/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4995555
adding new elements to old paintings. I seem to have gotten in the habit of just making backgrounds lately. I need to actually add subject matter to them.

>>4995557
I added a clipart snowman to this one

>>4995555
Pumpkin I did.

>>4995557
Not this one but your other figures remind me of Christine Cornell

>>4995735
wow thanks, i love her work.

I made this a kind of Drinky Crow/Tony Millionaire homage

>>4995727
looks great! A lot of interest in this piece, you really made it your own

begone cucksharti

>>4995557
Your background is too bright and too flat it seems to come forward more than the statue. Try painting in black & white to train your eye for values and composition. I see you posting regularly for quite a long period of time already but it is painful to watch you not improving a bit. You should at least try to be better!

did this yesteray 20 min. portrait drawing... my scanner scans to dark :(

>>4995558
A snowman in front of a giant turd.
What no home ever wants,

>>4996870
looking good, although it looks like more than 20 mins to me
maybe you're just fast though

>>4996932
Thanks, i'm fast but if it comes to details then i have to admit i'm not god at it right now, but i'll try to improve on that.
The fastness comes from a lot of gesture-drawing :x

>>4996953
good* :)

>>4995827
>it is painful to watch you not improving a bit
based

>>4996927
yeah that ones pretty retarded. anyways here's boats

Don't know if this is the right place to ask, but how on earth do you guys store your color pencils? I bought a 150 prisma color pencil set and this shit comes in 6 shitty plastic trays. The Lyra pencils I bought was numbered in order but these pencils look like they're numbered at random. What should I get to organize this shit?

Here's an illustration of mine

>>4998213
Lay it all out so you can see everything. I use shallow containers to hold pencils, paints, brushes and I just have a stack of sketch books to grab from. But depends on if organization or chaos helps you create.

>>4998253
I prefer organization over chaos, simply because I'll have trouble getting the right color if it's all jumbled together instead of being organized by color. Pic related was expensive but I enjoyed the selection of colors and the nice box it came in. All of them are numbered so you can never misplace anything in the wrong spot.

>>4998260
>>4998253
Meanwhile Prisma color pencils are numbered at random and I'm afraid to mix them up accidently. I think I even see a brown in the yellow pencil tray, all the colors look like they were thrown in there at random except maybe the blue pencil tray.

>>4998213
I bought a colored pencil organizer. Best decision I ever made. They make all different types- with cool patterns, colors, and number of holders.

https://www.amazon.com/BTSKY-Slots-Colored-Pencil-Organizer/dp/B07P9G4DC2/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=colored+pencil+organizer&qid=1605405431&s=arts-crafts&sr=1-3

>>4998260
I actually dont recommend buying sets like this unless you have money to burn or youre giving the pencils set as a gift. Typically, the boxes these come in are kinda unweildy.

>>4998272
I saw a bunch of these and thought that purse organizers were bad for no good reason. I'll give the blakc one a shot ty anon.

>>4998292

I had the same misgivings at first, but after trying one for my 72 pencil set, I loved it.
No problem! Glad I could help.

I'll contribute since I took up posts limits.

PSA Van Gogh was not just a lazy painter, he was an abstract designer. His shapes are appealing and genuinely beautiful to look at. If you're working towards abstraction in your art be sure to learn composition, color theory, and design!

(This message was not directed at anyone in particular)

did a study of a Courbet, probably going to do more boat drawings today

Oil, my dear lovely oil.

>>4998320
yoooo I love what you did with the King of Red Lions... He looks like he fits right in with the Wind Waker style!

For critique, I would say that the shapes in the ocean seem disconnected from their actual curves (as in it feels like a 2D image instead of a 3D moving ocean) Also there's a lot of white space where you could have fun drawing a sky or background.

Overall I like it! Just if you want to use it for a portfolio or something I'd recommend filling in the rest.

>>4999499
actually got down to the beach to paint

Can you guys critique mine
>>4997443
Fuck anon that's amazing.

Working on this atm.

I just started with oils, and I really like it. One issue is that my apartment is dark, so it's difficult to get a good lighting setup. Right now I'm using a normal desktop light and aiming it at the canvas. The problem is that it's difficult to get values right, the painting looks ok when the light is turned on but then I turn it off and the painting has super dark values. I think I need to get a new light that is better suited for painting, but I'm not sure what to look for. Any ideas?

>>5001297
Yeah, you don't aim light onto a canvas. That's why plein air painters take umbrellas, it's not to keep the sun off their skin! The light goes on the palette and the subject.
I use an ordinary table lamp with a daylight lamp in it, and an artists clamp light to angle over my pochade box when I'm painting at home. Thas has a daylight tube light in it.

