X and M Sailing Together?

[NiceAft]

I like it Doug. I can not tell from the posting. What is your medium? Mine are all in water color.

Are there more fellow painters out there?

Stephen,
As someone who has had photography as a hobby for close to fifty years, I have too much respect for it as an art form to consider you, and any other photographer a "fake artist" It's true that anyone can take a picture, but it takes an artistic eye to create an artful image in that camera. Post some of your art.

Ray

[bscott]

Who rules the sea--a fierce Great White OR a ponderous Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

bscott

[Hamin' X]

Who rules the sea--a fierce Great White OR a ponderous Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

bscott

The Greatest White of all, Moby Dick.

~Rich

[tangentair]

Who rules the sea--a fierce Great White OR a ponderous Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

bscott

The Greatest White of all, Moby Dick.

~Rich

Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to the sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship.
- H. Melville (Moby Dick, 1851)

Amen and Amen
Ron

[Doug W]

I like it Doug. I can not tell from the posting. What is your medium? Mine are all in water color.

Are there more fellow painters out there?

Ray

Thanks Ray! I use Acrylics and sometimes use oil for a few highlights on an acrylic underpainting. I like seeing both photos and artwork by others too! I'm not so good with a camera. That painting of an X and M is on a little 8x10 canvas.

Being utterly fascinated by the age of sail, I tend to paint square riggers.


I'm still learning --> http://s636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87 ... 20Gallery/

Thanks again! Doug (future M owner)

[dvideohd]

Thanks for your Link to some great Art!!!!

I am sure that all of us here get a GREAT thrill out of viewing your work!!! May be you could tell us a bit more about your painting!!?

--jerry

[NiceAft]

That was a great link Doug. Besides being good, you're prolific

What I am looking to do is paint an X and an M sailing side by side, but I want to do it as a bow shot. Looking straight at them. That's why I'm trying to find some shots of both boats. There seems to be plenty of beam views, but as of yet, nothing head on.

Ray

P.S. This is my latest

[J.Teixeira]

Hi Ray and Dough

Your paintings are very nice.

They remind me mi Grandfather.

He was a painter and a sailor.





I just added this page to mi web.

http://arianeoveleiro.blogspot.com/2009 ... ather.html

I will post more pictures there later

I inherited is passion for boats and sailing but unfortunately not is talent...

Jose

[tangentair]

Ray
Really nice Ray - looks like Rick and I would be very comfortable sitting there - it is nice to know that you are thinking about your buddies
Ron

[Kelly Hanson East]

Post some of my stuff?? Like

[Doug W]

Thanks everyone! I'm still learning. I did attend a couple workshops with the TV artist Jerry Yarnell. Learned a LOT of good tips and techniques with him. The last time, I drug my boat down to his studio and got to sail on Skiatook Lake in Oklahoma! Good winds, With my sailing abilities, (limited at this point) I enjoyed some very exhilarating moments!

Jerry, Thanks! The sunset frigate painting is the USS Constitution. Actually, I saw a similar painting on the web and that's one of my two attempts to do a similar painting. The X and M painting is based off a couple mac pics I've seen. I believe the one is Konig. I went with a clear sky because my admiral says that my 'dramatic' skies are to angry looking... chuckle.

Ray that's a peaceful painting. Watercolor? I have difficulty with watercolors. A bow painting of the X and M side by side would look great! Are you thinking heeled over some on a reach or a more serene leisurely sail?

Jose, your Grandfather was very skillful. He mastered painting water movement. The painting I just started tonight is similar in positioning to the Barq painting on top only I'm doing it of a ship of the line sailing into an evening fog. Haven't decide exactly what type of ship it will be.

Kelly Hanson East, Yes! posting mac pics is great! Hopefully I'll be doing that soon. I just put in vacation request at work so that I can travel and put down a down payment on my new M in August! Can't wait!
...Doug

[NiceAft]

A bow painting of the X and M side by side would look great! Are you thinking heeled over some on a reach or a more serene leisurely sail?

I'm thinking port tack, close hauled, or maybe close reaching, but definitely heeled over.


Steph. nobody can say that is not art.

Ray

[hart]

I'm really amazed and impressed by you guys that can paint. Thanks for sharing with us too.

My mother enjoyed painting for many years, don't know why she stopped. I never got into it but I did develop her love for photography so now we try to outspend each other on cameras and lenses.

[NiceAft]

Hart,

The color saturation is amazing. Are these digitally enhanced?


Ray

[Kelly Hanson East]

Very nice snap-snap-wink-wink Hart.

Beautiful colour sat indeed.

Courtesy of the new job Ive been spending every fourth week of the month in Paris - and on down time managed to hit the Orsay, the Rodin, and the Louvre (or parts thereof)

The art in this places just leaves you completely drained. I leave my good cameras behind to stop me from throwing them all into the Seine. BTW, at the Louvre while you fight 10-deep crowds to see the Mona Lisa from 50 feet behind reflective, glossy Perspex ( ) turn around and check out the 'last supper' rendition on the other wall.

...and Caitlins best joke (her dads British sense of humour)

Q How do the clean up the Louvre at the end of the day

A With a Houvre!!