent is league's above, but personal preference and such

[Anonymous No.4307876]

>>4299725
looks good buddy

[Anonymous No.4307897]

>>4302795
a lot of this is good but some of the colors borders on the kitsch in my opinion. had the sky been less vibrant or even gray I think the totality would feel better, at least to me

[Anonymous No.4307912]

>>4302859
This is fucking wicked, Anon. Good job.

[Anonymous No.4307929]

>>4305884
the radiator does stick out too much but it's mostly because those color doesn't exist anywhere else in your painting. I believe that if you would put some more marks of the values that you've already used (like the grayish blue of the radiator, grayish green of the couch and crimson from the pillow) and use it on the wall as well it would create more of a complete feeling, that different elements seem more connected and less fragmented. Look at Vuillard or Sickert and how they paint interiors, for instance. funny enough, one of first paintings had a radiator like yours; I painted it quite similarly and had a hard time trying to make it fit the whole

[Anonymous No.4308218]

>>4307743
just came across @wm_hawkins_art on insta and thought it was you. your styles are extremely similar. thoughts?

[Anonymous No.4308275]

>>4308218
Nothing like BC. This guy sells successfully and doesn't going around trying to pick up girls just because they've talked to him. And his style is totally different.

[Anonymous No.4308352]

>>4308275
>his style is totally different.
stopped listening right there

[Anonymous No.4308369]

>>4308352
OFC it is. I've seen that guys paintings on ebay for years, never once thought , oh hey that looks like Brians. You twat.

[Anonymous No.4308391]

>>4291017
Schiele is that you?

very pretty m8

[Anonymous No.4308420]

>>4308391
Hah, I wish. But thank you, the compliment is greatly appreciated.

[Anonymous No.4308490]

>>4308369
insisting that it is not similar doesn't make you right, it just makes it clear that you can't see the similarity.

[Anonymous No.4308807]

>>4296685
I hear ya man. Things get better, but admittedly sometimes the bad periods seem a little longer than usual.
So I started painting in oil about 4 or so months ago, doing studies and got lucky with a few but now I just haven’t been able to make the paint do what I want.
So here is a pure fun abstract oil that I kinda vowed to myself I’d never get into doing.
Oh well, I’m sick of being afraid to approach my panels and paints and brushes.

[Anonymous No.4308878]

>>4308275
>>4308369
blow me

[Anonymous No.4309041]

What are some decent guides/books for oil painting?

[Anonymous No.4309131]

>>4308878

Unironically kill yourself

[Anonymous No.4309137]

>>4308878
I reqlly like the gloomy atmosphere and your use of values, but I wpuld suggest improving your sense of perspective and profundity: It would improve a lot if ypu used more diluted and blurry brushstrokes for the background and bigger and more dinamic ones in the foreground.

[Anonymous No.4309138]

>>4308807
Unironically love it. Do you have better photos of it?

[Anonymous No.4309164]

idk why thata retard BC keeps posting here, i think he actually has autism he cant take a hint that his art is shit and just gets encouraged to post by the 3 /beg/s who suck his cock

just another dime a dozen tripfag egomaniac with dunning kruger. laughably bad

[Anonymous No.4309352]

>>4308878
As I said, nothing like Hawkins, who is aping the Western style somewhat, and isn't presenting muddy values like this. Your landscapes invariably have confusing values and subject matter, nothing like his. Pic related.

[Anonymous No.4309385]

>>4309041
Alla Prima, perhaps.

[Anonymous No.4309386]

>>4308878
Are you open to criticism?

[Anonymous No.4309393]

>>4308807
this is wonderful. would you share something about your approach for this, technical and methodological?

[Anonymous No.4309405]

>>4309041
a book featuring high quality photos of you favorite paintings with details and close ups. look at what the painter did and try to understand it. theres really very little of value that you can get from a "guide" or "tutorial" that you won't have to discover on your own as you paint. I sincerely believe that, while you can read about something, you can not truly understand it until you actually try it for yourself.