>>4999648
Loving the vibe in this one anon

>>5001302
Your surface and pallet should be in the same lighting or else the colours are gonna look off while working as the light affects color.

>>5001302
Thanks, I'll look into one of those clamp lights.

>>5000821
very pretty, kind of jarring that none of the green light is elsewhere though, like the road or bleeding onto the side of the building.

i'm painting a lot of boats lately

>>5001333
Been doing this while working at night for 5 years, it's been just fine.

>>5001524
They're not boats, just lazy paint slops.

>>5001664
yup, this one's more boatish

>>5001498

>>5001670
keep at it, dont be afraid to overdo the paintings

>2 jobs
>11 hours a day.
>No weekend.

I'm never going to get this thing done.

>>4995773
Love it. Shiny corvids

>>5000821
Best in the thread. Great colors and good application
Watch out for that wall on the right, it's slightly wonky.

Got discouraged and didn't finish but insights are welcome

>>4999499
>>5001524
>>5001670
These are really cool.

i like crayons

>>5002850
and pencils, too

>>5002816
>Got discouraged and didn't finish
>didn't finish
>fin

>>5002145
What is the size?
Your the only person in the thread with talent.
Your work feels more like illustration.
A Children's book illustration at that.

>>5003013

It's 9 x 12 inches, so not too large. I don't really like working at very large scales.

I've always been more inclined to draw more in an illustration style than "fine art", whatever that means. I take a lot of inspiration from Animation Backgrounds.

Thanks!

>>5003013
What is talent anon?

>>5002816

That's a shame, you had some very good things going in there, your use of warm and cold greys is very nice. If I were you I'd have another pass at it, you can make a good painting on this basis

>>5001524

All i see is gobs of thick, messy paint. Where's the boats

>>5000821

Learn how to paint straight lines. It looks like there is a concave quality to the right side of the building. Perspective is off in many places, like on the doors and the awning thing. This is a bad thing in architectural pieces. I'm also not too keen on how you handled the paint but that's a crit for another time.

>>5001182

Study up on arm anatomy. He has bulges in places that make zero srnsr.

>>5003095

*sense

2 week portrait

4 week figure

>>5003143
oof an unfortunate pose for that left side

looking good though

>>5003142
>>5003143
you're taking waaay too long

>>5001182
I know exactly who created this one lol practice your anatomy Pajeet.

>>5003153

Shut up

>>5003143

Can you elaborate a little on your process of laying in the painting?

>>5003161
No, you shut the fuck up, laying in the painting? Why would you lay in the painting, it's not an egg waiting to hatch dumb fuck.

>>5003033
Really fantastic anon.
Bravo

>>5003162
Plebfiltered

>>5003161
Just kinda the method that speed writes about in tech&mat

>>5003095
>>5003154
Aren't I a little too white to be a pooloo?

Also what part of the anatomy looks wrong exactly? let me know so I can alter it.

>>5003162

Retard

>>5003065
Yes, starting again is not a bad thing, I sometimes forget. Painting is such a complex and long process and I tend to get lost in the little things, losing sight.
Thanks for the chin up anon, appreciate it :)

>>5003251

I don't even mean starting again in this case, just continue working on it. You can do it anon, I believe in you

>>5003209
looks good, gonna do a sketchbook?

>>5003269
As in like a portfolio sort of deal? I'm just lazy and grab printer paper to sketch shit.

If I have an actual idea for a picture or plan on using copics, I'll grab a sketchbook with higher GSM rating.

I think this is the last thing I drew in a proper sketchbook.

painting still lifes for a bit, at least until this food goes rotten

Roast me

>>5003502
nice shark, smart stuff with the hues
>>5003499
get rid of the cactus and the crappy figure and this would be really pretty

here's a second still life

>>5003681
Thanks for the input bro.

Nice food paintings you make btw

>>5003177
Thank you very much!

>>5003681
did a watercolor at the beach

First time trying Gouache, but I fucked up the footprints and footprints perspective

>>4995555
Acrylics on canvas. I call it Country Mile

>>5003499
Ahhh I haven't seen a comrade in a long time,.. Hail Hitler!!

>>5004181
combined some styles to make this

killed myself

>>5003209
Are Montmartre Sketching Pencils pretty good?

>>5002854
nice cat anon

>>5005827
need more Loomis

Still in the first layers...
Need to redo the eyes

>>4999648
Anon, can I buy this?

fucking watercolor
>add water to thin paints
>paper starts to warp like motherfucker
>add less water
>colors and values are too intense

I use 25% cotton paper and it still warps like hell. 100% cotton paper is 6€/A3, I can't afford that shit, especially since I'm new to watercolor and make many mistakes.
I hate this bullshit but I need to learn it for school.

