Travel pics:

[dwerbil]

The decades have been rough on the old girl. In spite of that, she proudly wears a patina of days gone by.....the old pump shows that with her spout, saluting us proudly.
Well done, Vanzen.

[dwerbil]

Today I had success with my broken external hard drive. I pulled it out of its case and put it in the pc as a
slave drive. It fired up and all jpegs are safe (there's around forty k worth of pics I've taken over the years).
Anywho, here's a couple other painting/sketches I took shots of.

This one is called "Then Engulfed Buick". Course...it's a work in progress. Canvas is about 2 x 3 foot in size....

http://www.pbase.com/dwerbil/image/1331 ... iginal.jpg

Detail....

http://www.pbase.com/dwerbil/image/1331 ... iginal.jpg



This one is from the late '70's. Excuse the cruddy jpeg. Lower left is an indian next
to a campfire. It's called it "Earthrise"...

http://www.pbase.com/dwerbil/image/1331 ... iginal.jpg

I've not painted much. When I do, it sure is relaxing. I should try it again sometime.

[vanzen]

Liked the Buick painting best. I have a fondness for old junk cars.
While living in Detroit and pursuing Art as a profession
I designed a large scale public art sculpture that I called Pontiac Mound.
Essentially it was a mastaba shaped burial mound of masonry, earth, steel, and glass-block,
and housed the remains of a derelict rusted green 1946 Pontiac.
A plaza on the North end allowed the Pontiac to be viewed.
The interior of the mastaba was indirectly lit by the sun,
which passed through glass-block "sun-slits" on the South side,
and then was reflected downward onto the auto with mirrors.
the South side viewing wall was also glass-block.

Here is a photo-mantage / postcard called Pontiac Portrait that advertised the sculpture installation:



YES, Dwerbil, you ought to be painting ...

[Sibbo]

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I guess this is my favourite ,excellent brush work and light .Very nice indeed .

I play with watercolour very ,very occasionally .Not very well but it is fun when I get time .

Here's one from a year or so ago ,the last time I had a go .A bit simple and simplistic on second thoughts .

[vanzen]

Simple works ! Quite well in this example. I like the attention to the play of light on the building surfaces ...
IMO, watercolor is the most difficult of paint mediums ... oils are actually quite forgiving.

[Sibbo]

You're right , a light hand is very necessary .My problem is that I don't paint often enough ...it's definitely you need to keep on top of . Mistakes are too easy .