Your art/craftwork - show it here!

Fann Linn · 27-08-2019 10:15pm

Penfailed wrote: »

Finished!

Excellent. I'm brutal at drawing but just love looking and so envious of the works of those with talent. I really admire those who enter the Texaco Art Comp for instance. From 9 to 90 brilliant work.
Just like those portrayed here.

CiDeRmAn · 20-09-2019 5:07am

Two recent ones painted in the last week
This one of Skerries Harbour

CiDeRmAn · 20-09-2019 5:08am

And this one of Rush Harbour

beauf · 20-09-2019 8:25am

Some serious painting there. How long do they take to do.

CiDeRmAn · 20-09-2019 8:57am

beauf wrote: »

Some serious painting there. How long do they take to do.

Not terribly long, possibly about 10/12 hours each.
Sometimes they can take a lot longer but these just seemed to work out quickly.

The new owners are very happy!

NoviGlitzko · 20-09-2019 9:26am

They're absolutely fantastic Ciderman. Great eye for colour and technique.

CiDeRmAn · 20-09-2019 9:33am

I'll take the compliment about colour but I have zero technique!
Terrible, no training, just splodges and smears!

stop animal cruelty · 20-09-2019 9:52am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I'll take the compliment about colour but I have zero technique!
Terrible, no training, just splodges and smears!

Yet they work! There beautiful paintings!

CiDeRmAn · 20-09-2019 11:50am

You're all very kind.
I've about seven canvases awaiting paint within the next couple of months.
I was getting a bit down, thinking it would take me weeks and weeks per picture, but now I'm a little more confident I can get the work done in a smaller timeframe.
I'll post them as they are done.

Wolff · 28-09-2019 3:49pm

First time post - have been painting now for a about 2 years - finally getting to place that's my own particular style - Paul Henry is always in the picture somewhere !

beauf · 28-09-2019 3:56pm

Cool

Wolff · 28-09-2019 3:57pm

Another 2 recently finished

The plan was to replace all the existing pictures in the house with my own

I was too cheap to go out and buy them!

beauf · 28-09-2019 4:02pm

There's a stained glass quality to them. Very dramatic.

Simms · 28-09-2019 4:11pm

Wolff wrote: »

First time post - have been painting now for a about 2 years - finally getting to place that's my own particular style - Paul Henry is always in the picture somewhere !

Are you based in Connemara?

Wolff · 28-09-2019 4:13pm

And one more of the Skelligs - which are a great subject to paint

Wolff · 28-09-2019 4:15pm

@Simms - No based in Co Meath - hence the need for some drama I think

Simms · 28-09-2019 4:58pm

Wolff wrote: »

@Simms - No based in Co Meath - hence the need for some drama I think

LOL... indeed.

CiDeRmAn · 28-09-2019 5:50pm

Those are simply spectacular, well done

Wolff · 29-09-2019 10:16am

Thanks Ciderman !

I have had a look back at some of the amazing paintings and drawings here including your own really quite excellent work and what a collection they make !

CiDeRmAn · 29-09-2019 10:18am

Wolff wrote: »

Thanks Ciderman !

I have had a look back at some of the amazing paintings and drawings here including your own really quite excellent work and what a collection they make !

Hmm, not that sure.
I think if I could really paint, and like you I love to paint the sea, I would paint like you.
They are sublime.

paddylonglegs · 30-09-2019 8:14pm

Wolff wrote: »

And one more of the Skelligs - which are a great subject to paint

Great work. Calming and dramatic at the same time

Wolff · 01-10-2019 11:05am

Thanks for all the kind words and enthusiasm - will crack on now with improving

2 final ones for your consideration - again the sea or coastline

Has anyone any tips on selling paintings - have a few to shift now before the wife starts divorce proceedings !

The Coast of Kerry (Based on a John Skelton Picture)

Spanish Point - a friend wanted a painting based on one of his photographs

CiDeRmAn · 01-10-2019 11:17am

I sell everything I paint, but then they are all commissions, which is grand though I seldom get to paint anything for me nowadays.
But The Peoples Art, around Stephens Green, is well worth doing.
It's cheap and happens a number of times a year, over the summer, into the Autumn and at Christmas.
It's a lucky draw to see where you get on the railings but well worth it for the chance to hang your pictures out there and sell something as well as connect with amateur and professional artists, swapping experiences, tips and horror stories.
http://peoplesart.ie/

Simms · 01-10-2019 6:21pm

Great stuff. Are you familiar with a guy called Donald Teskey? You work reminds me a little of his. He did a series of seascapes of the west coast. You can check it out on the So Gallery website. The Fractured Shoreline series is superb. Pricey though.

In case you're wondering, I have no connection with said gallery.

Wolff · 02-10-2019 10:11am

@Simms - no havent come across him before - will check out the pictures on the site - Sure to be some good inspiration there !

Wolff · 03-10-2019 10:56am

CiDermAn do you mount your own work or have them framed professionally - the frames are lovely

CiDeRmAn · 03-10-2019 9:14pm

Wolff wrote: »

CiDermAn do you mount your own work or have them framed professionally - the frames are lovely

I'm embarrassed to say that they are simply IKEA Ribba frames.
I paint, typically, on canvas boards and they slot nicely into those frames, as they are designed to take posters and photos mostly.

For the square canvas, I found I had a series of them from all sorts of places and the expense of having frames made up prevented me from using them.
Then I realised I could have a go at floating one on a standard, once again IKEA Ribba, square frame and it worked out really well.
I used small screws through the rear board into the frame of the canvas itself.
Worked out very well, so I will be painting on those more often.

Wolff · 22-01-2020 10:42am

Wolff · 22-01-2020 10:44am

beauf · 22-01-2020 11:05am

Very nice. I like the wildness/rawness of it. I can feel the spray off those waves. Love it.

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