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by maiforpeace » Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:47 pm
Bella Fortuna wrote:MCJ wrote:Actually I don't much go for portraiture.
Whereas I think portraits are my favourites... possibly because I love drawing people myself - drawing the human form has always given me the most satisfaction of any art I've done. Portraits that are unique and show a depth in their subject I find very intriguing; it makes me want to know more about the person, their circumstances, the time in which the portrait was done...
Partially-done self-portrait below...
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by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:14 pm
maiforpeace wrote:Rum wrote:maiforpeace wrote:Rum wrote:One of my favourite artists...
That looks like modern art to me though...unless the artist is dead, of course.
It is signed...take a look?
I knew who the artist was - thus my comment about them being dead.
And you are a fabulous MODERN artist, by the way.
I nearly said something disparaging about how something so old could be considered modern, but I thought better of it.
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by Rum » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:18 pm
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
I nearly said something disparaging about how something so old could be considered modern, but I thought better of it.
Well you should be congratulated on your restraint..and continuing viability as a biological organism.
Incidentally the 'painting' took me ten minutes with Cel Draw and Photopaint..if that.
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by M » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:20 pm
Bella Fortuna wrote:MCJ wrote:Actually I don't much go for portraiture.
Whereas I think portraits are my favourites... possibly because I love drawing people myself - drawing the human form has always given me the most satisfaction of any art I've done. Portraits that are unique and show a depth in their subject I find very intriguing; it makes me want to know more about the person, their circumstances, the time in which the portrait was done...
Partially-done self-portrait below...
Good work.
I understand what you mean, but it depends on the picture. Look at the Gainsborough example above. I couldn't give a teeny rat's arse about Mr & Mrs Andrews - they look like a right pair of dishcloths. However, Hogarth's Shrimp Girl looks full of life and I'd like to go to the pub with her.
His characters have so much humour about them, like The Bench.
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by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:21 pm
Rum wrote:Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
I nearly said something disparaging about how something so old could be considered modern, but I thought better of it.
Well you should be congratulated on your restraint..and continuing viability as a biological organism.
Incidentally the 'painting' took me ten minutes with Cel Draw and Photopaint..if that.
You went over the lines btw.
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by Bella Fortuna » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:27 pm
Hogarth is great... realistic folk in all their flawed glory.
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by M » Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:47 pm
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by devogue » Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:56 pm
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by Stublore » Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:22 am
Rum wrote:One of my favourite artists...
Looks like something one of my nephews or nieces would paint.
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by FBM » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:05 am
Bella Fortuna wrote:Partially-done self-portrait below...
Cool. Who did you draw the self-portrait of? She looks oddly familiar...
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by Bella Fortuna » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:07 am
Some old tart...
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by FBM » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:39 am
Bella Fortuna wrote:Some old tart...
Looks pretty hawt to me...
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by orpheus » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:07 am
Bella Fortuna wrote:Albrect Durer's drawings and engravings are superb, alternately realistic and fantastical:
Dürer gets my vote for one of the two or three best artists ever.
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