/TRAD/ Traditional Art General

[Anonymous No.4957539]

Post paintings, drawings, pastels, watercolors, or any art made in traditional media for critique

Bump the thread if you can because it's liable to get archived in place of a coom thread

[Anonymous No.4957541]

>>4957539
without banner for posterity

[Anonymous No.4957972]

>>4957541
I like your brush strokes and the pensieve face, anon. Here is mine. Not a person, just my doodle style, ready to be colored in (acrylics).

[Anonymous No.4957976]

>>4957972
Pensive* lmao ‘arry ‘otter ass auto-correct.

What’s the guy holding, OP?

[Anonymous No.4958012]

[Anonymous No.4958201]

>>4958012
I like his eyes - striking, along with the curious, subtle tilt of the head. Suit looks prim. Hands folded across a cane(?) makes him look like a big boss. Nails are a bit off. Other than that, great stuff.

[Anonymous No.4958211]

[Anonymous No.4958329]

>>4957541
why do you paint yourself as black if you're not black? nice painting though

[Anonymous No.4958556]

>>4958329
It’s what I look like

[Anonymous No.4958621]

>>4958329
also maybe because where I paint has really dim lighting, so my skin ends up looking darker because I'm in a lot of shadow from overhead orange lighting

[Anonymous No.4958681]

>>4957976
>What’s the guy holding, OP?
mah dick

[Anonymous No.4958916]

>>4957541

Awful

[Anonymous No.4959234]

maybe the worst/most purposeless thread on /ic/

[Anonymous No.4959247]

>>4959234
yeah, I'm sure NGMI posting about having no talent and complaining a lot is more useful. I'm sure porn threads are more valuable too. Do you suck so much at trad you hate seeing a thread dedicated to it? This guy is doing his thing, and we trad artists chill here, if you don't like what you see just kindly fuck off.

[Anonymous No.4959248]

>>4958201
itd be cooler if the hands rested on the cane instead of him holding it

[Anonymous No.4959252]

>>4959234

It used to be a good thread but then Brian happened

[Anonymous No.4959255]

>>4958012

Your values are all very close. Get some illusion of light into it

[Anonymous No.4959327]

>>4959252
ok

anyways heres some angels

[Anonymous No.4959334]

Finished this last night. Gouache, Watercolor Pencils, and Water-soluble Crayons on Watercolor Paper.

[Anonymous No.4959353]

>>4959334
Really nice anon. I'd pay money for this.

[Anonymous No.4959364]

>>4959252
agreed. a pompous obnoxious fag with a creepyass vibe to him, with shit art to boot. narcissistic retard of the biggest magnitude. a sulky child that has to make everything about them. disgusting brushstrokes and a repulsive personality. does not listen to advice and does not want it, seeks only attention like a spoiled little bitch he is. I wish he would use a trip so I can just filter his annoying ass, but he will never do that. he craves the attention just like he craves niggerdick

[Anonymous No.4959395]

>>4959353

Hmm. Maybe I should make prints.

[Anonymous No.4959503]

>>4959247
i'm very good at traditional art, it's my primary practice

[Anonymous No.4959581]

>>4959503
then why do you give a shit

[Anonymous No.4959589]

>>4958201
Thanks, it's a portrait of Robert Deniro in Angel's heart movie.
>>4959255
Thanks, I studied some painting, drawing and illustration, but it has been many years since I quit.

[Anonymous No.4959652]

>>4959327
Jesus Christ almighty i came back to this board after taking a break and you somehow managed to become even worse. Begone

[Anonymous No.4959656]

>>4959581
uhh I guess you're right lol. I guess I'm not sure why people would post here rather than the draw thread. I don't know that there's any purpose to separately talking about traditional art from digital art. I also feel like a lot of artists that primarily work traditionally have a certain level of superiority about that choice that sort of insulates them from more broad criticism.

[Anonymous No.4960033]

>>4959503
No man just fuck off, very good my ass. Don't waste your time proving me wrong by the way, I know it's gonna be disappointing. PrImArY pRaCtiCe you fucking retard.

[Anonymous No.4960037]

>>4959656
What the fuck are you talking about? We welcome criticisms, we just want to have a separate thread, and we don't have this feeling of superiority wtf (maybe except brian) stop skewing the argument faggot, just leave.

[Anonymous No.4960585]

I know nothing about watercolor paper. What should I get, to paint stuff like this?
But so the paper doesn't warp and start to break apart, I use just some mixed arts crap that I picked up because it looked thick and smoothish. Idk if it'll look better on higher quality paper, or if it looks fine as it is, as I never used it.

[Anonymous No.4961165]

doing some watercolor nudes

[Anonymous No.4961636]

>>4960037
hey brother you asked im just answerin
>>4960033
lol

[Anonymous No.4961656]

>>4957541
It's terrible, I hate to say it. Do you have Aspergers by any chance?

[Anonymous No.4962503]

starting a new round of paintings

[Anonymous No.4962533]

>>4959327
Worse one ever, even worse than the rotting headless corpse women.

[Anonymous No.4962553]

>>4962533
high praise

[Anonymous No.4962554]

>>4961165
why is your name ,-,,I,,I,ik

[Anonymous No.4962556]

>>4958211
Did you steal that from a bored 11 year old at math class?

[Anonymous No.4962560]

>>4960585
>smoothish
wrong paper for watercolor then

[Anonymous No.4962574]

>>4961636
I'm not the one who said this>>4959581
I only said this>>4959247

[Anonymous No.4962582]

oil on canvas

[Anonymous No.4962711]

>>4962560
isn't hot pressed smooth?