[Anonymous No.4309457]

watercolours and ink

[Anonymous No.4309628]

>>4309457
I get what you're trying to do, but anatomically theres some strange things going on here that particularly makes itself felt around the pelvis. In order to show what it seems you want to show (her left leg and bum) you'd need to pull the right side of her pelvis a lot closer to her ribs. Try to do this pose yourself and see what happens to your own pelvis. Its worth noting that unlike the shoulders, the pelvis is one solid entity. Therefore, the connection between the femur and the pelvis are always constant in relation to each other. With this in mind, you'll notice how disproportionate the left side of her body is compared to her right.

[Anonymous No.4309700]

>>4309138
No better photos sorry. Thanks much, I mean it.

>>4309393
Thank you. Technically it’s a pigmented shellac sealed hardboard panel with 2 coats of oil based lead primer for the ground I put on with a pallet knife, leaving a random texture subtly. Then I put the first layer of color on with a brush and smoothed it randomly with a pallet knife and cloth when it tacked up a little, wiping out some areas for highlights. I let that dry then came back with other colors, kinda staining it then a few days later I reinforced the darks to start trying to emphasize depth and created some kind of 3d form.
Next I’m going to go with some more vivid colors and then probably some highlights and go for a texture on the emerging forms that randomly have occurred.

[Anonymous No.4309721]

>>4309628
thanks for the tips, I'm just starting out in drawing full bodies, and this type of criticism is really helpfull. After reading your reply I went to see my reference picture and really understand what you are saying!
Thanks!

[Anonymous No.4309965]

Any advice for complex scenes would be greatly appreciated. I feel way over my head whenever I do scenes with multiple things going on (ie. not still lifes). My focus is just all over the place. Maybe after massing in I should treat it like a series of smaller still lifes?

[Anonymous No.4310434]

Oil

[Anonymous No.4310486]

>>4310434
Did you paint this? (That is, I wouldn't be surprised if it were a masters' sketch.) It's extremely beautiful. Wonderful work.

>>4303060 (phew, so awesome)
>>4302859
>>4300700
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>>4290845
>>4290832
>>4305884
>>4307743
>>4308878
>>4309965
Really love these.

[Anonymous No.4310555]

>>4310486
Yes, it’s mine. I’m flattered, thank you.

[Anonymous No.4310732]

>>4310434
GMI emmer effer!

[Anonymous No.4310825]

Does this read

[Anonymous No.4311629]

>>4310825
Depends, what are you trying to communicate? I find it interestingly gritty.

[Anonymous No.4312665]

>>4291019
>>4291027
>>4291026
>>4291023
>Staples on your canvas
>Not tacks
ISHYGDDT

[Anonymous No.4312885]

Why is the bar so low in these threads?

[Anonymous No.4312901]

>>4312885
Because you don't post work

[Anonymous No.4312904]

>>4302795
did it work?1???1??

[Anonymous No.4312909]

>>4290781
>>4291449
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>>4298887
>>4299184
>>4300457
>>4302795
>>4303060
>>4310434

Best in threads

[Anonymous No.4313052]

Bit slow getting around to painting since Christmas.
Here is a 6x8 inch from last night.

[Anonymous No.4313792]

Still working on the underdrawing for my next painting

[Anonymous No.4313844]

My first (and probably best) interior painting

[Anonymous No.4314021]

My last paint of the last year

[Anonymous No.4314026]

>>4314021
sick

[Anonymous No.4314039]

>>4313844
Your colors give it a very nice atmosphere. Seems like simplicity is key when it comes to color temperature.

[Anonymous No.4314105]

>>4314026
The foreshortening on that arm is a bit confusing. I think if you define the hand more it won’t be

[Anonymous No.4314411]

On going

[Anonymous No.4314423]

>>4312885
Some armchair critics are looking for mood/atmosphere, others look for pictorial conception, the general situation, or a new perspective.

