wendigo Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I'm see that this thread is meant for real artists But my husband was trying to talk me into posting some of the drawings I've done of Led Zeppelin members... Anyway, here some of them are. I did all of them in '03. Now that I look back on them, I could have done them better...each of them took me about an hour and a half, that's probably why (All inspired by magazine pics....) Bonham Young Plant Bulge-y Plant Jonesy Skinny Jimmy... They're great!!!!!!! The Jonesy one is really realistic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoDragon Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 They're great!!!!!!! The Jonesy one is really realistic! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorer714 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I sure like them ^..I have problems with stickmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoDragon Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I sure like them ^..I have problems with stickmen Problems? What kind of problems...like they follow you around and try to beat you up? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Tripper Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 My favorite painting ever, L'absinthe by Degas: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noora Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Dalí Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I love scratchboard art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS1 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Nice work, ZD!!! An artist my father introduced to me who is now one of my favorites is Rockwell Kent. He used to live near my parent's place in the Adirondack mountains and did a lot of paintings there. He really had two distinct styles, oils and black and white (woodcuts and pencil and ink). No one knows who he is these days, but in the first half of the 20th Century he was one of the most successful artists in the world. One of the most famous things he did was the first illustrated edition of Moby Dick. Cue up the track and check out these woodcuts: The reason why he's not so well known is thanks to McCarthyism. Like so many liberals he was wrongfully accused. The most succesful commercial artist of his era, alongside his personal art he was doing advertisements and public commisions and book illustrations- he was a lefty, but also a CAPITALIST. He was so insulted that in a fit of pique, he gave most of his personal archive to the Soviet Union. A certain poetic justice there- he chose to fufill McCarthy's false accusation, Kent became what he was not. And so ironically, one of America's greatest artists has far more work on display in Russian and in former Soviet Republics like the Ukraine than he does in America. Unlike Elia Kazan or Pete Seeger, Kent didn't suffer financially- his home, Aasgard Farm, was a working dairy and provided all the income he needed. Just as in the cases of Kazan and Seeger, it was America that suffered the loss of some of it's greatest art. The largest gallery of Kent's work that still can be seen in America was donated by his widow Sally to SUNY Plattsburgh. Here are a few of the paintings that can be seen there: Dogs Resting “…In July of 1931 Kent arrived (in Greenland, 225 miles north of the Arctic Circle)…At a polite distance from the other Eskimo houses he built one for himself…He also needed a dog team to carry him and his equipment on painting expeditions…David, an Eskimo friend, helped care for Kent’s dog team and safely guided him over the treacherous ice on painting expeditions…” House of Dread, Newfoundland, 1915 by Rockwell Kent, "Upon a bleak and lofty cliff's edge, land's end, stands a house; against its corner and facing seawards leans a man, naked even as the land, and sea, and house; his head is bowed as though in utter dejection; and from an upper window leans a weeping woman. It is our cliff, our sea, our house stripped bare and stark, its loneliness intensified. It is ourselves in Newfoundland, our hidden but prevailing misery revealed." p. 290, Its Me O Lord by Rockwell Kent One thing that these pics can't convey is the potency of light and color in these paintings. The first time I saw Dogs Resting in person, I literally thought it had a light on behind it shining through the painting. Fuck Thomas Kinkade, Kent is the true painter of light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 The Rockwell Kent's are awesome. I have an old copy of Moby Dick with all kinds of his work in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS1 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 The Rockwell Kent's are awesome. I have an old copy of Moby Dick with all kinds of his work in it. True! So many great illustrations in that. The SUNY Plattsburgh currently has an exhibit devoted to them, I plan to go see it this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS1 Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 The greatest repository of Rockwell Kent's paintings is the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Here are three favorites of mine that are there: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyMerkin Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 "Flora", Roman fresco (wall painting), 79 AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 True! So many great illustrations in that. The SUNY Plattsburgh currently has an exhibit devoted to them, I plan to go see it this spring. That's Captain Ahab. I didn't know he also did color. Bee-Yew-Tee-Ful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS1 Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Although I understand that he hated doing it and supposedly was doing sloppy work on it by the end, I really like Beardsley's illustrations for Le Morte D'Arthur: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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seirios Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Islamic Calligraphy - an ode by Persian poet Shams' ud-Din Hafez of Shiraz © Hussayn Kakayi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katuschka Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 You may rely upon it. I know. I really, really like this. One of my favorites that you've ever posted. I'm tempted to try doing my own pencil drawing of it. Well, go on then, try it. And don't forget to post whatever the final result is. That was actually a common way for the artist novices in 19th century France to improve their skills. Ever seen Degas' charcoal copies of Ingres? Not sure if it's a good method, but I also used to do it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katuschka Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 I'm see that this thread is meant for real artists It's meant for whatever people decide to contribute with. Anyway, good work. You definitely should have posted it earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS1 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I know. Well, go on then, try it. And don't forget to post whatever the final result is. Alright, I'll do it, and post it. But I want to see YOU post something. That was actually a common way for the artist novices in 19th century France to improve their skills. Ever seen Degas' charcoal copies of Ingres? Not sure if it's a good method, but I also used to do it a lot. And I used to do it myself . . . only with comic books I've never seen the Degas Ingres, post it if you have it . . . It's meant for whatever people decide to contribute with. Anyway, good work. You definitely should have posted it earlier. I agree! We've always had two different threads, for people's own work and for people's favorite art work. Why not combine them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katuschka Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 Alright, I'll do it, and post it. But I want to see YOU post something. Oh yeah, ok, as soon as I have something to post.... And I used to do it myself . . . only with comic books I've never seen the Degas Ingres, post it if you have it . . . I used to be quite proud of my copies of DaVinci's drawings. I'm not proud of them anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS1 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Oh yeah, ok, as soon as I have something to post.... Oh come on, don't rolly eye me. You're at Uni now, you think you're overwhelmed? Wait until you get into the private sector. Sketch something between posts for an hour and it will still be better than I could do on my best day. As flattered as I am at your encouragement to draw, it should really be the other way 'round. I used to be quite proud of my copies of DaVinci's drawings. I'm not proud of them anymore. Let us be the judges of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katuschka Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 Oh come on, don't rolly eye me. You're at Uni now, you think you're overwhelmed? Wait until you get into the private sector. Sketch something between posts for an hour and it will still be better than I could do on my best day. As flattered as I am at your encouragement to draw, it should really be the other way 'round. I'm not overwhelmed, quite on the contrary - this year seems like one long vacation in comparison with the last one. I'm just lazy. The only thing I did the last few months was a quick caricature on one of my professors (instead of being a good girl and taking notes...bad me, bad me). Let us be the judges of that. FINE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS1 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I'm not overwhelmed, quite on the contrary - this year seems like one long vacation in comparison with the last one. I'm just lazy. The only thing I did the last few months was a quick caricature on one of my professors (instead of being a good girl and taking notes...bad me, bad me). Well, that's something we have in common. I think I've seen that caricature, was it of the scot? FINE! There, you see? It's quite excellent. Your modesty becomes you, but I'm also glad it only takes a wheedle or two to get you to post the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS1 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Some lesser known Eschers . . . I'm really just rebuilding what I had in the art thread on the old board. But I figure the stuff is in my photobucket, so WTF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katuschka Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 Well, that's something we have in common. I think I've seen that caricature, was it of the scot? Nah, this is a new one. It was my liguistics professor this time. She's a very tiny and very old lady. There, you see? It's quite excellent. Your modesty becomes you, but I'm also glad it only takes a wheedle or two to get you to post the stuff. I'm not modest. I know I'm a reasonably good draughtsman. I just don't think there's any reason why I should praise my own 'talent' when there are many people who are better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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