Arts & Crafts

Notaro

spideyman said:

crochet cactus ball

That is excellent Spidey 😎

FlakeNoir

Notaro said:

I used to do some sketching when I was a kid but I lost the knack. My wife has done some art from time to time, I love the colours in this one....

So beautiful... I'm drawn to butterflies. I like what they represent, change and rebirth/new life. 

GNTLGNT

FlakeNoir said:

Hedda Gabler said:

Speaking of inks, my boys and i did this as a gift for their  mom’s birthday. The boys dripped ink on each tile making sure to have that yellow in each corner to tie the tiles together.  After they dried, i added the flower embellishments and mounted them to a, i think it was a 10 x 10 canvas.  Is turned out so beautiful. 

....that is calming art, not something that would irritate me if I were sentenced to look at it for a long time.... ....seriously though, it's very very pretty, makes my eyes smile....

FlakeNoir

spideyman said:

crochet cactus ball

spideyman said:

hobo bag

These are so good Spidey, you're very talented. 

GNTLGNT

Notaro said:

I used to do some sketching when I was a kid but I lost the knack. My wife has done some art from time to time, I love the colours in this one....

....she has quite the eye!.....sweet sweet work....

GNTLGNT

Notaro said:

spideyman said:

crochet cactus ball

That is excellent Spidey 😎

...it is indeed!!.....

GNTLGNT

....thank you everybody, I have encouraged Tracy to print, frame and sell some of her work-but she still insists she isn't good enough.....I beg to differ......but I'm prejudiced of course.....

Kurben

GNTLGNT said:

....thank you everybody, I have encouraged Tracy to print, frame and sell some of her work-but she still insists she isn't good enough.....I beg to differ......but I'm prejudiced of course.....

Tell her to look at what we say here. We are as neutral as can be.., Right? Right!!

GNTLGNT

Kurben said:

GNTLGNT said:

....thank you everybody, I have encouraged Tracy to print, frame and sell some of her work-but she still insists she isn't good enough.....I beg to differ......but I'm prejudiced of course.....

Tell her to look at what we say here. We are as neutral as can be.., Right? Right!!

....I have done that, today even.....she is gratified and touched.......but not convinced....

FlakeNoir

I sketched this in 2004 after the big flood that knocked out our power and water. (for weeks)
The bank behind our houses fell into the river, a house up in the corner of the street was washed away, we were evacuated over night by the fire department. 
The bank slippage stopped literally at our section, we lost a few trees, that's all. We were lucky, the neighbour next door lost their garage. 

(this is charcoal on canvas, which was a huge mistake lol)

GNTLGNT

FlakeNoir said:

I sketched this in 2004 after the big flood that knocked out our power and water. (for weeks)
The bank behind our houses fell into the river, a house up in the corner of the street was washed away, we were evacuated over night by the fire department. 
The bank slippage stopped literally at our section, we lost a few trees, that's all. We were lucky, the neighbour next door lost their garage. 

(this is charcoal on canvas, which was a huge mistake lol)

.....sad backstory, but the work is excellent!......need to do a sex pit sketch next.....

Notaro

GNTLGNT said:

FlakeNoir said:

I sketched this in 2004 after the big flood that knocked out our power and water. (for weeks)
The bank behind our houses fell into the river, a house up in the corner of the street was washed away, we were evacuated over night by the fire department. 
The bank slippage stopped literally at our section, we lost a few trees, that's all. We were lucky, the neighbour next door lost their garage. 

(this is charcoal on canvas, which was a huge mistake lol)

.....sad backstory, but the work is excellent!......need to do a sex pit sketch next.....

Don't forget the umbrella! 

Notaro

FlakeNoir said:

I sketched this in 2004 after the big flood that knocked out our power and water. (for weeks)
The bank behind our houses fell into the river, a house up in the corner of the street was washed away, we were evacuated over night by the fire department. 
The bank slippage stopped literally at our section, we lost a few trees, that's all. We were lucky, the neighbour next door lost their garage. 

(this is charcoal on canvas, which was a huge mistake lol)

Love it Flakes...... 