I think mood is the most consistent appeal in these threads.

[Anonymous No.4314426]

>>4313844
Haunting. Do you like Pissarro, Le Sidanier?

[Anonymous No.4314615]

>>4314426
I very much appreciate Pissarro but I'd never heard of Le Sidaner before you mentioned him. I do indeed see the semblance in my painting, but I was actually looking towards Bonnard and Sickert at the time. For the interior that I'm making now (this time with figures), I've been using Vuillard and one of Rops' paintings as reference/inspiration

[Anonymous No.4314897]

>>4313844
nice

finished this landscape today

[Anonymous No.4314903]

>>4314897
Oil?

[Anonymous No.4314939]

>>4314903
Yeah, no medium just turps

[Anonymous No.4314987]

>>4291454
the thumbnail is a lot cleaner than the full image, try to clean up some of the lines and start playing with values gl brother

[Anonymous No.4315349]

I guess I’ve temporarily abandoned my exercises and now just working on this.

[Anonymous No.4317053]

redoing the background on this since I want to submit it to a show this spring, and I can't have a full blown pussy on this painting or they'll just reject it outright

[Anonymous No.4317123]

On going

[Anonymous No.4317269]

>>4314411
pics like this make me wanna see other people's work spaces

[Anonymous No.4317394]

>>4317053
Lovely values on those titties Brian.

[Anonymous No.4317416]

>>4317394
still needs more work but im done for today

[Anonymous No.4317436]

>>4317416
small brain ape who only cares about drawing tits
youre so shit lmao

[Anonymous No.4317479]

Hey guys, just starting out in pointing (studying drawing seriously for about two months and painting for about three weeks, though I have painted more casually before) it’s first time posting here. Could anyone help me with a little critique?

So far I think that I need to work on the range of values. I don’t feel like I get dark enough. (Especially in the lower right of the cloth) I also seem to drift away from the reality my subject. I have to admit that part of me likes doing so, but I’m going to begin making a conscious effort to portray my subject and not “cheat” by following where the painting wants me to go. Anyways, any tips or critique would be greatly appreciated.

[Anonymous No.4317482]

>>4317479
Sorry about rotation. Posting from mobile and don’t know how to change. Here is another with the subject.

[Anonymous No.4317566]

>>4310434
Excellent work. What are you using as reference?

[Anonymous No.4317572]

>>4317436
I think that's the point

[Anonymous No.4317613]

>>4317436
Post your work faggot.
Dude posts more actual paintings than anyone here. Some are just shit but some have moments that are great. Just what exactly is wrong with your generation that you would complain about well painted tits. If you’re a faggot, then you are excused, but if not then, I got bad news for you...

[Anonymous No.4318254]

>>4317482
Better quality.

[Anonymous No.4318289]

>>4318254
Use simpler shapes. Also don't ignore the background. A cast shadow goes a long way in adding 3-dimensionality.

[Anonymous No.4318325]

>>4318289
Thanks dude. I’ll try adding more cast shadows. I remember reading in “drawing lessons from the great masters” to limit caste shadows. I think I took it too far to heart, considering it was more likely just about figure. Also, Could you help me understand using simpler shapes? I can see that this gets kinda messy. Should I be doing shapes in my under drawings as opposed to trying to replicate it as I see it?

[Anonymous No.4318345]

>>4317416
did an abstract

[Anonymous No.4318405]

tried to define the background a little more, but i'm done with this, this is going in a show called "Realism" a local art gallery is holding, cause I can't paint anymore realistically than this... or I just don't really want to

[Anonymous No.4318421]

>>4318405
Masterful foot/hands/face hide. Also totally fucked the comp with the garbage in the foreground. Keep it up!

