New Art

[SockmonkeyHolocaust]

Watercolor copy of Franz Marc's 'The Tiger'


and this is a kitty!

[dazie]

I really like that first one.

[Gamplayerx]

Ooh, kitty!

Nice work on the tiger.  I had to look up Franz Marc.  He certainly wasn't afraid of color.  Neat stuff. 

[SockmonkeyHolocaust]

Thanks, you're all very sweet. I think the first one is going to be a gift for someone's birthday (for good or bad)

[nishi]

*very* nice work on the tiger!

[Alice]

I'm impressed!

[dazie]

My birthday's the 14th... 

[SockmonkeyHolocaust]

I'm impressed!

Thanks, this painting was a huge step forward for me in discovering/developing further several new techniques. I have started getting aggressive with my blending by using a stiff brush, wetting it down and forcing it into the paper. I am pleased with the results. I also worked on using some of the more specialty brushes to produce cleaner lines, which in some cases I think worked really well. I am going to go back and give the background area a more geometric feel just because I can.

I think Franz Marc may be as abstract as I want to take it, though, because I don't think I am good enough to really do it with any feeling or competency. I've been on a really huge Andrew Wyeth kick lately and he's just been a huge influence in my sketching. I'd rather maybe dabble in some cubism but primarily work on attaining a comfortable level of control before traipsing off into the world of abstractness.

*very* nice work on the tiger!

Thanks! I have been feeling kinda' weird about making it someone's gift because I don't want her to have to pretend to like it, but I have gotten enough decent feedback on it that I think she'll like it.

My birthday's the 14th... 

You want a copy of something or something else? I can draw a kitty for you.

[dazie]

*lol*  whatever you feel like doing.  I wasn't really trolling for presents...

well, sorta.

[SockmonkeyHolocaust]

How to make a hand turkey:

http://butz.us/handturkey.html