I did one sketch using charcoal..... wasn't a fan of using it... 

Hedda Gabler

Notaro said:

I used to do some sketching when I was a kid but I lost the knack. My wife has done some art from time to time, I love the colours in this one....

This is absolutely professional stuff.  The butterfly is so good, but let's take a look at that background.  Do you know how hard backgrounds are?  And they can make or break a painting.  There is a lot of subtle color blendings and techniques applied to that background.

Very nice.

Hedda Gabler

spideyman said:

crochet cactus ball

I love how this is displayed, very creative.  And again, this is a skill I wish I had.  Crocheting, knitting -- I so wish I could do this.  If someone shows me and we work together, I can complete something.  But to sit down and read instructions and create -- just no way.

Hedda Gabler

spideyman said:

hobo bag

I really like this.  I have a thing for bags (along with pens/pencils and papers.)

Hedda Gabler

GNTLGNT said:

FlakeNoir said:

Hedda Gabler said:

Speaking of inks, my boys and i did this as a gift for their  mom’s birthday. The boys dripped ink on each tile making sure to have that yellow in each corner to tie the tiles together.  After they dried, i added the flower embellishments and mounted them to a, i think it was a 10 x 10 canvas.  Is turned out so beautiful. 

....that is calming art, not something that would irritate me if I were sentenced to look at it for a long time.... ....seriously though, it's very very pretty, makes my eyes smile....

Thanks.  I'm a bright girl.  I tend to create bright.  Maybe a little too bright sometimes.  

Hedda Gabler

FlakeNoir said:

I sketched this in 2004 after the big flood that knocked out our power and water. (for weeks)
The bank behind our houses fell into the river, a house up in the corner of the street was washed away, we were evacuated over night by the fire department. 
The bank slippage stopped literally at our section, we lost a few trees, that's all. We were lucky, the neighbour next door lost their garage. 

(this is charcoal on canvas, which was a huge mistake lol)

Flakers, have you been holding back?  Have I seen this? Have you shared this before? are you just a big fat liar?  This is so good.  And I am thrilled to see you framed it properly.

Hedda Gabler

Notaro said:

FlakeNoir said:

I sketched this in 2004 after the big flood that knocked out our power and water. (for weeks)
The bank behind our houses fell into the river, a house up in the corner of the street was washed away, we were evacuated over night by the fire department. 
The bank slippage stopped literally at our section, we lost a few trees, that's all. We were lucky, the neighbour next door lost their garage. 

(this is charcoal on canvas, which was a huge mistake lol)

Love it Flakes...... 

I did one sketch using charcoal..... wasn't a fan of using it... 

Another thing that is really hard to do -- faces. Getting the proportions right (unless you are going for something abstract, obviously) is an extremely difficult thing to do and takes great skill.

Super job.

Notaro

Thanks Hedda, I did that about 35 years ago, I usually just copied album covers or anything gruesome, I did the above in charcoal because I thought it would be interesting to try, didn't use it again 😀

Hedda Gabler

dammit

Hedda Gabler

Notaro said:

Thanks Hedda, I did that about 35 years ago, I usually just copied album covers or anything gruesome, I did the above in charcoal because I thought it would be interesting to try, didn't use it again 😀

What was it about charcoals that you didn't like.  It's a good medium to give you depth, shadows, show aging -- which is all terrific for a face.  What medium do you wish you would've done that in?  It's very good.

Notaro

It wasn't a very forgiving format, I made quite a few mistakes and couldn't remove them, I had to keep rubbing them to try and blend them in, it worked to some degree. I wish I'd just used pencil. 

FlakeNoir

Notaro said:

It wasn't a very forgiving format, I made quite a few mistakes and couldn't remove them, I had to keep rubbing them to try and blend them in, it worked to some degree. I wish I'd just used pencil. 

Agree, I had the same problem...and on canvas?! What the f'k was I thinking? 🙄

spideyman

@Notaro, @FlakeNoir-- in total awe of those who can draw free hand. A talent I have never mastered. Stick figures!!

Beautiful art work.