Anyone here paint?

[zeegler]

I'm not talking cars here. I mean painting with a brush and oils/acrylic etc.

I finally put brush to canvas again after over ten years, and I don't know why I ever stopped.

I might have something to show you guys in about a week.

Anyone else paint?

[Cygnus X1]

I did, in high school. I still have a lot of very nice brushes and supplies.
But, I haven't painted since. Someday...
BTW, I love oils. I never could accomplish much with acrylics, but
I had to do two to qualify for my scholarship. So, I literally dashed off
two in a weekend, and most thought they were my best work. One was
a Hendrix in stage lights, basically a two-color, and another was an impressionist
wash of city buildings. Damned if they got the awards,and my beloved oils got nothing.
Oh, well.

[Endrik]

I can't draw a straight line or nice circle to save my life but I was pretty good at painting, at one point probably the best in my school and they wanted to send me to an art school/academy but I lost interest one day and haven't painted anything ever since.

Lately I've been thinking about doing it again

[zeegler]

I did, in high school. I still have a lot of very nice brushes and supplies.
But, I haven't painted since. Someday...
BTW, I love oils. I never could accomplish much with acrylics, but
I had to do two to qualify for my scholarship. So, I literally dashed off
two in a weekend, and most thought they were my best work. One was
a Hendrix in stage lights, basically a two-color, and another was an impressionist
wash of city buildings. Damned if they got the awards,and my beloved oils got nothing.
Oh, well.

I use strictly acrylics. I'm much too anal to try to paint with oils. The damn stuff never dries. I like the paint to dry fast, because I change my painting a lot as it progresses. I sometimes paint over something 3 or 4 times before I'm happy with it. Plus, acrylic has different properties depending on how dry it is. I like to use slightly dried acrylic sometimes for how it goes on the canvas.

[guitarsjb]

I used to, haven't in years. My best painting was an oil. learned a LOT from that one..wow.
I'll try to get you a pic up tomorrow.

[toejam]

I've got these body paints...

[fred dons]

yeah I do, nowadays mostly guitars but I still work on canvas as well (and I hate the drying time of oil paint as well so for my it is acrylics only)

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&st=1&album=560044&ktw=923129cb5c3d723b8b877611051d4f33&sid=r4wz5d9d6f5651a6ea8236c6e3219c83

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&album=560044&i_pos=6&page=1&ktw=d2792acf74961aaceb4f1e9cb9038065&sid=r4wz5d9d6f5651a6ea8236c6e3219c83

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&album=560044&i_pos=32&page=4&ktw=96b7686ba396462c6bba858e270cf6f0&sid=r4wz5d9d6f5651a6ea8236c6e3219c83

[Bri]

I painted with acrylics in high school and first year of college. I switched to color pencils and airbrush in art school. I haven't done any of them for about 7 years. I wasn't happy with the balance of speed and my style so I now stick to photoshop to paint and mostly just to make textures for using in 3DS MAX.

[zeegler]

yeah I do, nowadays mostly guitars but I still work on canvas as well (and I hate the drying time of oil paint as well so for my it is acrylics only)

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&st=1&album=560044&ktw=923129cb5c3d723b8b877611051d4f33&sid=r4wz5d9d6f5651a6ea8236c6e3219c83

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&album=560044&i_pos=6&page=1&ktw=d2792acf74961aaceb4f1e9cb9038065&sid=r4wz5d9d6f5651a6ea8236c6e3219c83

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...8236c6e3219c83

Very nice work Fred. I see you're into monotones too. I used to do almost all my stuff in monotones, usually blue. I'm using a little more colour now though.

[sonicsamurai]

i used to paint, did gcse art, but i always preferred using chalk pastels, i love the way u can blend with those things

[fred dons]

Very nice work Fred. I see you're into monotones too. I used to do almost all my stuff in monotones, usually blue. I'm using a little more colour now though.

yeah I vary from monotones to colour, at the moment I'm in my monotone period
andvery much depends on the subject I'm doing but most of it is in monochrome or sepia

3 where I used a bit more colour

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&st=1&album=2045908&ktw=5bdb943ec912c3ce5135eb8a05036c1b

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&album=440038&i_pos=179&page=23&ktw=09f07ef0ef3c74e7066c6a87acbd9f24

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&album=440038&i_pos=92&page=12&ktw=e94f8da4d29f4d8e2eb6ce3c41650f36

[sonicsamurai]

yeah I vary from monotones to colour, at the moment I'm in my monotone period
andvery much depends on the subject I'm doing but most of it is in monochrome or sepia

3 where I used a bit more colour

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&st=1&album=2045908&ktw=5bdb943ec912c3ce5135eb8a05036c1b

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&album=440038&i_pos=179&page=23&ktw=09f07ef0ef3c74e7066c6a87acbd9f24

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons...b6ce3c41650f36

you just HAD to put boobs on a guitar didn't you??

is that monica belluci on the top one? very good!!

[fred dons]

you just HAD to put boobs on a guitar didn't you??

is that monica belluci on the top one? very good!!

yes I had to do boobs and I want to do Monica (but that is a different subject)
but yep that is monica I have painted her on several guitars, this one is more decent

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&album=440038&i_pos=150&page=19&ktw=3f09c6aa073e4476e7b3d891e8bb23b1

http://www.pixum.nl/members/freddons/?act=a_view&album=440038&i_pos=152&page=19&ktw=21a87616cc2a764909d9d870c11b647e

[Joe_Steeler]

Good work Fred and great taste in women.
Monica B. is a beautiful woman.

[Jackson-Charvel]

That can't be Monica Lewinsky. The only thing she should be on is a dirty cigar.