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  • #1402
    paddylonglegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    Wolff wrote: »
    And one more of the Skelligs - which are a great subject to paint

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    Great work. Calming and dramatic at the same time


  • #1403
    Wolff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Wolff


    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)

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

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  • #1404
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    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/


  • #1405
    Simms
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25 ✭Simms


    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.


  • #1406
    Wolff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Wolff


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


  • #1407
    Wolff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Wolff


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


  • #1408
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    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.


  • #1409
    Wolff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Wolff


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  • #1410
    Wolff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Wolff


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  • #1411
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


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


  • #1412
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    So, I've a painting just completed, based on a photo by Billy Scurry, of a neighbourhood meetup during the Covid Crisis.

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  • #1413
    Wolff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Wolff


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    Wolff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Wolff


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  • #1415
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Those are spectacular!


  • #1416
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,282 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    Thats seriously good work guys.

    You caught a great atmosphere with that Ciderman! Thats surely worth a few bob!!


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  • #1417
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Mike Litoris wrote: »
    Thats seriously good work guys.

    You caught a great atmosphere with that Ciderman! Thats surely worth a few bob!!

    Unfortunately, the painting was snatched up by a family member, never to be seen again...
    Bugger....


  • #1418
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,282 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    Tried to make a Japanese Lantern from Das Air Dry Clay. Added some solar lights. It ended up way darker than I wanted plus somehow it ended up all Alieny! I used sticks, plastics, lumps of rock to make the basic shape and covered it with Das Clay and then some small detail. I used a floor tile for the base. The whole thing is covered in Yacht varnish to seal it as it is for outdoors. The seal broke around the base and the clay has started to go soft. :(

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  • #1419
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Pretty mad but I love the imagination.


  • #1420
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,282 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    beauf wrote: »
    Pretty mad but I love the imagination.

    This was the inspiration but I kinda got lost along the way! :p

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  • #1421
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    You were definitely getting there...


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  • #1422
    twirlagig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,374 ✭✭✭twirlagig


    Mike Litoris wrote: »
    Tried to make a Japanese Lantern from Das Air Dry Clay. Added some solar lights. It ended up way darker than I wanted plus somehow it ended up all Alieny! I used sticks, plastics, lumps of rock to make the basic shape and covered it with Das Clay and then some small detail. I used a floor tile for the base. The whole thing is covered in Yacht varnish to seal it as it is for outdoors. The seal broke around the base and the clay has started to go soft. :(

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    I love this! :) Well done, it’s fab, would love it myself! :D
    Is that clay readily available and how much?


  • #1423
    twirlagig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,374 ✭✭✭twirlagig


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    So, I've a painting just completed, based on a photo by Billy Scurry, of a neighbourhood meetup during the Covid Crisis.

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    I love the look of this, it’s gorgeous! Your painting style is really cool and effortless looking :)

    What medium did you use?


  • #1424
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,282 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    twirlagig wrote: »
    I love this! :) Well done, it’s fab, would love it myself! :D
    Is that clay readily available and how much?

    Yeah, for the 500g block it's a fiver in Mr Price. €6 in Range. You can get a 12kg bag in Art and Hobby for about €20 but it's not great at all, cracks badly when drying and takes ages too.


  • #1425
    twirlagig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,374 ✭✭✭twirlagig


    Mike Litoris wrote: »
    Yeah, for the 500g block it's a fiver in Mr Price. €6 in Range. You can get a 12kg bag in Art and Hobby for about €20 but it's not great at all, cracks badly when drying and takes ages too.

    Well you made a great job of it anyway! You’re definitely after inspiring me! :D


  • #1426
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    twirlagig wrote: »
    I love the look of this, it’s gorgeous! Your painting style is really cool and effortless looking :)

    What medium did you use?

    You're very kind.
    I use acrylics, with my lack of a dedicated space at home to paint, it makes oils impossible.
    Not sure if my style is as you describe, but I love capturing light in paintings and this was no different.
    Effortless though?
    Hmm...
    That said, it was essentially painted in four sessions, first laying out the shapes and base colours, the next the left of the painting and then the right, finally the details were layered in.


