Man, those are two great paintings! I love it. I’ve fallen in love with Romantic art. I’ll post a few of my favorites.Yes my eye often gets caught by a great painting, the city I live next to (Newcastle upon Tyne) has some very good galleries & museums, and the city of York an hour to the South has Roman sculptures and mosaic art from around 300ad.
My parents have an oil painting on wood that my great grandfather did as a replica of the original, Huntsmen in Snow Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565). I used to love looking at all the details as a kid.
There was a ghoulish painting I once saw in an art gallery when I was young, and only recently found out who it is: Zdzisław Beksiński, mid 20th century. But I can't have a print of it as it would give my kids nightmares!
Scott
That’s how I feel trying to pronounce some rare strains of acropora XD
That's a cool artstyle, it's like cartoon with realismI do like some of Rockwell's stuff, I have a print of this on my wall.
When I was in high school I was really into Frank Frazetta's fantasy art, probably because it was either naughty or violent. I wanted to paint stuff like him.
I do like some of Rockwell's stuff, I have a print of this on my wall.
I love that. I can’t believe I’ve never seen it! Hamlet along with Macbeth are two of my all time favorite literal works. I like woodland scenes too, those bright Greek ones and then ones like this:Haha, that Rockwell sketch is good, should be called "Lucky Catch".
Yeah a great painting/sculpture can really be a centre piece for a room and add colour/interest.
I am going to try and install some art appreciation into my kids *(just so long as they don't go to College/Uni to study it, they're going to learn a practical trade!)
Forgot to mention my neighbour is really into classical art, she has a lovely painting in her living room based on Shakespeare's Hamlet of Ophelias suicide (Millais 1852.) Woodland paintings are my favourite:
I was thinking of becoming either a starving artist or a fish farmer.....I chose the latter. I did take a couple of entry level art classes at college, looking over at other peoples work I knew I had some skills, even the difficult teacher liked my abilities.Haha, that Rockwell sketch is good, should be called "Lucky Catch".
Yeah a great painting/sculpture can really be a centre piece for a room and add colour/interest.
I am going to try and install some art appreciation into my kids *(just so long as they don't go to College/Uni to study it, they're going to learn a practical trade!)
Forgot to mention my neighbour is really into classical art, she has a lovely painting in her living room based on Shakespeare's Hamlet of Ophelias suicide (Millais 1852.) Woodland paintings are my favourite:
Monet is one of my favorites too B)I was thinking of becoming either a starving artist or a fish farmer.....I chose the latter. I did take a couple of entry level art classes at college, looking over at other peoples work I knew I had some skills, even the difficult teacher liked my abilities.
I always wonder what the market is for skilled artists and not the paint the masterpiece and sell it for thousands type....I know one of those guys.
A buddy of mine with a HS GED worked a graphic designers job for an all natural products company. He has no drawing skills that I know of, but is good with computers. He was asking me for logo designs which I did provide for dirt money, he also was able to use photos he took for work projects. It wasn't great pay, but if someone had the computer skills, photography skills and some drawing skills it could be more stimulating that some jobs.
During my college years I wanted to paint like Monet or at least fish in places that looked like this.
How you feel about Van Gogh is how I feel about most abstract painters. I don’t see anything, I just can’t connect with them. Van Gogh is one of my favorites because of his Night time Scenes, I have a love for Night that I can’t explain. I love the Navy haze it casts over the landscape, and the stars above. It takes away my frustration and anger and I can just exist for a little while without worries. And I feel connected to Van Gogh’s work through that :)
Incredible! That is amazingOne of my favorites from my daughter Kaitlyn... Pencil on paper
