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[MesaBoogie]

Here's a quick sketch of what i'm planing on painting, but the sketch is taking some time to be a sketch.....

[rowie]

that is looking very interesting indeed Mesa, i'm going to love seeing that piece develop over time.

rowie

[vilner]

Looks cool, I too am interested in seeing how it develops. Nice break from skulls and fire.
john

[thearthound]

Hey Mesa Looking good, I'm liking it!
Is this what you were talking about in your other thread?

"my next attempt would be to marry the two somehow without looking like a Dali or another painter... I have something in mind"

By the way, The eyes in the background are great!

[Diaz Dezine]

I really like it, like vilner i agree. It's refreshing to look at. I'd like to see it when it is done.
DIAZ

[MesaBoogie]

Originally Posted by thearthound

Hey Mesa Looking good, I'm liking it!
Is this what you were talking about in your other thread?

"my next attempt would be to marry the two somehow without looking like a Dali or another painter... I have something in mind"

By the way, The eyes in the background are great!

Thanks all,
and yes thearthound, that’s what I was attempting, but it’s coming out way too cartoon-e-ish I need to go back to the drawing board on this and start sketching something new. Also, if look closely, you can see a lot of over sprays in some spots (especially in the eye/cheek blubber). By the way can someone advise on how to lighten oversprays that are on paper/velum.....

And thanks on the eyes, I still love painting realism, but I’m better at this with pencil or brush paints..

[yardartnut]

nice work....

[airbrushazazin]

wow dats very cool, i also like the eyes you have going there on the sides very good job mesaboogie

[Az air nutt]

cool start cant wait to see more



Az air nutt

[AirTodd]

Nice looking start.The eyes on the side look good also.

[thearthound]

Originally Posted by MesaBoogie

By the way can someone advise on how to lighten oversprays that are on paper/velum.....

Try an electric eraser. You can get a battery powered one for about $10.00.
I have used one on watercolors, and it works well.

[MesaBoogie]

Originally Posted by thearthound

Try an electric eraser. You can get a battery powered one for about $10.00.
I have used one on watercolors, and it works well.

Thanks, I never tried an electric eraser, never had much luck with the old elbow-grease way. I've always seemed to either burnished the color in (polished it) or putting a hole in the paper.. I'll give it a try.... thanks again

[xzotic ink]

i really like the way this is coming along! Dont change your style on it, its AWESOME, you call it cartoonish but it has a lot of dimension to it. I like it and cant wait to see the end result, electric erasers work great, just make sure you use the "blue" erasers to lighten some of the areas, the "white" one wont do you any good. keep posting them!

[MesaBoogie]

Thanks for the kudos xzotic, I'm going to purchase an electric eraser with some blue erasers. But my next attempt will be a more realistic blend with abstract......... and after reading sandi's post I going to try it on this formica board she uses.......

[sandi]

Hi MesaBoogie, hey..isn't that an effects pedal...or an amp?

Okay...something tells me that I should tell you this... Here goes.

I saw your other post about whether you should stick with photorealism or follow your heart and go with the abstracts. Here is my advice and take from it what you will. Follow your heart. Your abstracts absolutely ROCK! If you are new to this game maybe this will help. I've noticed in the gallery market that abstracts are hugely popular right now. They seem to sell like hotcakes! Your stuff is fresh, exciting and just a wonder to behold. This is definately your style, and it is a gift, use it. Start painting these on canvas [gallery wrap], panels, or something that has no staples showing on the sides...or find a consistant way to frame them. Paint them in series of 4-5 similar pieces of similar color. Write up a professional bio, along with a statement about your work, print them off. Take the bio [which should include shots of your work] to every gallery in your area. Find local arts organizations and join up, they can help you find venues to show and sell your work. You should be showing. That is what I'd do.....but do whatever your heart tells you. This is just my opinion...but anyway- I love your abstracts. Whatever you do, don't stop painting them.

[MesaBoogie]

Originally Posted by sandi

Hi MesaBoogie, hey..isn't that an effects pedal...or an amp?

Okay...something tells me that I should tell you this... Here goes.

I saw your other post about whether you should stick with photorealism or follow your heart and go with the abstracts. Here is my advice and take from it what you will. Follow your heart. Your abstracts absolutely ROCK! If you are new to this game maybe this will help. I've noticed in the gallery market that abstracts are hugely popular right now. They seem to sell like hotcakes! Your stuff is fresh, exciting and just a wonder to behold. This is definately your style, and it is a gift, use it. Start painting these on canvas [gallery wrap], panels, or something that has no staples showing on the sides...or find a consistant way to frame them. Paint them in series of 4-5 similar pieces of similar color. Write up a professional bio, along with a statement about your work, print them off. Take the bio [which should include shots of your work] to every gallery in your area. Find local arts organizations and join up, they can help you find venues to show and sell your work. You should be showing. That is what I'd do.....but do whatever your heart tells you. This is just my opinion...but anyway- I love your abstracts. Whatever you do, don't stop painting them.

Why yes it is, it’s my amplifier 50 cal (nice catch)Anyway, Wow, I am really, really honored by your comments and others in this forum. I saw your work and it is spectacular. At first, like others, I thought you only sprayed the hand on, and then accidentally spilled some red ink on the bed (that’s how realistic it look)… That’s the dilemma that I’m in…. It seems that people judge your talents on how well and realistic you draw something. Well at least that is how I feel. That is why I threw in the cat on one of my posts, and panned the shot of this post out, so it shows the eyes (not that they’re great, but...). Now I feel people can say, well at least he can draw….. I know it’s wrong in thinking this, but I’m changing my tune thanks to my new fellow artists on this forum. People have kinda accepted my style, which is pleasing even though all my paintings are still collecting dust on the floor………………
I think that I will follow your advice on putting something together and thanks for the tips on how I should do it. My next step will be to create this series of paintings per your suggestion. Any specific Size I should do? I’m really going to take this serious, what’s the worst that can happen?????? Again thank you very much for the tips, and again thanks to all……… a

[sandi]

Hey Thanks,
I didn't mean to derail your thread here. I'd say work in whatever size that you are comfortable with. I like to work big, but they are a pain to haul, pain to hang, they have to be photographed for reproduction purposes where as with smaller works you can just scan them.
If you like working on paper, then you will need to learn how to mount it in some fashion. I'm not familiar with paper mounting techniques. I use panels because I just like them, and they don't require framing to show. You use whatever you like.

What is the worst that can happen???? They find you alone in your home, the cat terrified- and you in your pajamas with matted hair walking around repeating ''just one more painting'' over and over....and then they find this awesome body of work left behind after you went mad. That's when the money will start rolling in. But seriously...you will have built a body of work that you can sell, show, loan out, or make reproductions of, for the rest of your life! I hope you go for it.
If you need help, or pointers with this kind of thing, please feel free to email J W or me, and we will be glad to share what we know.

I feel the same about photorealism. I personally don't try to go photorealistic in my work, I like more stylized work. I think that the public tends to gravitate toward photorealism because there is a general lack of art appreciation in the U.S. anyway. In general people are not taught what art is, and therefore can't appreciate what they don't know. Photorealism is safe to like. All the more reason for Artists like yourself to share that unique gift with the rest of the world!