Painting is now complete! (new thread)

Post by **MovieStuff** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:25 pm

Okay! Here's round two. This one is called "The Final Roundup".

Roger

Post by **Patrick** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:25 pm

You certainly have an eye for detail, Roger. Very realistic, particularly the shading and highlights.

Post by **DriveIn** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:58 pm

I've spent a majority of my life working with horses. The pose looks natural, and the rear leg really does not look out of place to me at all. If anything, it is exactly where I would expect the horse to place its hoof for the terrain and position. With the rider twisted in the saddle, any hip placement would be hidden by the riders leaning in the saddle. If I had a real horse that looked that good, I would start riding again. Good Work Roger!

Post by **Mitch Perkins** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:21 pm

Hey Roger, nice work! Do you work from photographs? I find the approach to be ultra-helpful, especially wrt achieving harmonious colour over the image as a whole.
Which speaking of which, what was your motivation for B+W? I too had a B+W phase, but limited experimentation to textural, non-representational only -

Lots of folks just laugh at this stuff, but I have a feeling you'll "get it". ~:?)

The inspiration was from old degraded basement walls, age-distressd plaster etc. The process was very liberating, as I am usually trying to make a nose or tree look "right".

I have some representational stuff of some friends of mine too. Maybe I'll snap a digital pic and post here, if you don't mind.

Mitch

Post by **JL Inc.** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:28 pm

Roger your artwork is remarkable to say the least!

Post by **paulcotto** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:17 am

Remington better watch his back

Nice Work! If I had your talent I would sell them on eBay. My wife paints and she says you could get big bucks for them.

Regards,
Paul Cottto

Post by **David M. Leugers** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:02 am

I don't know why Roger, but when I look at the painting I think of Hopalong Cassidy. Maybe it is the hat. Whatever, good art creates a feeling inside the viewer. You have accomplished that in spades. Love it.

David M. Leugers

Post by **MovieStuff** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:21 am

Patrick wrote:You certainly have an eye for detail, Roger. Very realistic, particularly the shading and highlights.

Thanks! However I am sooooo rusty that I am pretty much forced to work in a big canvas. I think a real artist could do this type of painting on a canvas half this size or smaller. Alas, the hand is no more steady than the eye is sharp these days.....

DriveIn wrote: I've spent a majority of my life working with horses. The pose looks natural, and the rear leg really does not look out of place to me at all. If anything, it is exactly where I would expect the horse to place its hoof for the terrain and position. With the rider twisted in the saddle, any hip placement would be hidden by the riders leaning in the saddle. If I had a real horse that looked that good, I would start riding again. Good Work Roger!

Glad you like it. Coming from someone that works with horses all the time that makes me feel better about my efforts.

Mitch Perkins wrote: Hey Roger, nice work! Do you work from photographs?

Yep. The fence was shot about 30 miles from here near Garner State Park. The sky was from in front of my house after a stormy day and the old guy is named Billy Fisher and runs Wagon Wheel Stables. I snapped a pic of him leaning against his pickup truck. I generally take several elements and combine them in Photoshop first. Then I make a print and work from that. I just don't have the imagination to do it out of my head, though I do end up changing quite a few things along the way when the mood strikes.

JL Inc. wrote: Roger your artwork is remarkable to say the least!

Thanks!

paulcotto wrote: Remington better watch his back Very Happy Nice Work! If I had your talent I would sell them on eBay. My wife paints and she says you could get big bucks for them.

We do hope to start a gallery by next summer. I was carrying this new painting across the street from our facility to the local sandwich shop, where I am currently displaying my paintings, and someone stopped me along the way and took my number. Seem they are interior decorators and want me to do some custom paintings for some high-end clientel. Could be neat-o!

David M. Leugers wrote:I don't know why Roger, but when I look at the painting I think of Hopalong Cassidy. Maybe it is the hat. Whatever, good art creates a feeling inside the viewer. You have accomplished that in spades. Love it.

Billy Fisher is a hoot. He always looks mad, even when he's not. Just a permanent squint from working in the Texas sun for a million years. I have no idea how old he is but he may very well be a contemporary of Hopalong Cassidy. Would not surprise me i the least.

Thanks, again, all. Glad you like the painting. I know it has nothing to do with film making but not many places where you can share something creative with friends.

Roger

Post by **Mitch Perkins** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:51 pm

MovieStuff wrote:
Patrick wrote:You certainly have an eye for detail, Roger. Very realistic, particularly the shading and highlights.
Thanks! However I am sooooo rusty that I am pretty much forced to work in a big canvas. I think a real artist could do this type of painting on a canvas half this size or smaller. Alas, the hand is no more steady than the eye is sharp these days..... :(

I know what you mean, however I think that even a "real artist" can always get more detail into a larger area. I seek not to contradict, but to compliment. IOW, don't be too hard on yourself.

MovieStuff wrote:
Mitch Perkins wrote: Hey Roger, nice work! Do you work from photographs?
...I generally take several elements and combine them in Photoshop first. Then I make a print and work from that. I just don't have the imagination to do it out of my head, though I do end up changing quite a few things along the way when the mood strikes.

I think that combining elements, even if they already exist as photographs, is pretty creative and shows ample imagination; the idea still comes from within, and that's the hard part, IMO. I do know what you mean though - an ex of mine had the draughtsman's hand, and an unbelievable knack for colour. She would just sit there and these little masterpieces would flow from her hand.
Usually though, I think most painters work from something in front of them for guidance, and if you can't get all the elements in one place at the same time, then there's photoshop. ~:?)

MovieStuff wrote:Thanks, again, all. Glad you like the painting. I know it has nothing to do with film making but not many places where you can share something creative with friends.

Roger

I was hesitant to post my texture painting in your thread, but it looks like I went ahead and posted it anyway. ~:?)
I wonder if there are any other painters among us. Mayhap a little "gallery thread" is in order - stills, paintings, sculpture...I have a few pieces hanging around and some slides. Never got it together to have a show - most all my stuff got sold to friends over the years.
The tie-in could be art that was used in movies. One of my pieces can be seen in Sleep Always. It occurs to me that S8 would be a fine format for a doc about an artist at work. 50D or 100D for colours that go pop!
Rick made a short with that ex of mine creating a painting in a limited time frame. I'll see if he wants to xfer and post...

Mitch