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Gary Wilkerson
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I like your mountains--good lights and darks to give them dimension. The trees have good shape and body, too. I've never seen the original but I like the colors you used.
I really like this one--5's. The cliffs are well done and those waves are gorgeous--the water in the forefront looks smooth and shiny......I'd say you ought to frame this and hang it with pride!!!
e looks very haughty and regl--but then I guess king's do look that way. I like his fur--looks soft. The right ear is well done, and those eyes are wonderful.
Nice one, they look so peaceful---mom and her baby.....but looks can be deceiving. I love the background, it's nice and soft and in turn softens those ferocious lions. You've got some nice tones from light to dark, too.
Ohhhh.....I wouldn't want to get near him with those huge claws!!! His face looks kind of friendly, but the pose and those claws make me think he is defending his territory.
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- USA
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- Fort Worth
- What's your favorite media?
- Oils
- How long have you been drawing or painting?
- 1 to 2 years
- Tell us a bit about yourself:
- I'm 58, survived stroke of 2004. Learning better the Alexander wet on wet techniques.
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- At 12:57pm on February 05, 2010, Evrim Yurteri gave Gary Wilkerson a gift…
- At 3:49am on February 2, 2010,
Joanne Setchel said…
- Gary, I just wanted to tell you to try new brushes, too. I used a deerfoot brush for the fur on my dogs and for the feathers on the swans. It helps to get that soft furry or feathery look. They're also great for clouds. For the swans I loaded white on the top part of the deerfoot brush and gray on the bottom part and got a sculpted look for the feathers. I've also gotten folliage brushes ( a flat brush that 's cut jagged across) --it makes great evergreen trees. works better than the fan brush for me. Hope this helps.
And hey, I often have trouble---I've done some I'm proud of, and many others are trash--I haven't gotten to the place where I can turn out good ones every time. Maybe one day.
Joanne
- At 3:43am on February 2, 2010,
Joanne Setchel said…
- Hi Gary, I have a Bob Ross book and I watch his shows each week--have done so for years. I took an acrylics 6 week class this summer and have pretty well switched to acrylics. I guess I like how it cleans up with water. But then I learned to clean my oil brushes with baby oil on this site so it's not as bad as when I had to use turpentine. I bought several books, Lee Hammond and Jerry Yarnell, were my favorites and began to use their instructions--they show you step by step. Then I branched out to using my own photo/s which I blow up in black and white--that helps me to see where the lights and darks (values) should change. I use the color photo to guide me in the painting--but often I add my own trees, bushes, clouds, etc to the sketch, Oh yeah, I sketch every-thing on my canvas because I'm not that great at composing my painting as I go. If it's my own photo, I may trace the outlines of the animal, etc, that I want to paint--it's faster than drawing by the grid method. If you've never used the grid method, it's drawing squares on your reference photo and then larger squares on your canvas. Then you draw your pre-paint sketch a square at at time. Lee Hammond's books show you how to do this. She works in acrylics, but you could also use oils. And then it's just trial and error. Join one of the challenges on this site--I have learned a lot from those challenges.
You're doing well--and getting better each time you paint. That's what helps--just keep doing it. I also looked at a lot of the video's on this site. I feel like they are helping me.
- At 5:23am on February 1, 2010,
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- At 4:54pm on January 31, 2010,
Joanne Setchel said…
- Thank you, Gary, I am happy to be your friend. I look forward to many chances to see your work and chat over the coming months. Joanne
- At 3:05am on January 31, 2010,
Lady Bug said…
- Welcome to the art community. You will fine a great group of people here. I am the new administrators for "Animals Group" here on this site"(the person who created this group is Mary AKA Dreamkeeper she also created “Old/Abandoned Buildings” and “Basic Drawing Series”) and we would love for you to come and join us. We are working on any animals that start with the letter "V" in any medium this month or you can post any animal in our “Non Exercise Animal Art” at any time. You may also pick any pre-animal letter to post a painting or drawing that you have done. So stop by and check us out. By the way your artwork is awesome......
This painting was done by a member from this site name “Sarah Harris”
- At 5:12pm on January 30, 2010,
Lori 4Man said… - Welcome to the community! This site has so much to offer the people are wonderful and happy to share their comments and suggestions. I'm sure you'll love it here as so many of us do.
- At 1:00pm on January 30, 2010,
Dreamkeeper said…
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Elisabet,
Wow! This is full of colour and life. A great match for the motion in the water. I'm amazed that you were able to paint this so fast and so well.
Jim
Elena,
I'm happy to continue the challenge. I feel I have learned a lot by doing the challenge paintings for the past year, and think it's only fair that I start giving back. I am also willing to share the duties. If you have a photograph that you…
Looks fascinating....can't wait to see more...
TY
Wow..Howard..Beautiful and so much details. I love this style of art work. 5* pal.
Howard this is beautiful ... so well done you must be very happy. Love to see some horses:o)
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