[Anonymous No.4962868]

>>4962553
im painting big hairy men today

[Anonymous No.4963097]

>>4962868
booba

[Anonymous No.4963282]

[Anonymous No.4963376]

>>4960585
Get paper that's specifically made for watercolor. Mixed Media is a nice idea in theory, but in practice these types of papers are often just bad for everything.
300gsm/140lb is the standard weight for watercolor paper, it can still warp a little so you can either tape it down with painters or washi tape, clamp it to a board, buy a block that's glued on all four sides (use a palette knife to remove the painting when finished), or go for even heavier paper.

Cold press has a slight texture and is the most popular paper. Cheaper papers often only come in cold press.
Hot press is smoother and can be better if you want to do a lot of inking too, but is harder to find and higher quality hot press papers (100% cotton) handle very differently when painting. Some people really struggle with that so it's generally not recommended for beginners. (More prone to creating hard edges, harder or downright impossible to lift paint to correct mistakes, etc.)

Paper quality in general is a... controversial subject. Cotton paper is much more pleasant to paint on than "regular" watercolor paper. A lot of people feel that trying to learn on anything else is a waste of time since you're just making things difficult for yourself - but you're paying a lot more money for that ease of use. You can get decent results on more affordable watercolor papers too - but it takes more practice.

[Anonymous No.4963393]

>>4960585
This is kawaii

[Anonymous No.4964675]

Fuck it
Acrylic on canvas

[Anonymous No.4964813]

Trying to learn acrylics. This is a self portrait. Would really appreciate any feedback or advice you may have. It's going to post sideways, sorry for that

[Anonymous No.4964851]

>>4961165
This is so fucking hot

[Anonymous No.4964863]

>>4964675
I like it

[Anonymous No.4964879]

mac miller portrait, only been painting for a few years

[Anonymous No.4964881]

>>4959589
there are really nice, I love the green shadows.

[Anonymous No.4964985]

>>4964851
is it coomworthy?

im painting more hunks

[Anonymous No.4965010]

>>4964985
COOM in all caps mate. Do you have anymore like it? And did you use reference? If so, would you mind sharing?

Not as much a fan of the slightly surreal hunk but that's just a matter of taste. You keep doing you!

[Anonymous No.4965304]

>>4963376
Thanks for the very detailed post anon. Here is some more watercolors + tempera, on the same paper.

[Anonymous No.4966965]

moon

[Anonymous No.4967014]

>>4966965

[Anonymous No.4967021]

>>4966965
>>4967014
Cool compositions, but i can't get over how lazy your are with the drawing. I say it over and over again but you don't seem to care.

[Anonymous No.4967352]

>>4957539
Okay. I think I’ve got a better handle on this. I was really scared I ruined this painting for good.

[Anonymous No.4967427]

>>4967352
You're still doing that one painting? If you don't have the time that's fine I guess, but if you do - you have to fix that. Paint faster, so you can paint more. And paint more so you can paint faster. Otherwise, you won't improve very much.

[Anonymous No.4967443]

>>4967352
I thought I was looking at a big brown monkey's backside.
Cannot unsee

[Anonymous No.4967874]

>>4967427
weird advice

[Anonymous No.4967878]

>>4967874
Finishing pieces faster is not weird advice, retard.

[Anonymous No.4967986]

>>4958012
Unironically needs more loomis. The head reads as more flat than it ought to be.

[Anonymous No.4968016]

>>4959334
Very nice anon, the thumb and the full size look great. I really like the subtlety of your shading (something I have a problem with)

[Anonymous No.4968169]

>>4968016
>I really like the subtlety of your shading

Thank you. It was somewhat tedious to ensure that the overall lighting from the top left corner was consistent while shading the individual elements.

[Anonymous No.4968207]

Posted this in the last thing you drew thread too

[Anonymous No.4968215]

>>4957972
>>4958211
Were you the idiot that spammed the "trippy" art threads a while back? Either way, both of these are terrible. This is objectively bad art. I did stuff like this in 1st grade thankfully I had the intelligence to grow past it.

Person to person, don't waste your time and actually learn how to draw. Read the sticky.

[Anonymous No.4968232]

>>4968207
bro, use more medium that looks dry as fuck

[Anonymous No.4968352]

>>4968207
Quite cool, but I think the edges of the moon make it look like it's a sphere close to the viewer, almost making it look like the guy has a huge red afro. I think making the background darker or the moon more clearly part of the sky somehow might fix it.

[Anonymous No.4968592]

>>4962582
Actually really nice anon.

[Anonymous No.4968600]

>>4967352
If you follow this advice >>4967427 you will end up creating Brian tier paintings, rushed and looks like trash, take your time.

[Anonymous No.4968610]

>>4968600
Brian can paint though, he just doesn't give a fuck. Only an idiot takes a month to do something which can be done in a week. An idiot, or a lazy person.
The most common reason for why people take so much time with painting is not that it's required. They're just unsure, procrastinating, afraid to finish something, not in the mood, focus on textural bullshit, always choose the laborious but easy route. Taking more time to do something doesn't necessarily make it any better either, better just fix your mistakes in the second painting.

[Anonymous No.4968653]

>>4968610

>Brian can paint

Stopped reading right there

[Anonymous No.4968655]

>>4968653
I doubt you paint at all, so idgaf how much you've read.

[Anonymous No.4968666]

>>4968655

I paint, and i do it a fuckton better than your buttbuddy

[Anonymous No.4968677]

>>4968666
that should be an easy bar to clear. pyw

[Anonymous No.4968764]

>>4968653
>Stopped reading right there
Brian can paint

Here's a new thing I'm trying.