>>5007889
Paper pads in small sizes (like A5), where the sheets are glued in the edges, work decently for me, even if I use quite a lot of water. It still warps a little bit, so the paper becomes a bit U-shaped, but it's not too bad. I bought some 600 g/m2 paper sheets recently, which seem nice, but I haven't tried them out yet.

For bigger watercolor works I think you need to do it properly, with drenching the entire paper in water and then stretch it on a frame with tape and staples. I don't have the tools for that, which sucks since I really would like to try bigger sized paintings.

>>5007889

Stretch your paper to any kind of wooden drawing board with painter's tape, it's pretty easy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGi9HkEijtU

>>5007631

All the random shit is destroying the face. I get that you're going for a crown of seafood but it's not working imo, it's glaring. Are you using a reference? The colours for the marine stuff are way too glaring compared to the rest of the thing.

>>5007908
>>5007940
thanks I'll try the staples and see how it goes

>>5007940
Actually tes, but the yellow pieces are bullets... Right now I just laid out yhe base colors of the elements so I can work on them, like theres just 2 sea shells that are "completed" everything else is just a circle with paint

>>5007889
I normally buy a 300g mix media paper block, its like 25 A2 sheets for 17 euros, its really good and doesnt crumple as much, but try to stretch your paper before painting

>>5008090

>>5008094

>>5008090
>>5008094
>>5008098
Nice stuff! Which colors do you use for the underpainting?

>>5008128
Thanks, the still lifes are just direct onto paper with no underpainting. For the portrait I did an underpainting with raw sienna & burnt sienna in acrylic before going over it in oils

>>4995555
This is my first time oil painting, what do you guys think?
What are some things you don't like and how can I improve?

>>4995773
That bird looks so shiny and cute!

>>5008098
Pot of vaseline.
We know what you use that for, anon.

What steps do you take to ensure air quality and ventilation? Especially if you have vulnerable pets.

>>5008146
I quite like it.
Is there somewhere I could see more of your art?

>>5008217
Open a window, work in your biggest room if you can

Did some ink and copic stuff today.

I painted a train going over a landscape, the whole painting is really dark in value and hard to photograph though

Watercolor painting I did of one of my chickens. I used to do mostly ink and wash paintings but have switched to doing watercolor alone recently.

>>5009071
>CHICKEN.jpg
calm down
nice chikkin though

I've never painted a person before. I know his left arm is all jacked up and I gave up on the left hand because I knew it was about to turn in to mud.

>>5009071
Very good, send my regards to your chicken, what's his name?

>>5003162
>>5003153

>>4995555
Nice quad and dub there, OP. I have a question to you and to those who will see this. Have you seen a painting of a woman with this unnerving look in her eyes, like she wants you to look at what's behind you. I've seen it here once but never again. I hope someone will notice this.

>>5009217
Way too much detail, it seems simple but learning to leave a stroke alone and taking a step back from a painting is a big skill.

If you find yourself trying to correct some small detail with your face up to the painting, stop. Nobody is actually going to be that close to your painting, always take a moment to look at your painting from where it will be observed.

>>5009217
Put back your paintbrushes and paint in the closet, wrap your canvases. Now pick up a pencil and paper, then go read the sticky.

Does the draw thread not exist anymore? A unified place for everyone to post was nice. Anyway, here's some quick things I finished since last time I was here.

>>5009891
And a bit older one

>>5009893
And whatever the fuck this was. I kinda love making alien documents

>>5009893
I like it, kinda feels a diorama. Good job.

>>5009897
>>5009893
>>5009891
ah so cool

Any watercolor experts here? How should you approach painting something like these trees?
Do you do it all on one wet on wet layer, putting down colors and values on top of wet paper, or by layering down wet on dry layers, building up the color and values?

The problem with first one is that it's hard to get those "sharp" leaf edges when working with so much water, and the problem with layering is that every coat must be perfectly placed and right value and color or otherwise you end up with flat muddy mess.

>>5010304
The leaf area value is one value group, so I would approach it by painting the sky area first, then when dry painting the tree and variating the colour- but keeping the value the same.

>>5010304
>>5010458
Further, I can recommend Ian Sidaway if you want to build in layers and have sharp edges. His work is very graphic, but it is TIME CONSUMING.
http://iansidawaystudio.blogspot.com/

>>5004181
I feel like this one needs more constrast, it kinda all blends together. Some value studies would probably help a lot.

>>5007767
I'll... think about it.
I want to create a series of paintings and get to the exhibition, but it seems that with this fucking covid it won't be very soon.

