02-17-2014, 08:43 PM
Hi Andreas, Jenny and Charlie
Graham, I especially like the fuzziness of the background figures in the first two pictures.
Have you managed this with your brushes?
Or is it done by computer?
Actually with those two examples it is almost a mixture of both. The third painting is all painted but the stones were painted separately and positioned by computer. It was a bit of fun to experiment but in other cases I was happier with the original painted version alone.
What do you work with, Graham? Is that gouache? or acrylics?
Gouache on line and wash NOT board. Jenny I liked your layout showing the sources which is pretty much how I work too, with the addition of 1:6 action figures and the latest acquisition a full size mannequin! I am a big fan of James Gurney of Dinotopia fame and you may be interested in his blogspot. There was a recent feature on historical artists and all the various props and costumes they all had and used to use. http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.co.uk/sear...lustration
I came across your work ("Roman military clothing") a few years ago when I researched for a Varus battle project, and I love how you handle fabric, and folds!
Blended by finger rather than a brush! It also adds the fuzziness.
To get better I have started recreating some scenes from Jacques Louis David's works
Charlie you will also be interested in the works of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edmund Blair Leighton and Jean Leon Gerome. Google and enjoy!
Attached another picture from The Pen and Sword 'Roman Conquest' series.
Graham.
Graham, I especially like the fuzziness of the background figures in the first two pictures.
Have you managed this with your brushes?
Or is it done by computer?
Actually with those two examples it is almost a mixture of both. The third painting is all painted but the stones were painted separately and positioned by computer. It was a bit of fun to experiment but in other cases I was happier with the original painted version alone.
What do you work with, Graham? Is that gouache? or acrylics?
Gouache on line and wash NOT board. Jenny I liked your layout showing the sources which is pretty much how I work too, with the addition of 1:6 action figures and the latest acquisition a full size mannequin! I am a big fan of James Gurney of Dinotopia fame and you may be interested in his blogspot. There was a recent feature on historical artists and all the various props and costumes they all had and used to use. http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.co.uk/sear...lustration
I came across your work ("Roman military clothing") a few years ago when I researched for a Varus battle project, and I love how you handle fabric, and folds!
Blended by finger rather than a brush! It also adds the fuzziness.
To get better I have started recreating some scenes from Jacques Louis David's works
Charlie you will also be interested in the works of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edmund Blair Leighton and Jean Leon Gerome. Google and enjoy!
Attached another picture from The Pen and Sword 'Roman Conquest' series.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