  • #1427
    twirlagig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,374 ✭✭✭twirlagig


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    You're very kind.
    I use acrylics, with my lack of a dedicated space at home to paint, it makes oils impossible.
    Not sure if my style is as you describe, but I love capturing light in paintings and this was no different.
    Effortless though?
    Hmm...
    That said, it was essentially painted in four sessions, first laying out the shapes and base colours, the next the left of the painting and then the right, finally the details were layered in.

    Sorry CM, I may have worded that wrong and didn’t mean to. When I said effortless I just meant that it’s just so natural looking and not overworked looking but yet I know that there’s so much work involved in getting that look - I’d LOVE to be able to have a style like that.


  • #1428
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    twirlagig wrote: »
    Sorry CM, I may have worded that wrong and didn’t mean to. When I said effortless I just meant that it’s just so natural looking and not overworked looking but yet I know that there’s so much work involved in getting that look - I’d LOVE to be able to have a style like that.

    That's okay
    I'm not entirely sure I can lay claim to a style
    It's a little like handwriting, you just find a way that's comfortable to lay colour down on a canvas and just keep doing it.


  • #1429
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


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  • #1430
    Wolff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Wolff


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  • #1431
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Nice stuff.


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  • #1432
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    That's only beautiful!


  • #1433
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Just finished this today, after a three year hiatus!
    I did a few hours yesterday, one this morning, and it's done.

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  • #1434
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    The detail of the people in this is just incredible.


  • #1435
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Silverfish wrote: »
    The detail of the people in this is just incredible.

    Honestly... just splodges of paint...


  • #1436
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,022 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Honestly... just splodges of paint...


    ....placed on the canvas in a very successful way. :)


    I nearly gave out to you for putting down the op's work!!! :p


  • #1437
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    New Home wrote: »
    ....placed on the canvas in a very successful way. :)


    I nearly gave out to you for putting down the op's work!!! :p

    Ha, but when I am painting I'm not doing people or paths, buildings or skies, it's just getting the colours down on the canvas as the original scene presents, the rest just emerges as you go.


  • #1438
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,022 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Paint by numbers without the numbers? :pac: Well, if it works (and it does!), don't question it. :)


  • #1439
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    New Home wrote: »
    Paint by numbers without the numbers? :pac: Well, if it works (and it does!), don't question it. :)

    Indeed, never saw it that way!


  • #1440
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,282 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    Is this stuff too simple for here? Not sure where else to put it.

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  • #1441
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,022 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Oh, those are lovely! :)


  • #1442
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Don't see why not. Very cool. Great photos too, what sort of camera set up did you use.


  • #1443
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,282 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    beauf wrote: »
    Don't see why not. Very cool. Great photos too, what sort of camera set up did you use.

    Thanks!! :)
    It's a humble Nikon d5500 with a Sigma 30mm f1.4 shot hand held at about f2 to blur the background.


  • #1444
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,022 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Mod: I've added it to your old post again, too, CiDeRmAn.


  • #1445
    Wolff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Wolff


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  • #1446
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,282 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    Made another terrarium from an old Bonsai tree from IKEA and some moss foraged from the Wicklow mountains yesterday. Decorative white stone is from Homesavers, rock face is stone from the base of Carlingford castle, steps are soft rock I found in the forest behind Stewarts hospital in Palmerstown and the rest are from Portrane beach.

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    50223882177_f64eceb370_z.jpgTerrarium by Anthony Murray, on Flickr


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  • #1447
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,282 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    I have to start selling these things now!

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  • #1448
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,952 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    They are beautiful , you really should sell them , they'd make a fabulous gift imo .


  • #1449
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,282 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    They are beautiful , you really should sell them , they'd make a fabulous gift imo .

    Hey thanks!! I'm giving two of them away as presents and I'll try selling the other 2. I've enough material and plants to make another 10 - I think I know what everyone's getting for Xmas! :D


  • #1450
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Just finished this today, after a three year hiatus!
    I did a few hours yesterday, one this morning, and it's done.

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    I love this!

    To thine own self be true



  • #1451
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,952 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Mike Litoris wrote: »
    Hey thanks!! I'm giving two of them away as presents and I'll try selling the other 2. I've enough material and plants to make another 10 - I think I know what everyone's getting for Xmas! :D

    Lucky recepients getting those !
    Keep up the good work !


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