I've just discovered a new hobby........Painting.....

[Wacky Racer]

Hi all,

Having just returned from taking the Mrs WR down to Birmingham to the NEC, for a crafts exhibition, I happened by chance to be walking through the art section and was mesmerised by the brilliance of this man giving an acrylic painting workshop.....

http://www.charlesevansart.com/

He rattled off an incredible landscape painting in ten minutes using, in addition to paints his fingernails, elbow and his AA Membership card...

So, in short I'm hooked.

Off to the Artist supplies shop tomorrow to get some gear.........

Any other painters/artists on here?


WR.

[davido140]

of course, the missing ingredient apart from paint, canvas, elbow and aa card is ......... talent!

I could stock up at the local shop and wouldnt produce anything better than an average five year old.

Good luck!

[ShadownINja]

davido140 said:

of course, the missing ingredient apart from paint, canvas, elbow and aa card is ......... talent!

I could stock up at the local shop and wouldnt produce anything better than an average five year old.

Good luck!

Yes, I soon realised I was rubbish.

Don't buy too much gear as it could just end up in the loft next to the other gear for hobbies you've given up...

[freecar]

Wacky Racer said:

Hi all,

Having just returned from taking the Mrs WR down to Birmingham to the NEC, for a crafts exhibition, I happened by chance to be walking through the art section and was mesmerised by the brilliance of this man giving an acrylic painting workshop.....

http://www.charlesevansart.com/

He rattled off an incredible landscape painting in ten minutes using, in addition to paints his fingernails, elbow and his AA Membership card...

So, in short I'm hooked.

Off to the Artist supplies shop tomorrow to get some gear.........

Any other painters/artists on here?



Do a search for the joy of painting with Bob Ross (R.I.P)

He's the best guy to help you with your new found interest.

He did many programs where you can paint along and all he uses are acrylic paints big brushes and palette knives etc sound similar to what you saw.


WR.

[cottonfoo]

Most hobbies you can learn to be good at. Painting, like singing, isn't one of them.

[mybrainhurts]

Thought you said panting...

[catmartin]

I like to think I have an eye for a photograph and am quite musical, but I just can't seem to be any good at the painting or drawing side of the arts! And as said above, this probably is one of those "you've either got it, or you don't" things. I really envy people who are good at drawing!

[jeff m]

Wacky,
I paint and had a go at sculpture.
Some people think it's a talent, but a lot of what is needed to produce a hangable painting can be learnt.
Talent of course helps........ Hasn't stopped me though
Acrylic paint varies in quality and consistancy, I would recommend getting artist quality, it's just better and easier to use.
Can be used as oil, applied thickly, or like watercolour, thinned with either water or an acrylic medium.
Mixing a desired colour is a bit of an art, I would recommend doing a bit of web searching using words like Value, Chroma, Hue, Intensity, Warm, Cool.
With regard to the drawing side of art "Drawing from the right side of the brain" is a good read.
Half of the trick is to paint what you see...not what you think you see.
After a while you will start to "see" things differently. you will not just see a vase, hub cap or glass you will see the reflections first !
It's all about light.
That may not make sense now but it will.

BTW you do know Acrylic paint dries very quickly, and that each tube/colour has a different transparency factor.

[AndrewW-G]

Some tips if you do try your hand at sculpture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbkXRB29kT0&fea...

Edited by AndrewW-G on Monday 9th November 08:21

[Fleegle]

can you give me a price to do my back bedroom?

[MrGman]

Thread bookmarked waiting for Wacky's first attempt pics

[Wacky Racer]

MrGman said:

Thread bookmarked waiting for Wacky's first attempt pics

Well I'm not bad at painting the garden shed......

Seriously, he made it look so easy....

I'll tell you a funny story:-

My art teacher at school in the sixties was a Mr Turner, who looked like Col. Sanders of KFC fame......

Anyhow, many years later I was looking round these magnificent "Turner" paintings in a London art gallery and I honestly thought they were my teachers......


I told Charles, the artist yesterday, and he looked at me as if I were mad.....


Anyway, I'll post my first landscape attempt up in a week or so......

[Wacky Racer]

Here's on I've just finished of the missus.

It's a bit sketchy, but I'm getting the hang of it

[davido140]

jeff m said:

Half of the trick is to paint what you see...not what you think you see.
After a while you will start to "see" things differently. you will not just see a vase, hub cap or glass you will see the reflections first !

There is no spoon....

[rhinochopig]

cottonfoo said:

Most hobbies you can learn to be good at. Painting, like singing, isn't one of them.

Rubbish, you can teach anyone to paint and draw. Sadly most Art teachers are hippies who bang on about expression and feelings. They don't teach the mechanics and rules, which like most other things can be learnt and applied with relative ease. What can't be taught is the imagination required to come up with the idea for the painting in the first place. I say this as an ex-art teacher.

WR In addition to some art books have a look at some industrial design books - Seymore Powell for example - as these teach you the mechanics on translating the image you have in your head onto the paper.

[mybrainhurts]

Wacky Racer said:

Here's on I've just finished of the missus.

It's a bit sketchy, but I'm getting the hang of it

Here's one I did of my missus, out on the piss...

[GreenDog]

mybrainhurts said:

Here's one I did of my missus, out on the piss...

Looks like the Bigg Market in Newcastle on a Friday night

[Engineer1]

GreenDog said:

mybrainhurts said:

Here's one I did of my missus, out on the piss...

Looks like the Bigg Market in Newcastle on a Friday night

Too many coats being worn,

[Dupont666]

Funnily enough I have just gone and bought the OH to painting supplies to get on with.

The shop itself is off carnaby st and always has a sale (will dig out the name later when I get home), but I got:

Winsor & Newton Easel £12

12 x artist quality 59ml Acrylic paints (http://www.artifolk.co.uk/catalog/products/acrylic_paint_sets/liquitex_artists_acrylic_paint_classic_colour_assortment.htm) for £25

10 paint brushes for £14

A4 sketch pad and pecils £6

3 canvases ranging from (20cm-40cm to 40cm-40cm) for £8

So all in circa £65...

I expect the first sellable art in a week

[cottonfoo]

rhinochopig said:

Rubbish, you can teach anyone to paint and draw.

It isn't rubbish. You can teach them, doesn't mean they'll be any good at it, and some never do. I know this from ten years of life drawing classes, which I sadly don't get much time for anymore.

It's somewhat similar to programming (which I have taught, the design of software can be just as artistic), you can teach them but not all will be any good at it. Some people just get it, others don't, no matter how much teaching they have.

Doesn't mean you have to be any good to do it and enjoy it though, I'd certainly never want to put anyone off trying something they want to do, especially if they may discover a previously uncovered predisposition.