[Anonymous No.4968879]

>>4967352
>>4967443
Same. Looked like some dark skin guy fucking some little thing.

[Anonymous No.4968901]

>>4968764
Is it a dog poo?

[Anonymous No.4968986]

>>4968901
yes

[Anonymous No.4969173]

>>4968901

Look more like vomit

[Anonymous No.4969178]

one samefagging autist can take down a general
4chan is proof that anarchy will never work
without moderation this site falls apart

[Anonymous No.4969237]

>>4969178
If we truly had an anarchist society, Brian would be strung up on a tree with a fork in his ass.

[Anonymous No.4969250]

>>4969178
>>4969237
you're seething more than he's painting

[Anonymous No.4969274]

>>4969250
I wonder what it’s like to paint 30 pieces a week with no improvement for 10 years.

[Anonymous No.4969281]

>>4968610
And here ladies and gentlemen, behold a person who can't paint. Even the Mona Lisa took 12 years retard. And there are pieces now that can take months, even a year. Especially given the fact that oil is slow-drying and there's a lot of time to fix mistakes. Work at your own pace and don't rush. Over time when the quality of your work improves your speed improves as well.

[Anonymous No.4969283]

>>4969274
So? who gives a shit, just post something better and treat him as an amusing curiosity.

[Anonymous No.4969310]

>>4969237
>If we truly had an anarchist society
I wouldn't hesitate to kill any of you desu

[Anonymous No.4969330]

>>4969310

Yeah, alright, so long as you kill yourself first we're good.

[Anonymous No.4969380]

>>4969237
This retard gets more (you)s than everyone else on the board combined simply because he's noisier.
And now he's the only "artist" left, every other draw thread is dead.

[Anonymous No.4969402]

>>4964813
I like it anon. The colours are not my favourite but the face itself is well made

[Anonymous No.4969413]

>>4969402
>the face itself is well made
It's falling into itself

[Anonymous No.4969750]

>>4969402
Thank you friend. I need to work on understanding colour. I really appreciate your comment.
>>4969413
If it's not too much hassle could you give me some specifics please?

[Anonymous No.4969760]

>>4969750
Look at the angle of the nostrils, and how the nose slopes inwards making the middle of the face look further away than the chin

[Anonymous No.4969772]

>>4969760
I think I have a kind of bent curvy nose and a light set up really close to my head at an angle so it probably seems worse than it is but I think I you're right, I need to focus on putting a more volume into the middle of the face. Thank you!

[Anonymous No.4970675]

i haven't sold anything since the 27th reeeeeee

[Anonymous No.4970712]

>>4970675
this cloud ended up looking like a horse

[Anonymous No.4970782]

>>4970712
view from above

[Anonymous No.4971509]

>use spray to seal charcoal on paper outside
>bring it in to dry
>stinks up entire house
wtf!!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.4971787]

>>4970675
Sold two in the last 2 hours on ebay on BIN's. You loser.

[Anonymous No.4971810]

I'm new to watercolor and portraits, so any criticism is very welcome. I've just been winging it for a week.

>>4957539
Really wonderful style and colors, especially adore how your little background stroke near your hand and the sweep of your clothes make me see movement, makes it come alive.

>>4964813
Looks great to me, super bold splotches of red and yellow would scare me but you nailed it down. Your nose and mouth in particular are super instructive to me.

[Anonymous No.4972150]

>>4971810
>I'm new to watercolor and portraits
i.e. you're new to drawing
post this in /beg/, they'll give you more constructive criticism

[Anonymous No.4972152]

>>4969310
Coomfarti really here selling his coom paintings

[Anonymous No.4972271]

>>4972152
As if anyone here would shell out for his stuff. We KNOW who he is, and it's awful.

[Anonymous No.4972327]

>>4972152
anyways heres a horse

[Anonymous No.4972481]

>>4971787
cool what'd you sell? how much?

[Anonymous No.4972636]

[Anonymous No.4972651]

>>4972636
as a side note. do you think I could ever sell it, when its finished ofc. I really need some money now

[Anonymous No.4972657]

>>4972651
if brain sells painting, you can too

[Anonymous No.4972667]

>>4972657
the coomfarti guy?

[Anonymous No.4972673]

>>4972667
the OP

[Anonymous No.4972678]

>>4972673
>the OP
I really dont want to be mean or anything, but who in their right mind would buy anything resembling OPs pic. the proportions are good but it looks like somone with a broken neck eating sushi wrapped in a blanket kek

[Anonymous No.4972681]

>>4972651
yeah it looks good, i think you could probably sell it for like $500-$750. It's more work than I ever put into my stuff thats for sure

here's an island landscape

[Anonymous No.4972683]

>>4972678
exactly

[Anonymous No.4972690]

>>4972678
I've sold about 160 paintings, idk who buys them. people who want affordable, decent fine art to hang in their house.

[Anonymous No.4972700]

>>4972690
how does it feel that you've spread your "art" to so many houses, and you're not even trying to make an effort

[Anonymous No.4972704]

>>4972700
it'd feel better if I could raise my prices without people dismissing them completely if they're over $100-$150. At my price range I'm not exactly scamming people I'm just very productive so I end up making a livable wage, if anything they get a little more than they pay for.

[Anonymous No.4972713]

>>4972681
>yeah it looks good, i think you could probably sell it for like $500-$750
that would be incredible. I am in law school in eastern europe and even if I become a lawyer afterwards chances are I wont be making 750 dollars a month before I turn 30. The painting is really nice. I d hang it in my house
>>4972690
>I've sold about 160 paintings, idk who buys them. people who want affordable, decent fine art to hang in their house.
damn thats good. What platform do you use.

someone on other board wanted to give me 200 euros for pic related but got turned off when we started talking about shipping and stuff. i wanted to finish it, but its on an unprimed a3 piece of paper and its more trouble than its worth.

