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A French Legionnaire near Hanoi - 1954 (a monochrome study)
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A Russian Private - 1914 (a monochrome study)
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My subject here was a very somber WWI photo taken at the front.
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An English Officer is the subject - even after only six months of painting I can pick out details that I could have done better. It's all part of the learning process.
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A non-participant study of a WWI battle field. I used a much ticker paper (140 lbs) which I hear is not so dense for watercolor artists but I was plenty dense for me.
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I was so impressed to find a picture of this soldier wearing a bow tie while fighting in a trench that I painted him.
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I call this one "Laying Down Fire":
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Less than an hour. The last one took about 30 minutes.
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This was one of my first attempts using a military theme. The subject (taken from a photo) depicts a day in the life of a French Trooper living in a trench.
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And let's not forget the brave nurses who toiled not too from from the front to keep their boys alive.
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I tried to capture the deep shadows of this subject, a soldier of the US Constabulary in Germany after 1945.
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Here is a sketch of an exhausted driver of the Red Ball Express. You can't fight the Nazi's unless you've got gas and ammo.
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I am not sure it worked with this one, it just seems a little skeletal for my liking.I tried to capture the deep shadows of this subject, a soldier of the US Constabulary in Germany after 1945.
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I wasn't satisfied either; the subject's face shadowed under the helmet made for a great picture but the execution wasn't right. All part of the learning process. Thanks for your comments Monty.
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An English Officer is the subject - even after only six months of painting I can pick out details that I could have done better. It's all part of the learning process.
You artistically talented people give me the sh!ts. :smile:
If I had a quarter of your talent I'd be very pleased with myself. For what it's worth I really like your work, the painting above being my choice so far.
I find some of your faces a bit too "drawn" (not above) but hey, that is the type of thing that denotes an artist's style... keep up the good work.
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Thanks - I'm still looking for that elusive style. I'll keep plugging away.
Here are a few quick studies. (the first taken from a photo on Iwo Jima). The second is without ink in an attempt to avoid the "drawn" look you had mentioned.
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No, no, no,... that was not the "drawn" I was referring to. I was referring to the shape of the face "long and drawn" as against "rounded" or "full"
I like the ink outlining.
Keep it up,...