I'm looking into getting an easel that I can use both at home and for outside painting. Right now I'm using a music stand when I paint at home, which isn't ideal. I've looked mostly at tripod easels, since they seem most lightweight and easiest for carrying around. If I had access to a workshop I'd probably try to build one on my own, but I don't. Would something like this be worth investing in?
https://enpleinairpro.com/collections/packages/products/professional-series-oil-acrylic-package
Any recommendations or experiences?

>>5012494
What country are you in. If you're in the US you have plenty of choices. In russia you have the excellent Yarka, in the UK many choices too. Elsewhere I don't know.

>>5012528
I'm in the EU, so I don't really know. Most tripod solutions I find seem to be US based. My local art supply store have the usual wooden field easels, but they don't come with palette support or anything.

>>5008507
>>5009891
nice

>>5012534
Winsor Windrush easel style (french style) is pretty useful, Peter the Street uses his for plein air painting but I think his is Mabef. With these, you can put the palette on the front part of the easel.
Here he is using his.
https://youtu.be/Kgqju33VUo0

I use a smaller pochade box mounted on a Manfrotto strong tripod, but then I don't paint large plein air. But I have a bunch of easels around the home.

>>5012534
>>5012607
Regarding tripod easels, I use a Daler St Pauls but the legs are really unreliable in that they splay out, I haven't used it outside. But it is light.

>>5012528
>>5012607
Thanks, but the Yarka seems incompatible with painting while standing, and the Winsor model seems a bit on the heavy side for my purposes.

>>5012611
This is what my local shop offers, and it seems very limited to me as it doesn't hold the palette or anything.

I think the models using camera tripods seems best suited to me, like the ones by Coulter, Daytripper, and maybe Sienna. And out of those the one I linked earlier by En plein air pro seems most convenient as the tripod is included in the package. The price (>300$ plus shipping) is hefty, but if I use it both at home and outside it sort of seems worth it. I'm still not sure, there is a jungle of options out there.

>>5008016
dang, thats nice. great hatching!

>>5009071
Looks tasty anon.

I'm still /beg/ in watercolors and need your opinion on this. Which would pair better with watercolor, ink or colored pencils?

>>5012732
imo ink look a bit too dominant with watercolors, I'd prefer watercolor pencils since it can be combined with the watercolors in a nice way

>>5012750
Thanks man
Watercolored pencils are out of my budget tho, Ill try out the vanilla ones for now.

>>5012771
Don't just trust me on that though, a lot of artists use inks with watercolors and it can look cool, it's more of a subjective taste

tried a cubist still life in an old style

>>5012790
What ink do you use? Is it wise to draw with a fountain pen? Found one in the house and would like to try

>>5012803
I actually haven't done much inks, pretty much only tried it at figure drawing class. But a lot of people here seem to like fountain pens, so it's probably worth trying.

>>5012792
It would have been ideal if you gave the other brown fruit or is that bread? brighter/contrasting colors so they pop rather than blend with the background since you bothered with giving them outlines

>>5012732
Looks tasty anon.

>>5012813
Thanks Anon,

Have a look at this shit dog drawings I made as thanks for your service.

>>5012792
lord forgive me but it's time to go back to tha old me

>>5013111
please go back to fruit

>>5013169
I painted this at the beach in the fucking dark >:( cause the sun sets immediately

>>5013255
Calm down Gauguin

bump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaqcwgI-G0E

First attempt at painting figures in watercolor with water brush. It's pretty difficult, but I think I'll get better after a dozen figures like this.

>>4998227
This is probably excellent for your age but keep in mind you have to be 18 to post here

>>5003499
Get rid of the alien and its amazing
Is this the alien picture from x that got the site shut down btw?

>>5014408
Very nice anon

>>5013255
finish your paintings, you are not an impressionist

>>5014408
this a good first attempt. Stop trying to paint out lines though.

>>5008231
I'm glad you like it, anon. :)
I don't have any social media though.

>>5013111
You're other stuff I liked, pretty distinct. This one actually made me feel sick though.

>>5015508
This is what his stuff usually looks like though. Headless corpses. With banana fingers.

Didn't know where to post this but has anyone seen another painting like this or know any other works by this guy?

>>5016465
this is the signature on it, I can't make some of it out.

>>5016478

i think it says Rolfstid

>>5016465
>>5016478
Seems to be Bernhard Rolfsted, a danish painter, or a copy of his. He seems to have liked painting cows, but the other works on google have a more standard brushwork.

>>5017129
Thanks for the help man, It's most likely a copy but I've always liked it either way.

>>5017141
No problem. Looking at recent auctions his paintings don't seem to go for a lot of money, so it could well be an original. And yeah, the strokes are pretty nice.

>>5017146
I wish he painted more in the style pictured above, I prefer it over his other work.

>>5017155
Agreed, his other paintings look a bit bland.