[Anonymous No.4318514]

>>4318421
What makes you think paintings hands feet or a face is any different than painting what’s on that canvas? You just follow the reference you fucking nerd

[Anonymous No.4318525]

>>4318514
hahah brain you fucking suck cock dude and EVERYONE knows you cant draw anything but shitty abstract greenery and female torsos and not even good at that. you just autistically pump out mediocre painting after mediocre painting and get validation from braindead normies who are impressed by any colors they see

[Anonymous No.4318529]

>>4318525
pyw

[Anonymous No.4318532]

Thoughts on where this is going? I'll need to let it dry before I can get the texture I want and remove some of the clutter and values I dont like.
>>4318254
Seems you're trying to do too much, and could benefit from simplifying your forms. Not every detail of what you see is worth to giving importance to. Take a look at Morandi's still lives for instance, and pay special attention to the ability to keep information simple and tonality harmonious and coherent.

[Anonymous No.4318574]

>>4318532
very picasso

[Anonymous No.4318576]

>>4318421
>Also totally fucked the comp with the garbage in the foreground
also do you think I should make that foreground bush the most detailed thing in the painting? like just keep painting it until it's more exacting and detailed than the figure?

[Anonymous No.4318599]

>>4318405
Agree with >>4318421 the foreground takes away, but don’t touch anything else. I bet it will be received very well. Good job.

[Anonymous No.4318604]

>>4318576
No, this isn’t that guy but the post above. TEs perspective dictates that, but not the composition. You want the figure to be in selective focus. Think Rembrandt or Nerdrum:)

[Anonymous No.4318608]

>>4318604
*Yes perspective dictates that but.......

[Anonymous No.4318623]

>>4318599
it's literally just there so its not so sexual, because the place im submitting it to would REALLY frown upon a full frontal nude painting

[Anonymous No.4318637]

>>4318623
Where is her head though?

[Anonymous No.4318639]

>>4318623
Upon a second glance I asked myself that and reached that conclusion. Then then next thing obviously was, “well then, what does he do...?”
I thought for a few and couldn’t come up with anything concrete. Look at a few Nerdrum paintings and maybe think on that maybe. Very little info type foreground? Mute colors that hint to colors of background? Whatever you do, make sure it’s the right value and it’s not distracting. Yes, easy for me to say. Sincerely, good luck man.

[Anonymous No.4318663]

>>4318637
this particular photo was just the only one that inspired me to work this long on it, I had started other paintings of her that had her face in them but they just never got past a few initial layers

[Anonymous No.4318679]

>>4318574
I can't say that I see the semblance to picasso unless of course it's a joke and you're being condescending

[Anonymous No.4318704]

>>4318679
Not the op, but he may be referring to this, which hopefully wouldn’t be be condescending. I like it. But am still studying myself and am not in a place to give advice, otherwise I would.

[Anonymous No.4318721]

>>4291041
TITTIES!

[Anonymous No.4318735]

>>4318679
No that dusty rustic look was something Picasso strives for in a lot of his work. We don’t condescend in the trad thread

[Anonymous No.4318802]

>>4318704
in that case sure, I see what you mean. and of course you can give advice, it's up to me to use it or not. I welcome any feedback. hearing that its 'nice' isn't really useful at all.
>>4318735
thanks, I appreciate it. however that Brian-bashing dude seem to not follow that sentiment.

[Anonymous No.4318859]

Is it possible to get into painting if you basically have no space? I have no painting to share just sketches I do whilst bored on the metro.

[the polished turd No.4319250]

I'm currently working on this piece. Been taking ages, but the face is finally starting to look alright. Still need to make a better transition between hairline and skin.

[Anonymous No.4319473]

>>4319250
Do you have any photos from previous stages?

[Anonymous No.4319474]

>>4319250
this is extremely sexual

[Anonymous No.4319476]

>>4319250
i love this. it’s so old master-y. have you tried tempera on wood panel? nice work!

[Anonymous No.4319497]

>>4318859

Watercolor and Gouache require little space. I wouldn't do oil unless you have dedicated studio space.

