Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: airbumba on June 09, 2005, 06:57:32 PM
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Here’s the painting I’ve been working on, and am still working on.. I now know it’s too small of a format, and that’s why I found it so hard to do details, well live and learn. It’s my first painting. Next, and presently, I’m doing larger landscapes, I’ll go back to aviation stuff when I learn how to paint better.
My mom’s a retired Dr. who’s also a known painter and now has free time to paint, and teach me. But she doesn’t do aviation art, so I’ll be learning landscapes and portrait stuff all this summer, and then hopefully use them skills to do real nice aviation art in the future. Half of the beauty of the known av. Art dudes is how well they do their backgrounds, so I figure I’m on the right track.
I wish to thank Roscoroo for the maps I used for the land and sea. Also thanks to Golfer for the winter sky photos he sent me, these were the basis of the painting. guys. Also thanks to Nuttz, who took the time to answer my rookie questions, and I’m looking forward to trying airbrushing .
Before ya’ll eat me alive, remember it’s my first attempt. I hope you like it.
Koldkill
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/459_1118360900_coldkillpainting3.jpg)
81/2x11 acrylic on canvas, with ink highlites.
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B E A U tiful.
Only thing is that the German plane looks a tad too clean.
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"Another noob learns the hard way; never HO a 190."
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three zillion times better than anything i could do :)
however, 3 zillion X 0 is still zero :p
j/k
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The flame job on the enemy plane...well...I think i see the devil's face! Aieeee!
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Very good....
I agree the plane is too clean though. Thats a peev, they never look right to me clean.
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My advice is to hang on to that painting, and not chuck it.
Because as you get better, you're bound to want to chuck it at some point. Or just lose it, somewhere at some time. If your first painting is any indication, you're bound to get a whole lot better. Not because the painting is neccessarily bad - on the contrary - because it demonstrates an obvious (but unrefined) talent. You're gonna get good, I'd wager, which will make looking at your first one a fun thing to do. The world is already too full of regretful artists who didn't hang on to their first, fledgling efforts. Don't be one of them. :)
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excellent first effort.
a few technical issues.
always apply your sizing (primer gesso) on your canvas in a thick layer and then sand it. if it is a pre primed canvas board, dont use it unless you plan on painting really really thick.
use a piece of masonite instead.
lightly sand the surface.
sizing? in this case a can of kilz will work just fine. we arent worried about archiving anything for the museums yet.
apply a layer of sizing...let dry.
coat it again. let dry.
sand lightly.
one last layer cut slightly with a thinning agent. sand lightly with very fine paper.
wipe it off.
then proceed to paint on a babies butt.
it will make your paint apply easier, you will waste less and you will have less of a problem getting details.
just a thought.
there are alot of technical details, but these are things that you will learn as you learn your craft and i am not gonna beat on that drum just yet.
(i know 1/2 of what i need to know)
copy your favorites. figure out how they came to thier conclusions.
this also helps.
great start man.
wtg
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I disagree. I rather enjoyed the tactile quality of the piece. :D
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i enjoy it just fine.
i just know how much i cant stand those gd overpriced bumpy boards.
personal preference. but it appears that he is going for realism and detail here.
:)
ps. look at paintings of clouds.
our first instinct is just to add a bit of paint and smooth them in. dont be afraid to use a brush there. hots and colds.
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You suck, you'll never be a good artist Adolf!
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
You suck, you'll never be a good artist Adolf!
lol.
grunherz. you are a bad, bad man.
:rolleyes:
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j/k man... I noticed the same thing. Smiled.
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ahhhhhh.
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Nice job. I think the clean 190 is fine. Contrary to popular belief, brand new planes DID see combat. They did not come off the assembly line already weathered. I think that the fire is too red; I’d slap some yellow over it. I’d extend the smoke off the edge of the canvas as well. Keep at it and post more!
eskimo
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Aww..thats looks good to me,i agree with the others that baby looks too clean,however,thank you for painting me in that flaming
LA-7,yep,i tried to HO that 190 :D
Keep posting please.
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I like it.
I like the way you did the background, it draws your eye to the two a/c right away.
There is talent there, no doubt about it.
I agree with Nash, don't get rid of this one down the road.
Would love to see more :)
cheers, and thanks
RTR
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Thank you'all for the positive replies and advice. It's good to get reviews tellin ya you're on the right track.
Thanks again .
p,s:
I don't know which is more of an accomplishment, doin that painting or surviving the O Club relatively unscathed? :eek: