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Two more here. These are the last two things I have done. They are from this red cross swimming instruction book from 1938. All the photos are grainy underwater shots & most of them are damn cool looking. I am going to do a lot of these, since it is always nice to have a large collection of similar pieces.
These are quick one sitting paintings, oil on canvas, both of them are 16x20.
Swimmer 1
Swimmer 2
I really love your work JM, especially your drawings. I really like "bad germans" a lot, the very fist painting you posted rocks the docks. I also like the painting of the hand reaching out for the bird. All great stuff.
Thanks man.
I have two more swimmer pieces completed, hopefully I will have pics soon.
JM
I have said Fantastic so many times going through this gallery, I hope it has not lost it's meaning.
I meant it every time, just like now.
I like your use of old photographs, especially old war and newspaper photos. They are great for exploring light and shade, but not posed, so you get the more accurate practice.
Wonderful stuff as usual JM. The two swimming ones both have GREAT compostion and use of value.
Thanks Cigs & Sega. I finished another swimmer last night, I will be taking more pics when I can.
JM
Here is a new one. If you can recognize the picture the girl is from, good for you.
The pic I took was truly bad, with LOTS of glare on the wet black oil paint. I reduced the glare in Photoshop, so it has been digitally altered, but it looks a lot more like the real thing this way.
Girl 4
Oil
http://www.boomspeed.com/jayemm/Girl4.jpg
JM
Wow, that's really good. I am really impressed by your work, not even seeing the original pieces. But as I (obviously) have seen this before, wow. :)
I'm sad I didn't find this thread earlier... Your work is wonderful. And self-schooled! I feel cheap about my few months of instruction :sweat:
Hound, Girl 2, Girl 3, the red-cross swimmers and the most recent one (heh) kinda stuck out as the best, to me.
You have some excellent pieces, I'd love to see more and the rest of the different series works. I wish I could paint even a fraction of how well you can.
Glad you like it Atlas. :)
Nomi, how old are you? 17 or 18? If so, I have nearly 10 years of practice on you. Just keep practicing, your stippling work is very good, keep it up & I'm sure we will be seeing great things from you in the future. As for the others in the series, I was going to take pics of two more swimmer pieces after Girl 4, but the batteries in the camera died. I will have them up on monday or tuesday.
Thanks guys.
JM