Trying very loose pen sketches, all tips are welcome. Also, is there enough contrast?

I promised last thread I'd post my first try at oils, so here it is. I'll do something much looser next time.

>>5017868
Not bad anon, seems you have a good feel for tonality

>>5017837
Looks good, keep at it!

>page 9
post something you fucks

ink drawing

This thread is so comfy and friendly.
And everybody draws and paints well.

Looks like no loomis sperging autist is around in this thread, they're all drawing coom digitally in their /beg/ thread.

Nice.

>>5020865
The computer is almost symbolic of modernity's frustrations and dissatisfactions. People who live through tools are happy, and people who live through toys are not, downgrading the computer to being a tool is the step towards the dream that the rest of /ic/ is not able to take.

>>5020921
yo dis nigga deep.
explain the toy though?

Watercolor, 4x6. I normally do more surreal stuff but tried to make this one more realistic.

>>5002869
I honestly kind of love this the way it is.

>>4997443
>>4999499
>>4999829
>>5001524
I really, really enjoy looking at your boats and seascapes.

>>5021051
Very interesting painting. Even if you tried making it more realistic it leaves a great deal open for interpretation, which I like. I would consider cropping a part of the foreground though, feels like that part contributes less.

>>5021051
I think nudes and seascapes are probably my most popular paintings

>>5022548
>popular
Kek

>>5022548
Do you ever go into more detail with these? The thumbnails look great, with values, color and composition, but when viewed in full size it becomes less interesting.

I'm looking to start acrylic painting. Any recommendations for beginner materials would be appreciated. Here's what I've been looking at on Amazon

Mont Marte Acrylic Paint Set 24 Colors 36ml
5 stars still after thousands of reviews. Its usually on top 10 lists in searches. Do I need 24 colors or should I just get a smaller set with prim colors and black and white?

Brushes - was just going to get some cheap ones starting out. Like a $10 pack.

Canvas - should I get these or can I paint on Bristol board/mixed media paper? Is there a cheap alternative to buying the pre-made canvases over and over? Was going to do the tiny canvases starting out to learn if thats only option.

To go with this, I have a artist desk with adjustable angle. Can I just use that for easel or should I get the table easel or cheap plastic $30 stand up easel?

Finally, is some ohuhu type starter kit the better way to get started? Like 20 paint, bag brushes, random canvases, etc for $50 or so?

>>5022578
They’d probably look better if I painted thicker, but everyone here used to give me shit for painting thick so I stopped

>>5022721
Maybe. Right now the brushstrokes don't contribute much, and you get big shapes with little detail or texture. I think clearer brushstrokes or more detailed ones could work.

Finished

>>5022761
try to use the shape of the brush less. the spots where it's clear you made the brushstroke exactly the brush aren't stylistic, it's simply because you're pressing too hard on the canvas. Even just lightening your touch will make those shapes less harsh.

>>5022877
Lols, fancy giving advice to >>5022761

>>5022761
looks great, not sure what cumfarti is going on about

>>5022877
you are the last person to give advice about brushstrokes

>>5022916
>>5022920
>>5022936
go back to /beg/

>>5022761

This is great. Where can I see more? Can you post the ref too? Ignore everything >>5022877 said, he's just a jealous seething NGMI fag, he will never even get close to your work.

>>5022877

Wow Brian this is a new level of delusion even for you

>>5022987
>>5022994
contrarian teenage faggots. this is a general for critique, go back to /asg/

>>5023015

Truth hurts, abloobloo. Kill yourself

>>5023026
none of this faggotry is making your art better, myself and the person i critiqued are better than you'll ever be. keep flipping those patties incel.

>>5022987
Its based on a photo og my niece, so to be honest Im not really interested to post it here...

>>5022877
Im sorry man, I know there are some harsh brushstrokes in this piece, but man im not really undetstanding what you are implying, the strokes that you made are way worse than mine...

This is my first Trump drawing.

>>5023161
my point is there's harsh brushstrokes in your piece, and there aren't any in mine so idk what you're getting at.

>>5023315
This is comedy gold.
Proves the Cumfarti truly is a parody account.

>>5023319
people buy my paintings, i don't get it. I already made it, I'm out of the bucket, I'm just trying to help you guys now.

>>4995555
I bought a shit ton of acrylics cuz they cheap. What now?

>>5023345
People buy my paintings too.
Don't post your paintings if you can't take the crit. or use some or those bux to get new specs.

>>5023388
>Don't post your paintings if you can't take the crit
i literally just gave you a crit, and you couldn't take it. why are you all so fucking retarded. your painting is shit, do better next time.

>>5023454
Not my painting bud, I don't put mine here much as I'm in a gallery and I don't want the splash back.
But at least 3 if not 4 people have said his pic is better than yours, just lick your wounds and get a band-aid already.