[Anonymous No.4972733]

>>4969330
redpill me on why we hate the only consistent painter here

[Anonymous No.4972801]

>>4972733
Idk, i like him

[Anonymous No.4972828]

>>4972733
Crabs who think to sell art it should be epic Chinese concept art

[Anonymous No.4972838]

>>4969281
>And here ladies and gentlemen, behold a person who can't paint. Even the Mona Lisa took 12 years retard.
>Even the Mona Lisa took 12 years retard.
And here's your main problem, thinking you're some great artisté, when in fact you're just an amateur. A craftsman at best. Get out of this retarded and pretentious mindset and start compromising. Then, you'll have results.

[Anonymous No.4972854]

>>4967352
this is really cute

[Anonymous No.4972899]

>>4972713
Hey, that's from Howard's photo shoot.

[Anonymous No.4972900]

>>4972801
Said the OP

[Anonymous No.4972913]

>>4972899
Who s howard?
Its from a cubbord in my kitchen because i am not spending 100 bucks on a fucking easel

[Anonymous No.4972925]

Meant cupboard. I am retarded

[Anonymous No.4972937]

>>4972913
Oh I thought it was a photopack, never mind.
I've got a bunch of easels, none is ever quite perfect.

[Anonymous No.4973679]

>>4972733

Lurk more. He has proven time and time again that he is a pompous asshole that refuses any kind of critique, he has gotten genuine crits before that could have made him improve if he had been willing to do self-reflection; he has a huge ego that is unwarranted by his bad, stagnant art.

[Anonymous No.4974020]

First ever oil painting, im the ol' soft pastel guy?
Is it ok for first?

[Anonymous No.4974226]

how do i design better shapes for my figures? i try and group the shadow values and halftone vales together but they still look like a complete mess

[Anonymous No.4974228]

>>4974226
try making some abstract shapes in charcoal or a thick medium and then finding a human figure in them. Pretty easy practice for that problem.

[Anonymous No.4974297]

>>4973679
obsessed

here's two pretty standard landscapes

[Anonymous No.4974362]

>>4974297
lmao. These are awful. Stop wasting paint on memes.

>>4973679
I think he's trolling. There's no way he's this bad if he paints often. Unless he's truly a bonehead.

[Anonymous No.4974376]

>>4972651
>>4972636
how does no one know what this is?
What happened to /ic/? You need to know about art before you get gud.
Anyway, doubt you'll get much for a Picasso study.

[Anonymous No.4974405]

>>4974376
>Anyway, doubt you'll get much for a Picasso study.
we all know its a Picasso study, and good reproduction work can still make good money. Please shut the fuck up.

[Anonymous No.4974413]

>>4974405
sure you did beta boy. Coomer detected.

[Anonymous No.4974478]

>>4974376
>how does no one know what this is?
>What happened to /ic/? You need to know about art before you get gud.
>Anyway, doubt you'll get much for a Picasso study.
I agree you wont learn anatomy and stuff from a Picasso, but still, i liked the painting and wanted to make one for myself, also a lot of people want to buy actual oil replicas rather than prints, if i ecer find a client i ll sell it, but first and foremost, i wanted to have a copy for myself

[Anonymous No.4974758]

practicing polychromos

[Anonymous No.4974783]

>>4974758
beautiful, made me think of 'stopping by woods on a snowy evening'

[Anonymous No.4975357]

>>4974758

Group your values more distinctly/clearly, especially on the tree branches

[Anonymous No.4975360]

>>4974405

No one buys badly copied picassos.

[Anonymous No.4975990]

>>4975360
they do though

[Anonymous No.4976032]

>>4975990
here's some boats

[AnnoraxBoddiker No.4976073]

Most recent completed piece. Grpahite on paper

[Anonymous No.4976465]

>>4975360
>No one buys badly copied picassos.
Its not a bad copy, what are you talking about. Granted its not even finished, but the bottom part looks great

[Anonymous No.4976516]

>>4976465
he's retarded, whatever. That's one of the better Picasso studies I've seen on the internet lately.

[Anonymous No.4976525]

>>4974362
>I think he's trolling. There's no way he's this bad if he paints often. Unless he's truly a bonehead.
He's an autist like all the other resident autists this board has seen, but he's consistently getting more attention than a lot of other people and apparently he sells his shit on eBay, and in year 2020 where attention and money are everything, this means he's "good".
Like he's surely better than me, I haven't made a penny with art in years.

[Anonymous No.4976581]

>>4976465
>>4976465

It's picasso, it defaults to bad.

>>4976525

I have and am, so I can unironically say that shit is trash

[Anonymous No.4976586]

>>4976581
>I have and am, so I can unironically say that shit is trash
what work is yours in the thread?

[Anonymous No.4976611]

>>4976581
>It's picasso, it defaults to bad
Guernica and cubism and stuff like that yes, his early works are boring as fuck even though they are well done, the blue period is a sweetspot, atleast in my opinion, but yes, most of his works are pretty confusing to say the least because he sold out, and I am saying this as the guy who does the study.
>>4976516
Thats a really nice painting anon. Honestly I like your work, i dont like the naked men though, they creep me out, they remind me of pic rel. Also i like your clouds a lot

[Anonymous No.4976625]

>>4976611
WHAT
THE
FUCK

[Anonymous No.4976666]

>>4976625
A few years ago, a cult of gays decided to inject silicone into their dicks for some reason. Eventually they started dying so they stopped

[Anonymous No.4976725]

>>4957539
Looks a bit like Modigliani

[Anonymous No.4977046]

What do people think of this?

