the joys of Cast painting

Despite how a lot of my posts portray me, at heart I am still a traditionalist. I like realism. This is a cast painting under way at home right now. Actually I have grown bored and it's been waiting for a couple of months to be finished. I only have patience for faces ussually. but I think the colors are turning out nice. So there you go.

House in the Woods

One more for the weekend. Here's my first attempt at a enviroment. I am all about the portraits. Faces, hands, bodies. but this was kind of fun. Probably a much needed change.

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Old

This is the old one. Again my wife, posing as a pirate, since that seems to be the theme this month. I kind of still like it, but not especially. It was the best thing I had done up to that time.

Old Woman

Here is the color version of the old woman painting started below. I think it turned out pretty well. I am really a fan of Painter these days, it's such an easy way to work. Unfortunately, I have no tangible painting to hold when I'm done.
it is a woman though she I contemplated making her a man.
Another painting I like the colors but it never really got finished. Alan Greenspan has about the coolest face in the world.

From the Vault

This blog is a great place to put the artwork that I do that isn't good enough to make it to my webpage. I have a lot of it. This first one is my wife in Texas(thus the lack of anything in the background). I tried it on some old canvas board I had and it was hellish, I usually hate the texture of canvas. I need flat masonite so that I can be in control of everything at all times.
And this is a copy of a Norman Rockwell. He was one of the best artists of the 20th century and a genius, though this painting stole a little from the J.C. Leyendecker style, another genius. It had nice spots of color. I just wanted to get a little practice but it turned out pretty good.

Grandma(Values)

Online Swamp Wading

So I have probably by now logged about 2 billion hours surfing the net in search of good art. I have learned its like finding a diamond in a wheat field. I've found a few and I know there are more out there, but I get so frustrated trying to find them. It takes hours and hours of wading through bad art, worthless galleries and mind-numbing flash animations to look for it. Most days I find nothing but the sickening feeling I get from senseless modern art. Actually I have the same problem in libraries, bookstores, art museums and in art galleries, its not a lack of art, its a lack of good art.
I like the blog setup. Here is a really convenient way to visit a lot of artists quickly, all linked together. I have noticed there is still a lack of traditional skills and an over-abundance of flat design illustration, but we're definitely getting closer.
I plan on posting my comprehensive list of good artists I've found to date soon.

Brand New

Here we go with a little test run. A recent painter painting of a slightly stylized guy for a little portrait painting project. I like the tight illustration from a photo so I don't have to make up too much. This is a first shot in the dark. But there it is.