[Anonymous No.4319509]

>>4319497
Ok thanks

[Anonymous No.4319697]

>>4319250
You've got a lot of work to do. You've done well to get as far as you have, I'd have given up.

[Anonymous No.4319702]

>>4319509
Or ink. Have a look at Rembrandt's studies, all you need is a paintbrush, water and a jar of terre de sienne.

[Anonymous No.4319776]

>>4317479
Make pencil sketches in a notepad. The more that you do this the more you'll notice about your subject. If your working under sunlight it isn't always going to appear the same, it's always an approximation. Therefore you can condense six months or more of observation and information gathering into one painting which is going to give you the aura of heightened reality that you are seeking.

[Anonymous No.4319788]

>>4319497
This. Although there are a few precautions you can take with oil to make it more easy in a small space, palette paper vs a wood palette makes cleanup easier, use a tabletop easel instead of a floor easel, panels or gessoed paper instead of canvases, etc.

t. NYC shoebox apartment

[Anonymous No.4319910]

I'm nowhere near ready to start trying to make stuff like this, but it's where I'd like to end up. What are some resources I should pick up/dig into between now and then?

[Anonymous No.4319965]

>>4319910
anything you read in a book you're liable to forget, misremember, or misinterpret later, so the best thing you can do to prepare for painting is draw from life a lot, sans instruction, and paint when you think you've learned something new. Fine arts painting is meant to be a timeline of your life, so to start the timeline you need to start recording the things around you (or the things in your head) as best you can, to an honest level of detail.

[Anonymous No.4319966]

spruced up this painting from the summer

[Anonymous No.4319979]

>>4319965
>read
>liable to forget
Anon, I don't mean to insult, but not everyone has a poor reading comprehension ability. kek

But no, I just meant like, stuff that had other people's work and gave some sort of analysis on them or something like that. Less about technique and more about style/composition/etc

[Anonymous No.4320339]

>>4319473
Yea ill find them tomorrow.

>>4319497
Thanks a lot mate. I really like the 1900s style of realism. I havnet tried tempura on wood. I currently paint with oil on canvas.

>>4319697
Thanks mate. still a long way left RIP

[Anonymous No.4320358]

>>4319250
What does your reference look like?

[Anonymous No.4320703]

>>4320339
>tempura

[Anonymous No.4321060]

I’ve been procrastinating for some time on this and trying to find motivation to start again. My plan is to fill the empty space with more flowers and add a border. Any help would be nice

[Anonymous No.4321473]

>>4321060
Pretty nice anon. Check out Odilon Redon and his flowers

[Anonymous No.4321474]

Unfinished, first time using oil paints, normally use gouache, fuck is this oil shit weeeiird af. How do I finish this shite. Btw sorry for the shitty camera quality.

[Anonymous No.4321528]

>>4321474
How did you learn to paint with gouache?

[Anonymous No.4321539]

>>4314411
badass dude!!

[Anonymous No.4321563]

>>4313052
damn

[Anonymous No.4321609]

>>4290781
You could gain a lot by learning about composition

[Anonymous No.4321624]

>>4321539
Thanks man!!!!

[Anonymous No.4321815]

oil noob here back with more questions. Is it a bad idea to use only OMS with the paint for the entirety of the first layer? My idea is to comply with the fat over lean principle by with the following layers:
>just OMS
>1:1 OMS and linseed oil
>just linseed oil

[Anonymous No.4321834]

>>4321815
I do it all the time. Canvas tone and mass drawing are solely mineral spirits. I don't usually work with multiple layers though. I can't see why it would be a problem either way.

[Anonymous No.4322018]

I'm gonna redo the background on this, but I was able to get my friend's skintone closer to her actual skintone, cause I totally fucked it up before

[Anonymous No.4322039]

>>4322018
and I did more to this abstract landscape

[the polished turd No.4322440]

>>4319250
My girlfriend also paints and this is one she made. Critique is welcome.