[Anonymous No.4977222]

>>4977046

Not that great but vastly superior to all the other shit in this thread

[Anonymous No.4977225]

>>4976666

Wow, i knew of that furry guy and his harem but the giys in that picture took it to even extremer heights.

[Anonymous No.4977271]

>>4972700

It's like syphillis but worse.

[Anonymous No.4977273]

>>4977046
Clean your brushes bucko

[Anonymous No.4977699]

Hey guys, I need help !
I’m starting to get into acrylics and it’s quite frustrating since I don’t really know what I’m doing
Like how do I make a color darker/lighter without it getting muddy, ?
how can I reproduce an exact color from a picture or my imagination ?
How do I add light on something already painted ? Adding white just makes a grey thing that doesn’t look natural
Thank to anyone that takes the time to answer :)

[Anonymous No.4977780]

>>4977699
Alright I think I’m starting to get it, maybe I just need a lot of practice

[Anonymous No.4977811]

>>4976516
the money is sent to your paypal account that is linked to your email and thats it? how do you post canvases, do you buy huge reinforced boxes and send the people your art by regular mail?

[Anonymous No.4977906]

>>4977811
yeah they buy them or make an offer on them, money gets sent to me, i ship it by Fedex or USPS with bubble wrap and boxes. Shipping can be a lot of work. I always do free shipping.

[Anonymous No.4977975]

>>4977046
big heda

[Anonymous No.4978469]

Started to learn acrylics, any advice would be appreciated

[Anonymous No.4979010]

>>4978469

Dump acrylics and take up oils.

[Anonymous No.4979019]

Contemplating shading this with more than one shade of lead, and maybe inking the line work.

[Anonymous No.4979071]

Just finished my oil painting of a bul
Here's my first drawing on paper l

[Anonymous No.4979073]

Finished painting

[Anonymous No.4979449]

Ink drawing of St Sebastian

[Anonymous No.4980459]

Gouache practice

[Anonymous No.4980493]

>>4980459
What do you mean by "practice"? Is it not a finished painting? Also, I'd suggest either using a ruler or a long stick to draw everything in perspective before you start painting, that grill and some of the plates look weird. Other than that looks great.

[Anonymous No.4980500]

I don't ever post on this board but books I think helped shape my understanding of method

What Painting Is by James Elkins
Il Libero Del Art by 14th Century Spaghettis

These and doing calligraphy/writing help hone precision. Idk what im on about but enjoy the view.

[Anonymous No.4980502]

>>4979449
Strange composition, that figure on the left draws the eye more than the saint, and also is better drawn. It is quite detailed, which contrasts with the rest of the background, like why is that bow just hanging in the air? I'd say this could be fixed if you filled the whole background with equally busy and intricate figures, only leaving the saint's body in pure white. That way he would stand out. Also, while the linework is nice, the his jaw and chest seem a bit off.

[Anonymous No.4980505]

>>4959364
Every /Trad thread ends with Brian shouting. There's no point to them.

[Anonymous No.4980562]

>>4980505
every trad thread ends because it doesn't get bumped and falls into the archives

[Anonymous No.4980644]

>>4980562
Oh shit Brian, did you paint this? It actually looks really good.

[Anonymous No.4980964]

>>4959327
THIS IS WHAT AN ANGEL LOOKS LIKE

[Anonymous No.4981007]

yo Brian, really like your style and attitude to painting. Do you have a discord server or something?

[Anonymous No.4981374]

>>4981007
here i made one just for you guys
https://discord.gg/NHZhYuTx

[Anonymous No.4981393]

>>4981007
>>4981374
Pathetic samefag.

[Anonymous No.4981419]

>>4981393
Yep, so obvious.

[Anonymous No.4981860]

[Anonymous No.4981864]

Currently working on this

[Anonymous No.4981988]

>>4980644
thanks, I painted this today, a brook in a forest

[Anonymous No.4982106]

>>4981988
Shame you can't scoop the paint back into the tubes.

[Anonymous No.4982208]

>>4981988
I like it Brian. I'm not going to tell you what to do, but moving in this direction would probably be really good for your art.

[Anonymous No.4982524]

>>4982208
Lmaooooooo

[Anonymous No.4983387]

>>4981860
the horse is well done, maybe the body is too chubby. the background and the horse are too similar in color, you should add a background or just color it differently because right now I have trouble seeing what is going on. Horse is well made though, keep it up

>>4981864
I like it anon but what are we looking at? A figure on a horse that is riding away from the sunset in the sea in the background? Otherwise I like the composition, the cactuses and the colors but you need more mileage

[Anonymous No.4983464]

>>4982208
thanks, I did a plein air painting today with a similar technique

[Anonymous No.4983486]

Acrylics on a "sketchbook" cover, i like it, but in the end it could have been a lot better

[Anonymous No.4983503]

>>4957539
I've been studying fundies more than actual drawing, but when I actually draw what I like I hardly put them to use lol.

I still enjoy studying them because its something to work on when I dont have any inspiration.

[Anonymous No.4983507]

>>4983503
yeah, studying and your actual work are always going to be a disconnect. As you do more personal work you'll find you "study" less and less because there's other things you'd rather be working on.

[Anonymous No.4983509]

>>4977699
go to drawmixpaint. com, it has an answer for every question you are asking

[Anonymous No.4983569]

>>4983464
did another one

[Anonymous No.4983586]

>>4983569
use less medium

[Anonymous No.4983590]

>>4983586
Yeah this was kind of a failed experiment. I still think it’s kind of pretty

[Anonymous No.4983593]

>>4983569
How long do you plan to stay at this skill level? You're getting old.

