an ode to chris, oh chris how cloudy, big big sky, baby castle in the ground, slowly growing, enough of that, been messing with acrylics the last couple of days, just testing em out on small 8"canvasses, not spending too long, around an hour, weird stuff acrylic, i prefer oil, but as a baby second, they're not bad, quick to work with anway, inspired by our gracious hosts superb big skies

http://www.aovs02.dsl.pipex.com/spacrylic2.jpg

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Man that is superb.I freakin love it...and I want to do more now, and pick up the paints again!

This is quite easily one of my favorites. :)

beautiful....

you talented mofo. :)

:bowdown: seriously, every single piece you post has me in awe. This is just GORGEOUS, love the canvas texture in this, really adds to the piece. Love the greyscale tones, just beautiful work!

:bowdown: seriously, every single piece you post has me in awe. This is just GORGEOUS, love the canvas texture in this, really adds to the piece. Love the greyscale tones, just beautiful work!

This was done on canvas I believe

I know :) Just sometimes you dont get to see the canvas via a photo or scan. In this its very evidant

Really really wonderful Monk, the rest of the members are taking the words right out of my mouth...........

great stuff, i like it alot, wonderful tonal work, especially in the clouds.

What they all said. Beautiful work. :)

Nice job monk! Impressive! I find acryl a bit hard to work with myself, dryes to quick... How big is it?

thanks a lot dudes, i'll be better once i get some decent brushes, was disappointed with the clouds, wanted them to come out like my digital clouds but with a £1 30piece brushset (gifts, i got loads of em, and really cheap paints) i couldn't really render anything, was like fingerpainting, i have really nice brushes but i don't want to taint them with acrylic, as they're my oil brushes (£14 each), jc, only an 8inch canvasboard, i'm just getting a feel for the paint as i've never used it before, going to do about 10 of these before i start on a decent sized canvas properly (i have a 40" that i'm dying to get onto, and loads of 18"ers)
here's the first one i did, selfportrait from memory, same size & timeframe

http://www.aovs02.dsl.pipex.com/spacrylic.jpg

I really like these two paintings :)

Nice, makes me want to start painting again :D

Monk, you have shown us two lovely pieces of your recent work on this thread and both of them are frightfully wonderful.......

you guys are too kind here :grouphug:

*adds another to the pile*, promise it's the last one in this thread, worked over the top of the first in ps, i might actually finish it up

http://www.aovs02.dsl.pipex.com/sp165.jpg

well, my server has been playing up, been a frustrating day, but tis fixed, so, THIS is most definately the last image in this thread, figured i'd post it in here rather than open a new one, finished the speedpaint above

'remember me'
pcsc, 2379x3452px, noref
http://www.aovs02.dsl.pipex.com/withersml.jpg

50% detail
http://www.aovs02.dsl.pipex.com/witherdetail.jpg

I love them both monk. Although i must say the speed paint has a beautiful simplicity and to me is strong as is without the human element.

THe second one is almost an entirely different piece, still draing on the original palette and composition but giving the viewer more focused image.

However if I were to hang one on the wall, I think the original would be my choice, simply because as you well know my tastes ;)

You definitely have a very definitive style monk, and your paintings seem to get stronger with every piece.

I adore "remember me" it just speaks to me for reasons. The mood, the emotion, its all captured just beautifully, almost makes me want to cry (but thats a good thing). Beautiful job. I almost didnt notice the castle in the background until I looked at the detailed view.

You definitely have a very definitive style monk, and your paintings seem to get stronger with every piece.
I am going to 2nd that ......awesome work monk....

thx a lot guys, it's only now that i'm starting to believe that i have a style at all, given that my subject matters are pretty different image to image, was struggling to see any sort of style, but having it pointed out to me is a good feeling, i'm a lot more comfortable doing what i'm doing now, have a certain way of attacking things and i think the way i render and my colour choices are getting more noticeable as i go on, feels like i'm actually getting somewhere

i hate you :furious3: :p

but seriously, you have that talent that i dreamed of having when i was a kid. your works are just incredible. :bowdown: