My dear roverS3,
First off, sincere appreciation for your supportive and kind response. Ftr, it dawned on me, that I have been in my self regulated habit of staying very narrow in sharing thoughts. However, with Paradox, adding the marvelous tool of chapters-breaks, <bravo!> which allowed authors to earmarkkur
updates, I could have ditched the worry of straying too far from the story-line. Yes, this Greybeard is fairly resistant to change; some might say stubborn.
Btw, had I known your background I doubt I would have inflicted my solo-dart into Art.
Brings to mind, our US vets commenting on D-day. "If we had known what we were wading-into, most of us would have stayed on the LCTs." Now that's an eye-opener.
But I’m glad you did!
Thanks man...you can now better enjoy adventures. I know you'll make the most of this change o' pace.
I look at that and rhetorically wonder either how you did it or how long it took you to do it
(it’s ok you don’t need to answer - the artist should retain his mystery
). I’ll
bet it wasn’t easy.
I agree completely...but only for other dabblers.
Easy? You're correct, the word does not work; maybe
Experience = faster-quick.<LOL> The color-drawing I did in a couple of hours tops...maybe an hour. That exercise was all about the "custom-colors slider". If I was a young-buck I would have spend the time to max-zoom and triple the graduation but
the back says
forget that jack...here too.
lovely mate - the work and effort transmits that love very authentically. I’ll bet too when you look at it, it also evokes those smells, sounds and feelings that you can only get from being out in what we would call ‘the bush’.
Enjoyed that wisdom because it struck a chord with the old meaning behind "sister-art". i.e. Your comment is correct and it called to mind, the very same "fact" when I have read poems from long ago. Whatever, we invest our minds, we leave something of our spirits deep inside...eh?
Btw, whenever I see
Black-soil in-game...yeah...you know the smell of rich-loam. Pro-tip: Never break a bottle of Red-Fox cover-scent inside a store...without being able to film the faces that next walk into the area.
Heh! After 40+ years working in a place that prizes and demands planning so comprehensively, there is a delicious indolence in not being
compelled to do it. I certainly won’t escape it and it is imbued in me, but for now I’m luxuriating in not having to concern myself with it. Honestly, I think it will take some months before it truly sinks in.
So true but this time you'll not be relaxing just when the vacation comes to an end but you get to hang-out as long as you want.
Well, I guess saying I'll be picking up watercolours in earnest is probably more of a broad objective, but still, it seems a bit weird to be even that specific at my age...
I like that idea. Always wanted to explore multi-mediums much more thoroughly.
Thank you for sharing them here.
I really like the simplicity of your paint drawing... In any way, the future of art is going in a virtual direction, with more and more visual artists and graphic designers turning to tablets big and small to draw, mixing hand draw elements with computer-based editing.
You are a blessed young man Comrade. This not-so grandfather...hopes you will hang on to the old and new and tenaciously celebrate both.
I fear that one day minds will have no way to relate to the experience of walking into an old stone castle, (Public-library) and enjoy the musty aroma of shelves and shelves of Tomes & Scrolls that allow the explorer to utilize his or her
browser and take hard-cover history in-hand.
I have to say, your trees look better than most of the ones I've drawn over the years, and I've had three years of drawing lessons (in one form or another, including watercolours, nude drawing, comic style drawing,...) within my curriculum... of course most of my drawing classes were more focused on buildings and structures, but still, those are some very nice trees... not overly detailed, but with the lighting just right, and the branches actually look like branches. The detail levels are also well managed with a nice progression from detailed to far away. I'm impressed, and I've seen a lot of good drawings.
Enjoyed that critique very much. If you like my trees, you should see my rocks.
Honestly, I have no idea why but rock-surface and textures have been the greatest challenge and satisfaction. Might be because I play Hard-rock.
About using a camera... it's a great way to get started, but things become really interesting <imo> once you sit down and take 10 minutes to an hour to draw what you see before you, just pencil, paper, and the actual subject of your drawing... to make things more exciting, I usually use a pen or a marker, so I only have one shot... I actually draw better with a marker because a pencil lures me into a sense of "I can always rub that out if I mess up..."... That's something I really like about playing music as well, you play. When you make a mistake, you don't have time to correct it, to rub it out, once it's played it's played, and if you mess up during a performance, you need to move on, and immediately concentrate on what follows, or you'll just stop playing and that just ruins everything... Drawing with something you can't erase is the same, if (when, in my case) you mess up, you move on, integrate the mistake in the drawing, then, if you're not satisfied, you can always start over.
Dude...you are sage beyond your years. About the camera...you are spot-on. Honestly, I have to admit, it completely escaped my notice that I gave you the method a dragon-munched-artist can use.<L>
You likely know this already...but If you have not seen
Alan Lee's LoTR-sketchbook...own it. From a great distance, that guy seems like a natural inspiration towards the way you describe yourself, desire etc.
Well, you'd be surprised how quickly skilled artists (something I don't really consider myself to be when it comes to drawing) create a passable drawing... a good e one like the one above though... that can take a little longer...
Absolutely. I was blown away by the ability that pixels, zoom, etc affords deep-levels to an Artist. Many years later, I see just how early game graphic-artists used these abilities back-then. Of course...I did not nor will I ever catch-up.
Maybe, when I have time, I'll draw something for this AAR... who knows, the Kiyv-Class Carrier in action?... The mysterious compound of the Secret Committee?
Maybe, when I have time, I'll draw something for this AAR... who knows, the Kiyv-Class Carrier in action?... The mysterious compound of the Secret Committee? No demands but certainly a request. As a ex-R&R DJ, requests are a very good thing.<L> When Gato & Fan came near those blowing-curtains, <imo> that quick far less than serious art...was quite fun (idea involving two mediums) and provided modest support for the scene.
Make it Great!