[nws]The Traditional Art Thread: Let's Get Our Hands Dirty

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sigma 6: Nov 27, 2004; the mirror would do well to reflect further

silicone thrills posted:

thats so fuckin rad.

I uh have been going whole hog polishing my skills back up. Did this today. felt ~ good ~ same reference from a gouache i posted up above but oils today.

One thing that I havent figured out with oils is how the gently caress to get the lighting right to take a straight on photo. Glossy fuckin paint just blow everything out in photos. At least with a single light. I do realize I could set up like 2-3 different lights but setting up a full photo studio set up for mid work snaps is a pain

Shoot on overcast days or magic hour.

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Thanks guys! Making visuals is great but I am trying not to get too hung up on it. Easy to treat it like a job and get anxiety over it. Especially when you have a live audience and are getting paid to do it. However, that last part doesn't always work out well. VJs have sliding scales. Some get paid late or very little etc. I still haven't been paid from the gig these pics are from. Then there are the VJs that work events like Coachella. I am not that guy.

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sigma 6: Nov 27, 2004; the mirror would do well to reflect further

Xposted from the Daily Drawing thread.

Sugar Man.

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Clowns to the left of me. Jokers to the right.

Made with graphite and photoshop. I still can't paint in photoshop but I can sometimes "fix" stuff ... lol

# ¿ May 14, 2022 19:23

sigma 6: Nov 27, 2004; the mirror would do well to reflect further

Booyah- posted:

Thanks for all the advice, this has been super helpful. I'm in the states btw

I should learn about this then, I have a favorite paper that's not labeled or branded so trying to match it would be good

One of my favorite painters uses 40 lb Fabriano Cold Press. Take that for what you will. He manages to use a poo poo ton of acrylic and floetrol and it never warps ... well not noticeably anyways. He taught me that many years ago. At least if you are going for acrylic washes / glazing.

http://www.michaelpukac.com/

# ¿ May 17, 2022 18:23

sigma 6: Nov 27, 2004; the mirror would do well to reflect further

IkeTurner posted:

I've been really into chalk/charcoal white on black card stock for a while now.

I think my brain just might be predisposed to light additive rather than the usual inverse, putting dark ink or otherwise on to white canvas.

Edit: Additional nonsense:

Getting into kinda half and half here, building on dark with light. (Also, some of these are studies of Ellison Hoover works, or are insprired by them.)

I'm open to suggestions on how to further explore this area of light-additive doodling. I've looked into getting into woodcuts and similar techniques. I suppose the next logical step might be oil paints possibly?

These are great!

Have you tried water soluable pencils? Or inktense pencils? Not sure if the cardstock will hold water well but it doesn't take much water to move around the pencil graphite or inktense uh... ink.

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