>>5023466
>I'm in a gallery and I don't want the splash back.
you're in one gallery, lol. enjoy the 50% cut to the three sales you make a year, slave.

>>5023477
30%. Plus Multiple online sites & ebay like you for other stuff.

>>5023477
You do know you have to pay a cut to eBay right? and then tax man...you ARE registered for tax, Brian, because it would be AWFUL if someone ratted you out with all those neet bux you're makin...eh????

Im very new and started doing still life, its pretty fun and i even just got a book on figure drawing since ultimately id like to learn how to draw people and not just copy anime stuff.

I was wondering how I go about doing my rough sketch lines, sometimes I press a little too hard and when I shade later the line is visible. Should I use something like an H to keep the lines as feint as possible? I am drawn to the 2B-5B grades naturally but I know i need to break that habit. What should be my go too standard grade for rough drafting?

>>5016465
Yes, check out die brücke art movement.
Artists like Erich Heckel and his mates painted in this style.

>>5023677
>>5023682
admit it, i made it

>>5023702
Try out whatever works for you, go too light and youll loose your drawing after the initial stain.

>>5023702
Grab some watercolor or oil pencils, depending on your medium. They blend with the water or solvent but otherwise you just sketch normally with them. I only do watercolor so unsure how well the oil ones work, but it helps a ton and is definitely worth it.

>>5023745
>>5023746
thank you for your help anons i will try these tomorrow!

I've been doing pet drawings in oil drybrush. It seems to be kind of an unknown technique, I've seen a Russian artist on Youtube and a few others do it. You use just a little bit of thinned oil paint and a worn brush to scumble on the paper.

>>5017868
I love the color scheme and texture on this!

>>5012851
Chows? Those are nice! I'm the chicken-anon, I use a Micron brush or graphic tip pen or Pitt pen with watercolor, they're waterproof when dry. IMO fur is hard to texture with watercolor so I used pen for that, like where you've used pencil.

>>5023874
Nice doggos, and the technique seems to work very well for fur. Are they painted on paper? I'm new to oils so I don't know which surfaces are good for painting on, other than canvas and board.
I painted the sharpener btw, thanks!

>>5023874
Amazing!
As the other anon says are they on paper, have you tried it on on another surface yet, or can you only do it on paper?
Looks like watercolour paper, so surely that isn't archival unless gessoed?

>>5023874
Any chance of a link to the Russian youtuber pls?

>>5024579
me too

>>5020865
>>5020921
>coping this hard

Any connoisseurs in this thread? I got this old painting my mom found laying in a pile of trash in the streets years ago. According to the plate it was made by Ambroise Louis Garneray, it's probably a reproduction but I can't find this painting among most of the websites listing his works

>>5003209
Some slow progress on this one.

>>5006015
They're okay I guess.

>>5024617
>>5024579

https://www.youtube.com/c/PortraitDrawing/videos

Igor Kazarin, he has some links to his site with info in the about section of the youtube. Hasn't uploaded in a few years but seems to be active and alive on other media.

>>5024416
>>5024554

I use Arches oil paper since it's treated for oil painting. The traditional method uses any heavy paper and mineral oil or sewing machine oil for thinning, but that seemed concerning from a durability standpoint, so I found the oil paper and thin the paint with a bit of Liquin fine detail + gamsol which has a close consistency to light oil. I think gessoed hardboard would also be good for smoother subjects.

>>5025286
Thanks anonperson. Will try this technique and report back if my result isn't too shit!

Kill yourself, Brian, you socially inept, spoiled rotten, middle aged manbaby loser.

>>5020865
>>5026357
the duality of /trad/

can someone recommend me a shading guide. preferably in video form, heh :^)

>>5026621
what do you mean, which medium?

>>5026623
trad, bro

Heard oils is a pain because it's toxic. I got a kitchen I could use sort of, open a window during the summer and close the door. Would that work? Should I just learn to paint with acrylic instead?

>>5026659
It's fine. Oils are just the same pigments as other mediums, mixed with oils that not an issue, such as linseed or walnut, people eat these FGS.
It's the CLEANING products used for thinning the paint if required, and brushes, which can be a problem. I use turps and never have an issue, even though some here think it's the Devil's own something something.
Crack your window open, and use a pot of oil to keep your brushes in if you want. Then wash them in mineral spirits one a weeks and rinse with some soap. That's if it really bothers you.
Me, I work in a small room and just don't use much of the turps at all. Then keep it in a sealed pot when not in use. Simple.

>>5026619
Yes, one is Brian being a faggot and the other is someone calling Brian a faggot.

>>5026632
'Trad' isn't a medium.