[Anonymous No.4983600]

>>4961656
Yes, yes he does

[Anonymous No.4983601]

>>4983593
I'm only 27

[Anonymous No.4983617]

>>4980964
nigga reread Isaiah 6:2-7 and come back here, they look like humans and have 3 pairs of wings, not 5.

fuck outta here with your fantasy bullshit

[Anonymous No.4983619]

>>4983590
all these paintings would be improved 10x by cleaner brush work, also the less medium you use the more pigment remains in each stroke.

try doing one painting with paint straight out of the tube, it's not ideal to do that with certain pigments I know but I would recommend that as an experiment you might be surprised at how rich the colors will appear

[Anonymous No.4983627]

>>4983617
read ezekiel 1 and come back

[Anonymous No.4983634]

>>4983627
only mention of seraphim in the whole bible is Isaiah 6:2

the 4 headed creatures in ezekiel are cherubs, not seraphim.

Seraphim are on fucking fire, they.re easy to distinguish except if you're an idiot

[Anonymous No.4983637]

>>4983619
I could also always go over the paintings with thicker more colorful paint once they're dry

[Anonymous No.4983639]

>>4983601
You look 47 and draw like you’re 7

[Anonymous No.4983644]

>>4983637
here's a painting I did with no medium, I'm not a master or anything but I know that when I use too much linseed oil I get these nasty streaks in the brush strokes and it ends up looking super wet in a bad way

[Anonymous No.4983645]

>>4983644
painting with lots of medium for comparison

[Anonymous No.4983646]

>>4983645
thanks for the nightmares anon

[Anonymous No.4983648]

>>4983646
hey it's not that bad

[Anonymous No.4983650]

>>4983648
it looks like my sleep paralysis demon im not even kidding

[Anonymous No.4983654]

On going

[Anonymous No.4983664]

>>4983650
interesting you say that, I put a bunch of images of master paintings and interesting faces into art breeder to create a creepy/surreal refrence to paint from. I recommend, I think that website can be a great reference tool

[Anonymous No.4983678]

>>4983654
leader of the thread so far, but I'd rather see it finished

[Anonymous No.4983680]

>>4983654
Fridge bod

[Anonymous No.4983683]

>>4983678
Go back to /SALT/ , if you were a traditional artist you’d know this general has never been a competition. It’s not coomer Patreons it’s Painting and drawing

[Anonymous No.4983700]

watercolors and then some white gauche on top

[Anonymous No.4983720]

>>4983654
smol head gigantic body, also what is going on with that chest, why is it so wide below the tits
nice fishes

[Anonymous No.4983722]

>>4983387
Thankyou very much for the input anon.
Yes it is a knight riding away from the sunset.

[Anonymous No.4983734]

[Anonymous No.4983762]

>>4983700
Nice work, but what happened with the cheek? Is that fixable with red gouache? Lips look a bit small too but love how good the texture of everything is.

[Anonymous No.4983768]

>>4983762
>Nice work, but what happened with the cheek? Is that fixable with red gouache?
can you be more precise, because I'm blind

[Anonymous No.4983776]

>>4983768
Mirroring in paint might help. Something off about the side of the face with more light. Either the cheek or eye, not sure myself.

[bee No.4983777]

Plein air with oils

[Anonymous No.4983778]

>>4983776
oh yes, I must have been too timid when I painted the background, it's a bit hard to see the edges when it's white on white

[Anonymous No.4983781]

>>4983777
the trick to getting "sky through trees" is to make the big block of color of the trees, and then dapple more viscous paint on top of that shape where the sky is showing through. Experiment with the thickness of your paint, don't be afraid to place paint on top of other paint.

[bee No.4983799]

>>4983781
that's what I attempted to do, but I guess I'll be bolder with it next time. Thanks!

[Anonymous No.4983803]

>>4983799
you can always add more paint, for example go back to your painting with even thicker dark paint to shape the places where light is showing through
also the tree looks a bit flat, you could fix that by giving it a wider value range

[bee No.4983826]

>>4983803
The tree actually had a pretty uniform "color" throughout the time when I was painting, I wanted to simplify it for ease of time. but I get what you're saying about how flat it looks. It was also the darkest value in the scene, so I dont want to particularly give it a wider value range for the sake of depth.
Pic related, is ref. Not 100% accurate since I took it when I was done for the day. might be easier to crit with it.

[Anonymous No.4983870]

>>4979449
another one, ink on A3 bristol paper
>>4980502
yeah, with this one i didnt make a sketch beforehand so it got sloppy with the composition

[Anonymous No.4984183]

I haven't been able to finish anything recently, so I've decided to remake this old dry pastels and chalk drawing I made a while ago, but using oils in a large canvas this time. I don't know what things I should fix or add to it

[Anonymous No.4984368]

[Anonymous No.4984371]

I’m not accomplished but I have some
Proficiency in my prints
3DA

[Anonymous No.4984415]

most recent

[Anonymous No.4984447]

>>4984183

This us cool anon, well done. As for what you should fix, I'm not sold on the girl's face and her proportions are bad too, with the hesd being too big as the most obvious offender.

[Anonymous No.4984596]

>>4983777
>>4983826
Great job anon, if you continue with plein air you will see gains so fast you'll hardly believe it. couple comments: Look for the gradient and temperature of the sky. It gets extremely light and is hardly even blue anymore at the horizon. When you do the sky holes through a tree, make sure you get a good mix of sizes. Make sure they correspond to sky gradient behind. Use a clean brush and plenty of paint.

