#4287246 - 08/13/16 12:49 PM
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Coming on well Nixer I can't draw to save my life but my late uncle could and did make a living from painting, I have quite a few of his works on the walls here and at home too. Too many reflections to get a good pic of the paintings with the phone but here are a couple: He is more known for his seascapes and fishing boats Uncle Arthur is the one in the hat, picture was taken around 1930, my father is the boy hanging on the top of the car and my grandfather is on the extreme left.
Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil Sons of the hound come here and get flesh Clan Cameron
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#4302536 - 10/11/16 11:02 PM
Re: So I had to find a new hobby...
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Haven't done much lately as freakin pre-Algebra, Macro Eco, Huge Manatees etc have had me preoccupied. Kinda like this one...OK I like this one alot. Hope you all do too.
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#4302617 - 10/12/16 12:35 PM
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LOL PM, if I did people they'd be stick people also.
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#4302626 - 10/12/16 12:59 PM
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#4302722 - 10/12/16 07:51 PM
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Really like that last beach painting, you've nailed the brightness of the white sand and the foaming wash of the waves.
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#4302748 - 10/12/16 09:58 PM
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Nice Nixer! My wife also paints. Oils, wet on wet method mostly, from 'Bob Ross'. She likes yours Nixer....and doesn't say that unless she means it, trust me Also mentioned Alicatt's late uncle's painting of the trees. Most of hers are of our land, the forest....trees. Good stuff guys We've got about a dozen hanging on our walls, ran out of 'wall room' years ago. Now we just 'rotate' them, putting up the new ones, to replace the oldest ones......
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#4302750 - 10/12/16 10:12 PM
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Thanks for the encouragement folks. It's a lot of fun and challenging at the same time. I am starting to dream paintings...yeah I know it sounds weird but true, and getting up in the middle of the nite to sketch/paint it. Really don't sketch much as I can't draw well at all. I just start throwing water and pigment at the paper mostly. That last one is the unplanned second in my "blue moon" attempts. First one was a postcard I sent to my ex!(She framed it!) Next one is gonna continue it with some kind of sea/swamp/dock/harbor/misty sunset/sunrise thing. Working on some stylized trees for now... Thanks again for looking.
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#4303029 - 10/13/16 08:41 PM
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You need a program that will make any jpg's or bmp's smaller. I use the IrFan viewer, it works well for me, has for a longgggg time. I just checked and the original maker of the program doesn't have a web site any longer, or the old one is gone. I found this; Free IrFan viewer But I can't endorse any of the links, but I can recommend the IrFan viewer as a really small and non invasive program. If all goes bad, send me your email via a PM and I can mail it to you. It's actually only 391kbs. VERY small. It makes any jpg or bmp the size you want. It also does 'batch conversions', and lots of other stuff, if you get into it. I never keep my photos as big as they come in the camera, you can't even send those via Email. Some are like 3000 Mbs, just unnecessary for normal viewing on a smart phone or even computer. All just IMO, of course..... I'm sure there are other programs that do this also. ----------------------- Edit; Just checked, the new one is much bigger, it's over a MB. I don't know which site is best to get it from, maybe TechSpot? Someone else might have a better supplier, dunno...
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#4303064 - 10/14/16 12:40 AM
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Keep it up and never stop.
I followed a friend on facebook who posts very beautiful water color paintings. Out of curiosity I checked his eariler works and got a glimpse of how he progressed as an artist. His works now are at a totally different level. It's nice to see an artist improve over time.
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#4303070 - 10/14/16 01:26 AM
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I guess I can just blame this one on cheap wine i really like this one Nixer. looks like an album cover
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#4303178 - 10/14/16 01:11 PM
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Yes, come to think of it I get The Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed vibes from it. Not that it looks like it directly, more in the color combinations.
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#4326347 - 01/06/17 02:06 AM
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Amazingly that last one I posted ended up being published in my college's Artsy Fartsy Annual rag.....am stoked. Have been "off" for about a month now, back to school Monday. I have been painting quite a bit but trying new stuff, going real slow with stuff I like...kinda being a wuss as in afraid I'll screw up something I started well....and I do...especially after a couple of extra beers or glasses of wine. Screwed the pooch on this one...but I still just like it anyway. My first gator.... Puff Have fun in 2017 folks, I am damn sure gonna try to myself.
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