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Robert A. Sloan replied to Greg's discussion 'Colored Pencil Flowers' in the group Colored Pencils (aka The Pencileers)

Nice. I like the colors, the shading is excellent. Cool thing to come up with while relaxing. It's elegant the way the leaves and blooms go every which way naturally.

August 16

Joseph A. Horton commented on Robert A. Sloan's photo 'ACEOwindowbox'

Incredible! Amazing detail for such a small piece.

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Joseph A. Horton commented on Robert A. Sloan's photo 'Shelf Fungi'

Very nice. Great texture.

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USA

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Russellville

What's your favorite media?

Acrylics, Charcoal, Graphite, Oils, Ink, Pastels, Watercolors, Other

How long have you been drawing or painting?

More than 3 years

Tell us a bit about yourself:

"Other" includes Coloured Pencils and Oil Pastels among many, many, many others. There ought to have been an option for "all of the above and then some!"

I also own and maintain an Oil Pastels website, Explore-Oil-Pastels-With-Robert-Sloan.com -- search on that and you will definitely find it. Big site with 75 pages or so, but no forums like this one.

I have been doing art all my life, was professional in the 1990s and now disabled completely, have been doing more writing about art and teaching online.

One of the wonderful things about Bob Davies and his Watercolour Secrets videos is that even if you are already pretty much of an expert -- they are inspiring and for someone self taught, they can fill in gaps you didn't know you had. Watercolour wasn't my strongest medium. I've spent years trying to master it and those videos helped me understand it a lot better in its own right. Some things like travel sketching are coming clearer to me than they ever have.

Oh yes. I tend to write rather long posts on everything from introductions to posts -- it's an occupational hazard for a novelist. Someday I expect to earn enough from online and offline writing to quit my day job as a cripple -- even though I'll get it again just for age in a couple of decades, it'll be nice to do that and be self supporting again.

My science fiction novel, Raven Dance, is available at iUniverse.com and is a big fat epic with plenty of action, social satire, intricate plotting and immesvie backstory. If you like visiting the weirder places in the literary universe you'll probably enjoy it.

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Watercolor Journal Entry

Arkansas Evening
5" x 4 1/2"
Blick Artists' Watercolor
Moleskine watercolor journal 5" x 8 1/2" (second painting on the page)

Yesterday, I finished a major project that I can't post online till after the 15th -- the deadline for the Oil Pastel Society's 2009 member show… Continue

Posted on July 14, 2009 at 2:26pm —

Oh wow, another blog! Cool!

Broken Tree
5" x 8"
Blick Artists' Watercolor
Moleskine watercolor journal

That journal has 72 pages and by using both sides, I've only used ten of them so far. It amazes me how slow it is to fill, but that's something really cool about it. I'm looking toward using i… Continue

Posted on July 12, 2009 at 1:06am — 2 Comments

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At 11:20am on April 4, 2010, GaryNorthants said…: Hi Robert, Thanks for your comments as always. The ref I was sent for that portrait was 'Me Angry' so it worked lol.
Take care and best wishes
Gary

At 10:28pm on March 26, 2010, Fran said…: Hey Robert,

I've just put aside the artwork for a few hours to thank my friends for their comments and advice. I appreciate your contributions to the CP group and comments on my artwork.

The editing program I have is Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo 2X, the latest version. If I can't make that work, I doubt that Gimp or anything else will help me. The problem probably lies in my very un-technical brain. So I'll just keep complaining. It's just a little frustrating to know how long you've spent on something and it doesn't show when it's posted. I do have to say, however, that I still hold out some hope that it's partly caused by the sites themselves because they really do post differently on different pages within the sites.

Anyway, as usual, I'm sidetracked. I do thank you for the explanation and I may come back when I have time and work a little harder on it.

I hope you have a great weekend,
Fran

At 8:04pm on March 19, 2010, Marguerite said…: I know what you mean about staying in your comfort zone. I don't have the full blown Photoshop, but I do have Photoshop Elements that came with my Wacom Tablet. It has some nice features, but I know is a very "slimmed down" version. My old standby is Micrografx Picture Publisher. I've been using it for over 15 years. Sadly, it was purchased by Corel and they didn't bring it forward so it's now obsolete. I fear it's not going to work on the new operating systems (perhaps in compatability mode). I'll be forced to use the other programs that I don't know/or like as well (perhaps I'll check out Gimp). That's life! Anyway, this may be of little interest to you so I'll get back to painting! Take care, Marguerite

At 6:13pm on March 19, 2010, Marguerite said…: Hi Robert, I saw your reply to Fran's Amryallis post (the discussion about correcting an image). That was a very good write up BTW. I've got a ton of image editing software (I also enjoy digital art) so I do these things to make the image match the original. Perhaps you should put this in a blog. Or maybe not........ would it appear you are touting a product. There I go thinking again (they've warned me about that!) Anyway, then I saw your fruit still life and had to stop by your page. I like all your art. You are very talented! Have a good weekend! Marguerite

At 11:38am on October 27, 2009, Kaushik said…: Hi Robert, In touch with you after a long time. Thanks for the comments on my lake painting.
Regards
Kaushik

At 3:45am on October 21, 2009, Elizabeth gave Robert A. Sloan a gift…: Bonsai Tree
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At 12:56am on October 10, 2009, Fran said…: Hey Robert,
Thanks so much for the nice comment and the advice on my picture of Mary Mary. That's the first time I had used the Coloursoft pencils and I really like them. Looks like I just can't get away from Derwent.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Fran

At 5:12pm on October 1, 2009, Elizabeth said…: thank you for your comments on pet portraits and it was really nice to see that people liked them i will definitely look into illustrating that would be ao much fun thanks again for the information lol liz

At 4:08pm on September 30, 2009, Michael said…: Hi Robert
Thanks for your advice. All being stored towards my learning curve.
Michael

At 8:22pm on September 29, 2009, Michael said…: Hi Robert
Thanks for your comments. I should have drawn my son in law with a narrower face.
Michael