[Anonymous No.4322553]

Please help, /trad/, I'm desperate. The grisaille is done in watery acrylic, and I'm considering an oil glaze layer to deepen/brighten/tighten. Either way, on top of this has to be ethereal, luminous blue-- everywhere but the face. Acrylic glazes look brighter, almost glow, really, but the Golden glazing and gloss liquids both get tacky almost instantly and leave this gross patchy texture. I also wouldn't be able to do the oil grisaille on top if I wanted to color with acrylic. Oil, on the other hand, is lovely for glazing, forgiving, and I have the time, since this isnt due until april, but its vibrance is muted by comparison to the acrylics, and the luminosity/"digital" glow is the lynchpin of the thing. Acrylic or oil? Tips on glazing?

[Anonymous No.4322556]

>>4322553
Ah, shit. Straightening.

[Anonymous No.4322583]

>>4314897
do you work from photos?

[Anonymous No.4322937]

>>4321528
I'm not completely sure what you mean by that. I guess I just tried a lot of shit and figured it out. I started out by using it like watercolour, then I just started using less and less water.
I guess I can give you some tips: Overall gouache is best to use grafically, basically don't blend at all(at least not until the end), focus on making shapes of pure colour, and focus on using nice looking colours.
An excersize I used when I was starting, was to just paint shapes next to eachother with harmonious colours.

[Anonymous No.4323009]

HB Mechanical Pencil. Latest in a series I started for the lols.

[Anonymous No.4323070]

>>4321815

It's how I do it too, and a given if you follow the ol' fat over lean rule.

[Anonymous No.4323255]

~4-5 hours of painting time in to this pose. Am I Gud yet, or am I still /beg/?

>>4322553
oil, just get colors that are completely transparent. It'll get muted as the oil cures, but then you just have to varnish it and it'll glow.

>>4321474
Get some small brushes, and some flat, crisp, soft brushes. Your problems are that you're painting too thick, and you're sticking with 'block in' brushes when you should switch out to detail. I did the same thing when I started oils. Paint more thinly and the paint will behave more like you're used to with gouache.

[Anonymous No.4323527]

>>4322937
Not the same anon but a tip I have for gouache is to get the drawing done as thoroughly as possible before you start painting, use hb or 2h pencil. I'm used to painting in oil where I dont really start with an underdrawing, I just work out the drawing with the paint itself. That's one of the bigger differences in process I feel

[Anonymous No.4323596]

>>4323255
You're getting towards being gud. I like how you're blocking in your colors and shadows here but you need to start blending some of those edges. You can leave hard edges where you need them for sure, but I'd like to see some soft shadows in here too. Also I can see white spots peeking through in your painting, you should really fill those in.

[Anonymous No.4323666]

>>4322583
most of my work is from life

heres a portrait I worked on today

[Anonymous No.4323668]

>>4323666
and this landscape

[Anonymous No.4323856]

>>4323666
Not technically "good" but I like it. I'd suggest simplifying and flattening the background a bit though

[Anonymous No.4323889]

>>4323666
>>>/beg/

[Anonymous No.4323920]

>>4323666
it's a bit all over the place but it's certainly got something. reminds me of Paula Rego

[Anonymous No.4323985]

>>4323666

I agree with this Anon. >>4323856

Take a lesson from Paul Gauguin.

[Anonymous No.4324500]

>>4323668
Done plein air?

[Anonymous No.4324793]

>>4324500
Yes

[Anonymous No.4324807]

Here's the oil painting I'm working on

[Anonymous No.4324815]

>>4319250
>>4322440
Both beautiful. I guess your gf could use more cool tones in the shaded parts of the skin to make it pop a little more? I would probably add highlights into the eyes as well, I like things to be a little more real than real. Nitpicking though. I wish I had a gf who paints.