>>5026693
pencil bro. my shadings wack

>>5026686
All right. Gonna get gamblin.

>>5026734
Yeah, you just need something like this for the brushes.

>>5026747

Not necessarily, i use empty glass jars that held vegetables and such before, work just as well. I have one with gamsol to thin my initial layers, and one with gamsol for cleaning my brushes. I let the latter sit undisturbed for a while so all the crud sinks in and then I pour the cleared gamsol over to a clean jar and get rid of the dirty one. I find this method much easier and cost effective than having one of those containers.

>>5026759
You sound like a smelly crusty.

>>5026778

You sound like a /beg/

>>4995555
Acrylic, I have a hard time getting right colors with this medium but here it goes anyway

>>5026791
Why are you such a nasty person, Brian?

This is why the trad threads are so shit, because no-one wants to be tainted with your stench.

>>5026818
Why isn't he driving?

Do you find oils easier?

>>5026824

Sorry man, I'm not Brian. It's just really stupid how my advice was shot down by some dumb faggot when it is how we do it at the goddamn classical atelier. Reusing gamsol to clean your brushes, oh my. If I am wrong, fine, but there is so much misinformation but anons who have never even picked up a pencil on this shitty board.

>>5026892

I would like to add: thank fucking god I am not Brian, if my work was as shit and stagnant as his I would have done a flip long ago.

>>5026892
>that’s how we do it at the atelier
Ok faggot have fun being a teacher

>>5026778
>>5026927
The fuck are you on about? He's describing an established easy method for storing and reusing your brush cleaner.

>>5026876
Never tried oils ATM, first horse ever also: do you find something weird on the horse ?

>>5026892
Okay you might not be Brian, but I've been painting and selling for years and you need to get over yourself. Atelier my arse.

>>5026994

Funny you don't know about it then. I don't believe you. Choke on a dick.

>>5026952
You can tip away the top of the solvent from one the commercial cans too, I do it every week. So what? I was giving advice to a newbie who might want an all in one brush cleaner that self seals, which only costs a few bux. What a lot of fuss about muh atelier. I bet they make you grind your own paints with your cum there too, eh? spazzers. Just paint, you gimps.

>>5026996
Know about that? I don't want to be told about using a glass jar because I don't need to use it.
Won't choke on your dick as I don't have time to waste looking for it.

>>5027000
>I don't have time to waste looking for it
>spends time shitposting on a vietnamese doll manufacturing image board

>>5026997

Those containers become dirty as fuck and I advise against cleaning out paint sludge that can contain all sorts of harmful shit like cadmiums. Your brushes will become grotty. Easier to use something else that is easily disposable. But whatever, you do you.

I painted a landscape

>>5027014
Put on a glove, wipe our container wip tissue. Job done. Takes seconds.
Get a grip. At least I'm not throwing away countless glass jars because I'm a lazy sod.

>>5027044
Where?
>>5027008
Shitosting takes forever, but looking for that tiny microdick cannot be calculated with the means known to mankind.

>>5027127
>Where?
from a photo of a Louisiana nature preserve I found on facebook

>>5027129
Still can't see a painting of a landscape though.

>>5027135
Wtf does that mean? Because it’s in my style? Use your imagination

>>5027143
>try to use the shape of the brush less. the spots where it's clear you made the brushstroke exactly the brush aren't stylistic, it's simply because you're pressing too hard on the canvas.
but also
>it's my style
>use your imagination
this omega cope

>>5027149
the exact shape of your brush in parts of your painting because you're pressing down on the canvas like an orangutan pressing his finger into another orangutan's butt hole isn't a style you absolute retard

>>5027149
also it is my style because that's exactly what I drew on my canvas, and I painted it, it was 100% purposeful. You'll never make it crab.

>>5010304
there are too many ways to count, it's what you think is important. do studies of many different trees and approaches to figure it out. i would lay in the sky first (possibly with a yellow underneath), then do wet on dry and carve the shapes in making sure to leave room for the lit leaves.

in the image attached, there aren't that many colors. you'd want to work from the red/orange at the top to a sap green or yellow green, to a blue green at the bottom for the shadow brush/trees. i'd probably do at least one to two wet on dry, wet in wet mixes charging color to get variety. try to work out the color shifts and composition you want beforehand. everything is very midrange in the whole image so you'll have to editorialize more shadows and contrast.

https://youtu.be/otPJQlgnreE?t=211
https://youtu.be/-0uFVw3B-us?t=221
https://youtu.be/dYtLW6ZgcLo?t=63
https://youtu.be/Dkd3ckMgYDU?t=504
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j3CSYZZMbQ

>>5027172
I can draw some titties and sell it on ebay too, and then I can claim to have made it just like Bwian.

