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Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 14, 2008
05:12 PM Post #5791299
| I always enjoy viewing all the art that is shared here, so thought I would show one of mine. Just a beginner, but having lots of fun, this is an acrylic portrait of my sister, from a photo I took of her in a coffee shop. Its her birthday today and this is my gift to her, hope she likes it!
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Zanymuse
Scotia, CA
(Zone 9b)
November 14, 2008
10:16 PM Post #5792280
| That made a unique portrait. I really like it. I am sure that your sister will be delighted with it. It doesn't look like a beginners work to me! |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 15, 2008
12:31 PM Post #5793860
| Thanks Zany! I appreciated your feedback. My sister loved it - or maybe she was just being nice, but now she is stuck with it..tee hee. Started to dabble in the acrylics about a year ago and took some art lessons from a gallery around the corner from where I am staying in Canada.
Anna our teacher is fantastic and a wonderful artist! http://www.ruberto-ostberg.com
Here is another portrait - of a Hawaiian Chicken
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Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 15, 2008
12:33 PM Post #5793870
| Finished 
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Zanymuse
Scotia, CA
(Zone 9b)
November 15, 2008
05:58 PM Post #5794847
| Your rooster is fabulous! I am sure that your sister loved the portrait. Who wouldn't?!! |
jerryhildebrand
Cincinnati, OH
(Zone 6a)
November 15, 2008
08:13 PM Post #5795320
| Ive never seen beginner work like yours, you must have gone directly to the head of the class. you have the beginnings of a wonderlife in art. keep sharing |
roybird
Santa Fe, NM
November 15, 2008
11:58 PM Post #5796138
| They are excellent! As are your photographs. You have a good eye and compositional sense. |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 16, 2008
12:37 AM Post #5796213
| Thanks so much for the encouragement! Its been fun and interesting painting from my photography.
Here is one of my lastest class projects, not finished yet - I never know when to stop painting leaves...and I am looking forward to learning how to paint the grass on my next class.
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Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 16, 2008
12:40 AM Post #5796215
| My photo inspiration 
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Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 16, 2008
11:13 AM Post #5797116
| My sister and her son, having fun with her picture 
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Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 16, 2008
11:16 AM Post #5797128
| Now hanging - a bit askew 
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Sis_E
(Cissy) San Jose, CA
(Zone 9b)
November 16, 2008
12:04 PM Post #5797325
| Gardener, your chicken and your tree/leaves (acasia?) are wonderful!! How did you manage to put the upper dark background after you painted the chicken? I would have thought you'd do the background first. Amazing! The detail for the leaves and trunks are wonderful! Keep up the great work :D |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 16, 2008
02:31 PM Post #5797874
| Sis_E~thanks for your feedback! I think the tree's are a type of aspen poplar, don't know for sure, pretty common in Alberta. My art tech is a birch tree guru, so that's why I tried painting one while in Canada. Frankly the leaves are driving me nuts!
With my chicken, I decided not to do the background from the photo, so just smudged away and got lucky that it looked not to bad. I thought the dark background really made him pop! It really was not that hard. He was my first project from my very first art class back home in the US in April. I was pretty happy with him, so glad you liked him too.
I am starting a large canvas with a dark background and my art teach told me to dark gesso the canvas first, which I thought was a great idea - saves on the paint!! I will try and attach a picture of the photo - actually another DG photographer took the picture and gave me permission to paint it.
I am on a steep learning curve, but having so much fun and really enjoying sharing my adventure with the fellow artist on DG! 
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roybird
Santa Fe, NM
November 16, 2008
03:05 PM Post #5798037
| That's just beautiful! You are using acrylics, right? |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 16, 2008
03:12 PM Post #5798065
| Acrylics, yes. Is there a reason you are asking that? |
roybird
Santa Fe, NM
November 16, 2008
04:28 PM Post #5798313
| Just thought so when you mentioned black gesso. Acrylics are what most painters start out with. They are so easy to work with, great colors. Many professional painters use acrylic paint. Black gesso is quite nice. You tend to have lovely dark backgrounds and shadows in your photographs, too. |
Sis_E
(Cissy) San Jose, CA
(Zone 9b)
November 16, 2008
05:19 PM Post #5798472
| Garden, I too use acrylics. Black gesso is a great idea. I assume you can black gesso a canvas that already has 3 layers of white gesso on it? Those are the canvases I buy. Already primed with 3 layers of white gesso.
You know, Aspen is what I was thinking of not Acasia! LOL.
I love that last painting, too!. The water refleftion effect is fantastic! I bet that took a long time to do! :) |
Jazzpunkin
Springfield, OH
(Zone 5b)
November 16, 2008
10:17 PM Post #5799492
| That was the photograph wasn't it? I hope so.. Otherwise I am going to have to stop coming here.. lol |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 16, 2008
10:30 PM Post #5799532
| Yes, that's the photograph |
roybird
Santa Fe, NM
November 17, 2008
02:05 PM Post #5801356
| Hey, congratulations on the photo contest! You are multi-talented. |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 17, 2008
04:14 PM Post #5801958
| Royb~thanks and congrats back to you, the Apen tree photo is stunning and I love the oriental poppies, a future painting perhaps? |
roybird
Santa Fe, NM
November 17, 2008
07:36 PM Post #5802694
| Not a bad idea. I seem to have trouble painting from photographs. I like painting outdoors best. I have always admired your still life with tulips since I first saw it on the photo thread. It really stuck in my mind. Painting? |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 17, 2008
08:57 PM Post #5803053
| Thanks again Royb, sometimes the light is just so right for those type of photo's. As for painting it, I think is a bit out of my league (right now anyways) maybe you should take a crack at it! I was thinking of a portion of it though, as a possibility.
I have never tried painting from real life, always from photo's.
What new pieces have you been working on?
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roybird
Santa Fe, NM
November 18, 2008
12:34 AM Post #5803819
| The light on those is so beautiful. I think you could paint it. I'm not painting well lately. I decided to do some printing, (I used to do block prints and make stamps), on some t-shirts just to play and loosen up. I bought 8 pretty good white t-shirts at a thrift store with no holes or stains for 25 cents each! So I can get pretty crazy and not feel that I've ruined anything. I listen to Afro-Cuban music and just have fun! I have also been doing some acrylic painting to continue an old mural type thing on my kitchen wall. That is a very slow project. |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 18, 2008
01:36 AM Post #5803948
| So, lets see a photo of the mural! |
Sis_E
(Cissy) San Jose, CA
(Zone 9b)
November 18, 2008
12:10 PM Post #5805057
| Grdnerkett!!! Congrats on winning the Pet section of Dave's contest!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO, way to go!!! I went to view the winners and was reading what Dave said, and I saw your name!!! :D :D |
Sis_E
(Cissy) San Jose, CA
(Zone 9b)
November 18, 2008
12:13 PM Post #5805071
| Wow, and you too, roybird! I've been posting on this thread and reading it...and now, two people from this thread won in the contest! Congrats! |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 18, 2008
03:22 PM Post #5805744
| Thanks SisE, with so many talented people at DG it really is an honour! |
Sis_E
(Cissy) San Jose, CA
(Zone 9b)
November 18, 2008
06:33 PM Post #5806372
| You bet it is, Gardnerkett :) |
roybird
Santa Fe, NM
November 18, 2008
11:13 PM Post #5807392
| Thanks, SisE. Gardenerkett, I'll post some mural pictures soon. |