[Anonymous No.4984618]

>>4957539
BEGONE, CUMFARTI!

[Anonymous No.4984650]

Work in Progress. Gouache, Watercolor Pencil, and Water-soluble Crayon.

[Anonymous No.4984682]

>>4984650
nice, i like the eclectic style. A bit of critique, your ellipses in perspective need work, they're your weakest point here, grind them a bit. Otherwise, cool vibes, good job.

[Anonymous No.4984689]

I'm about to try oils for the first time, as I have an unused beginners kit. There's a wooden palette included, but I'm not sure how to clean it after I'm done. Is it better to use some other surface as palette?

Also, how dangerous is the white spirit paint medium to breathe?

[Anonymous No.4984707]

>>4984689
I just scrap off paint with a palette knife, save what i can, then wipe down the palette with the paper towel i use to clean my brush. don't use soap, water, solvents or anything. You eventually end up with a smoother, neutral gray surface which is better to mix on. also mineral spirits are a solvent, not a medium. just keep a window open, if there isn't enough ventilation, you'll know because you have a headache.

[Anonymous No.4984708]

>>4984689
Make sure to work in a well ventilated area with oils. Even if it doesn't have a strong smell.
Glass is good for palettes, it's very easy to clean but wood is fine though, it's commonly used as palette.

[bee No.4984711]

>>4984689
Wooden palettes are lightweight, and are good for traveling. Most have holes you can use to hold it in your hand. The thing abt them tho is its recommended you clean them right after use, or else they'll be chunks of dry paint stuck on the surface of it, fucking up ur mixing surface.
Glass palettes I tend to use more in studio settings. They're easier to clean (scraping dry/wet paint with a razor does the trick) but they're heavy and not very portable. U can store these in a sta-wet box to keep the oils from getting dry too quickly. there are glass tinted options to help you mix paint as well.
The type of palette you use depends on your preference.

As for the solvent, I'd recommend gamsol. it's the least toxic type i think, I've only ever used gamsol so I cant speak for how toxic other spirits are.

>>4984596
Thanks for the tips, anon!

[Anonymous No.4984712]

>>4984707
>>4984708
>>4984711
Thanks for the tips. I don't have the best ventilation available, but I hope keeping a window or two open will be sufficient. I'll start out with the wooden palette for now. Glass seems good, but I don't have any at home at the moment.

>also mineral spirits are a solvent, not a medium
I might have misread the bottle, it says Painting Medium and then in smaller text "thin with white spirit". So I guess what I have is the medium?

[Anonymous No.4984741]

>>4984712
ok yup thats medium then.

[Anonymous No.4984766]

>>4984741
Is it still usable for underpainting, or is it better to just use the raw paint, as I don't have any thinner/solvent right now?

[bee No.4984787]

>>4984766
I would recommend getting thinner/solvent before attempting to painting. Using raw paint as an under painting will mix in with the actual colors you put down on the canvas. With thinner it's less likely for that to happen.

[Anonymous No.4984812]

>>4984787
Ok, thanks!
Here's an older watercolor study, to contribute something to the thread.

[Anonymous No.4984821]

>>4979019
Working on shading some more.

[Anonymous No.4984849]

>>4984766
some people don't use thinner at all. I recommend a lot of experimenting as long as you stick to the fat over lean rule.
>>4984812
can't wait to see your first oil painting

[Anonymous No.4984862]

>>4984849
Yeah, I'll get some cheap thinner and try out how it works for me. Thanks, I'll post here when I get around to it.

[Anonymous No.4985198]

painting plein air while the weather is nice

[Anonymous No.4985613]

Gave myself an hour to redraw drawing I did a year ago. Seems like Alan Lee is still a couple of decades away.

[Anonymous No.4986011]

>>4984447
Thanks! Back when I made it I wasn't really good at anatomy, I spent most of my time figuring out the clouds texture. I think I'll also change her face and pose entirely, and make her dress completely transparent. I'm guessing it will be easier in a bigger format, tried oils a bit before

[Anonymous No.4986069]

>>4984650
what are the dimensions?

[Anonymous No.4986085]

>>4986069

9"x12"

[Anonymous No.4987110]

chicken and beer

[Anonymous No.4987304]

how different is traditional painting if I paint everything with a hard brush on a single layer digitally?
ever since I stopped using digital memery I’ve been much happier painting, and I’d like to try traditional (not sure what medium), but I’m afraid of having to paint and dispose of a bunch of shit tier paintings

[Anonymous No.4987317]

>>4987304
Don't be afraid of making shit paintings, you learn from that, there are no shortcuts.
You need to put in the hours, pick any medium that speaks to you.
Might try drawing and rendering in charcoal first, it's a little simpler and might lower the bar a bit if you're anxious about painting.

[Anonymous No.4987321]

>>4985613
Damn this is pretty.

[Anonymous No.4987326]

>>4985613
perspective on door a bit off but overall looks comfy and old-fashioned, in a good sense. I like

[Anonymous No.4987330]

>>4985198
elements don't blend well, next time follow order of depth: sky>trees

[Anonymous No.4987339]

>>4984650
I LOVE that dragon and how it hangs and presides over the room. Beautiful piece.
Something about the stuff in the center (bookshelf, desk, floor and carpet) looks sketchy in comparison to things on the sides.

[Anonymous No.4987369]

>>4987304
digital brushes don't act at all like real ones, no matter which brushpack you get
I'd suggest picking up gouache and a sketchbook with 300 g/m2 paper, it's easy to get going and you can paint opaque on top of previous brushstrokes
watch James Gurney's stuff on gouache on youtube, there's loads

[Anonymous No.4987381]

>>4987330
Don’t waste your time trying to give any critique, he’s happy being technically and creatively stagnant.

[Anonymous No.4987398]

>>4987330
When do you ever paint the sky first?? I think you’ve got that backwards

[Anonymous No.4987484]

>>4987339
I'm glad you like the Dragon so much, since it's the focal point of the piece, but the reason the rest of the image is rough and sketchy is that it is just the initial watercolor pencil pass that I used to lay out the color and shade. Right now I'm rendering the details in gouache, working from left to right (more or less). So part of the image is much more cleaned up than the rest.

[Anonymous No.4987487]

>>4987381
>technically and creatively stagnant.
whatever helps you sleep at night

[Anonymous No.4987521]

>>4987304
>how different is traditional painting if I paint everything with a hard brush on a single layer digitally?

If you want to simulate that with physical media, get some oil pastels, artists crayons, or Posca Markers.

[Anonymous No.4987526]

>>4987369
>digital brushes don't act at all like real ones, no matter which brushpack you get
this to a certain extent, there's certain ways to coax paint into doing what digital brushes do but for the most part you'll never have your "tree brush" and your "rock brush" and your "leaf brush", you'll have to paint all of those things manually.

[Anonymous No.4987536]

>>4987398
There aren’t any set rules but having the sky established first and transparently ensures it will recede rather than advance

[Anonymous No.4987560]

>>4987398
No that's extremely common. In fact some artists will paint a blue sky base ahead of time and let it dry so they can just paint over it in the field.

Of course that only works if you're going to be painting at the same time of day, in the same type of weather, that you prepped the canvas for.

[Anonymous No.4987610]

>>4987487
this was inspired by looking through some of Gauguin's catalog

[Anonymous No.4987613]

>>4987560
>that only works if you're going to be painting at the same time of day, in the same type of weather, that you prepped the canvas for.
so never

[Anonymous No.4987626]

>>4987613
>>4987560
That’s not entirely accurate. You can use a light toned layer and day of painting get closer to the actual colors. Or depending on the effect you want, a warm toned canvas can make dawn/dusk sunlight on clouds pop. You just have to know the transparency of the paint you’re using and other properties. He does it in water based media but James Gurney uses pre toned light effects in cool ways.

[Anonymous No.4987657]

>>4987610
the chicken follows the meme spiral btw

[Anonymous No.4988184]

>>4987610
If I didn’t have even the tiniest inkling to improve myself, I would almost envy your level of delusion.

[Anonymous No.4988203]

>>4987487

He's spot on though. Truth hurts, eh Bribri?

[Anonymous No.4988548]

>>4987560
What artists are these? You might get away with that in Italy, or California. Most of the world has variable weather. Where I live it would require hundreds of prepared canvases, sheesh.

[Anonymous No.4988602]

>>4987398
In watercolor and gouache it's common to start with the sky, as you go from lightest values to darkest.

[Anonymous No.4988628]

>>4987560
>>4988548
Just bob ross and people who paint like bob ross. Very few people actually do this. By far the most common is to start with darkest darks, especially in oil.

[Anonymous No.4988655]

>>4988628
Did Ross advocate this? Gee

[Anonymous No.4989011]

>>4988628
>start with darkest darks

it's just one method and more common in portraiture. I'm willing to bet you have very little experience in landscape painting.

[Anonymous No.4989673]

>>4974020
Nice!>>4984415
P cool what medium?

[Anonymous No.4989675]

>>4984650
Cool style, could do with bolder, darker shadows to make it all pop

[Anonymous No.4990337]

>>4989675
Working on it.

[Anonymous No.4990407]

Did this a month back or something

[Anonymous No.4990773]

>>4989673
its oil on canvas, also my first time trying glazing

[Anonymous No.4990862]

>>4968764
>>4968986
these are really good

[Anonymous No.4990868]

>>4984183
Awesome!

[Anonymous No.4991415]

[Anonymous No.4991647]

Been messing around with watercolors

[Anonymous No.4991661]

>>4991415
I decided to try something with shading and came up with this.

[Anonymous No.4991745]

>>4991647
This is absolutely adorable! I love the colors.

[Anonymous No.4992641]

>>4984650

Progress.

[Anonymous No.4992742]

>>4991661
>le instagram pencil placement
Drawing looks nice though, even if I don't fully understand the head design.

[Anonymous No.4992815]

>>4992641
Comfy. You should do one of those olde Victorian library scenes, with lots of details, and sell prints.
A bit steampunk, a bit Sherlock Holmes, with falling snow, roaring fires etc.
Cozy AF.

[Anonymous No.4993124]

>>4992742
Yeah I usually juat take 1 photo of my work and it's what I post on my socials. As for the head design, his neck is covered by a scarf and his hat is something like a kasa hat.

[Anonymous No.4993261]

>>4992641
nice

here's a portrait I did today

[Anonymous No.4993490]

>>4993261

Is it a stroke victim

[Anonymous No.4994156]

>>4957541
Need to work on proportions. You have a nice play with values and edges. However, you still need a lot of work on your values. For example, your eyes look dead because you didn't put in the specular highlights.

>>4958012
Your values aren't bad, but you need to work more on your edge control, especially around the eyes. It's like you're mixing a comic-style looking face onto a realistic portrait. Overall not bad.

>>4958211
Your value and edges need a lot of work. You seem to only use one range of value for your work, and it makes it flat.

>>4959334
Pretty nice, but a little more range of value.

[Anonymous No.4994236]

>>4992815
That would be fun. I love doing environments like that. I'm probably going to step back from doing very complex pieces for a few weeks though. Going to be working 2 jobs for about 6 weeks.