[Anonymous No.4324818]

>>4323666
I'm >>4323856

Further thoughts: get rid of the black marks on the pants below his knees, make the shadow on his cheek more like a real person's and add some cool/dark shadows on the hands and arms Maybe thin glaze of ultramarine or phthalo over the parts of his pants that are slightly washed out? Especially his left leg

[Anonymous No.4324820]

>>4324807
Sorry didn't post the painting

[Anonymous No.4324822]

>>4324820
Also working on this at the same time, watercolors and ink

[Anonymous No.4324839]

>>4324820
>>4324822

<3

[Anonymous No.4324842]

>>4324839
awwww

[Anonymous No.4324896]

>>4324818
that ones really big so it's just gonna take some extra layers to get it to a higher level of finish, i'm doing some quick fixes to some smaller stuff while I think on what to do with the bigger ones

[Anonymous No.4325580]

>>4302670

I'm not supported by rich patreons but I just started painting, only doing TRAD and I think this is true

You really need a certain mood and enough alcohol, and it becomes a spiritual experience almost

[Anonymous No.4325946]

Whoops, 5-head. Maybe bangs will help.

[Anonymous No.4326014]

acrylic-gouache painting done on an 8x8 pad, I messed up the hand going under the sniper scope. I feel like I did alright for my second time using this medium.

[Anonymous No.4326018]

>>4325946
It's not that bad, just move the hairline down some if it's bothering you. I think it gives her character.

[Anonymous No.4326042]

>>4325946
major asymmetry

[Anonymous No.4326043]

I've been trying to draw more from imagination lately (´ω`)

[Anonymous No.4326323]

>>4325946
Seems like your drawing slants to the right

[Anonymous No.4326482]

Anyone have recommendations for a board to do watercolors on? I got one of those particle board ones from the craft store but it absorbs ecen the smallest droplet of water like a bitch and makes the surface rough. Theres even a big rough square now from just the tape.

Thanks in advance

[Anonymous No.4326503]

>>4326018
Thanks!
>>4326042
>>4326323
All of them do. It's so frustrating. My right eye has slight astigmatism, maybe it's that? How do you overcome the slant? I've even tried mirrors, but the face eventually slants the other way instead.

[Anonymous No.4326506]

>>4322018
went with a simple background on this one

[Jean Philippe No.4326595]

Most talented American contemp. artists rn? Pat Perry and Jackson Casady. Casady oil on canvas is still below $2500.

[Anonymous No.4326601]

>>4326506
Digging the skin color, why not put some ultramarine blue hue on the darker areas so it can play with those warms?

[Anonymous No.4326623]

>>4326503
I have the same problem, especially when I get too close. Step back and check features against plumb lines.

[Anonymous No.4326645]

>>4294037
>
its cool but it relies too much on the attention of the perspective to actually see the beauty of the painting it self

[Anonymous No.4326654]

>>4326506
Man you know a lot of chicks with downs syndrome huh cumfarti?

[Anonymous No.4327156]

>>4326645

Uh... so... don't have it in perspective?

[Anonymous No.4327189]

>>4326482
>a board to do watercolors on
what do you mean exactly?

[Anonymous No.4327263]

>>4317416
I like your art.
Have you considered drawing them wearing masks or something, in case you don't like drawing faces. Rather than cutting it off at the chin.

[Anonymous No.4327288]

>>4326506

Looks like you can do people AND abstract. Cool.

[Anonymous No.4327978]

>>4327189
Sorry. I didnt word it right as "board" can mean a lot.
What I mean is a portable working surface that I can tape my paper down on. I have a clipboard for drawing that is like 24"×24" or something close but as I mentioned, it is not robust.

[Anonymous No.4327981]

>>4327978
What sort of paper are you using? How many g/m?

[Anonymous No.4328080]

>>4327981
Its arches 300g cold pressed.
But my question is more about working surfaces that wont blister when they get a drop of water or wont turn rough from tape. Wasnt sure if someone has an acrylic clip board or something they like