>>5027172
You made it look like shit on purpose?

>>5027349
Can you?

>>5027349
First you have to move back in with your doting parents so you can afford all of the gallons of paint you're wasting on sloppy, unreadable hobby paintings.
Then delude yourself into thinking you're some great artist despite the fact that all you do are half-assed life drawings.

>>5027362
Cope, I buy all my own supplies wagecuck

>>5027389
You don't even buy your own electricity, manchild.

>>5027389
>move in with your parents so you can afford paint
>"I do buy my own paint!"
The absolute state of Brian's reading comprehension.

>>5027358
Yep, done it many times, today even.

>>5027409
this is how I know everyone on this board is an amerimutt teenager, because nobody over the age of 20 in any other country would give this much of a shit what someone else was doing

>>5027411
nobody cares that you hate your parents, zoomer

>>5027447
>>5027444
Brian, you really have no business being proud of your age, given that you are only technically an adult.

>>5027488
>you don't take critique
>every critique of me isn't about my art
faggot

Hey here is an under painting for a commission I am doing. Are the arms too small? Are the tits too big? I want them big in game they are big. Thoughts?

I decided to block in the sky before tracing the buildings onto the piece, so if I ruined it, I wouldn't waste my time. The sky still needs a bunch of work, but at least I've got a starting point.

I'll post the drawing I'm going to trace onto it next.

>>5027522


Really it came out wrong

https://i.imgur.com/8BsVeE4.jpg

>>5027514

Everyone got sick of critiqueing your playdoh paintings because you are incapable of improving with your head so far up your bumbum

>>5027523

Here's the sketch. You may have seen it on here before. I drew it well over a year ago but haven't had the nerve to paint it yet.

>>5027528
>you are incapable of improving with your head so far up your bumbum
I swear talking to you guys is like having a million bitchy wives
>why don't you get out more
>you should exercise with me
>stop smoking cigarettes
I pray to god this board is actually 50% women, because if not there's some real transsexuals on here, i tell ya hwhat

>>5027528
Give it up, I am . Going to ignore him, he loves it.

>>5027514
Who said anything about critique? People are calling you a faggot because you behave like a faggot.

>>5027549
I can't emphasize enough how you guys are the faggots. Keep moving the goalposts, when I'm rich from my art you'll still all be faggots saying I didn't do it the "right" way.

>>5027542
>he loves it
He actually doesn't. If you look at his posts in this thread and the digital seethe thread he made, it's clear that he's falling apart right now.

Look at any of his posts and compare them to what he's replying to. Notice how every post is incoherent non-sequitur that's oozing insecurity.
I would wager he's on the verge of a meltdown.

>>5027554
>I would wager he's on the verge of a meltdown.
And what is a meltdown? Making more art? I already make a shit ton of art. Maybe you should try having a meltdown if it'll get you to actually fucking paint

>>5027553
>when I'm rich from my art
Your delusions of grandeur never cease to amaze me.

>>5027562
>having goals is delusional
keep making excuses for being a lazy retard

>>5027567
What excuses, schizo?

>>5027578
excuses for not knowing shit about art. Read all the books, look at all the tutorials, take all the classes you want, you know absolutely nothing about the subject of this board. And you're proud of your ignorance, it's pathetic. You're a manchild who won't accept other people's success because you're convinced you're going to take over the world with your art, because you have all the "resources" you could ever need, but you're never going to make it because you don't want to do any of the work to get there. You could never paint like me, you could never be as good a man as me, you will never approach anything resembling my accomplishments, humility, or faith in my ability. You have no argument other than "Brian's got an ego", because you lack any self-confidence, with no work to back up anything you're saying...

fag

>>5027549
>>5027553
>>5027554
>>5027559
>>5027562
>>5027567
>>5027578
>>5027593

WILL YOU RETARDS TAKE THIS LIMP-WRISTED SLAP FIGHT SOMEWHERE ELSE?!

Brian is a faggot and a retard

>>5027593
No, moron, what excuses? Point to one single excuse I have made for anything.

>You're a manchild
Coming from a balding man that still lives with his parents.

>You could never paint like me
Why would anyone want to paint like you? Your paintings are atrocious.

>you will never approach anything resembling my accomplishments, humility, or faith in my ability
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>humility

Rate my cock

>>5027631
post your work

>>5027665
Stop posting yours.

>>5026818
Funny looking horse but i really like it anon

>>5028022
thanks, what would you correct on the horse ?

>>5028196
not that anon, but I think the placement of the eyes and ears seems a bit off, like they are skewed somewhat
the general shape of the snout/nose area also seems a bit strange, but I really like the mood of the painting

>>5028375

>>5028380