Furry painters
Skyfire
on the computer or use simple and easy-to-get coloring mediums likes
markers and colored pencils. But I am interested in giving something
else a try like paints though they are somewhat of an investment owing
to the fact that you have to buy brushes, paints, paper and canvas,
etc. Is there anyone out there that does their furry artwork with
paints like acrylics, watercolors, egg tempera, oils, etc.? I
wouldn't mind seeing some of your stuff.
Silver Seams
news:fe4b9108.03120...@posting.google.com:
http://silver.phoenyx.net/sixsnow.html
I don't have the finished painting online, though.
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Felyne32k
artist...@netscape.net says...
them in sketchbooks at FC03.
He's at http://www.mattharpold.com/, and I'm fairly sure he has another
website, but I don't remember it right at the moment.
--
-Felyne32k, supposed "English Major"
Samantha Ann Patterson
competent painter if you can get some time from him he'd be a
wonderful mentor.
-Samantha
In article <MPG.1a3ea251a...@news.fur.com>,
Paul Johnson
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> Is there anyone out there that does their furry artwork with paints
> like acrylics, watercolors, egg tempera, oils, etc.?
Buy Oregonian first: I'm pretty sure Matt Harpold paints.
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Ursula Husted
Since you asked- http://yerf.com/hustursu/
I don't know how furry my work is, but I use lots of mediums and do
con sketches in watercolor.
-
Ursula
http://www.apocalyptictangerine.com
Matt Harpold
"Felyne32k" <Fely...@softhome.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a3ea251a...@news.fur.com...
> In article <fe4b9108.03120...@posting.google.com>,
> artist...@netscape.net says...
> > From what I've seen, I've noticed most furs tend to color their stuff
> > on the computer or use simple and easy-to-get coloring mediums likes
> > markers and colored pencils. But I am interested in giving something
> > else a try like paints though they are somewhat of an investment owing
> > to the fact that you have to buy brushes, paints, paper and canvas,
> > etc. Is there anyone out there that does their furry artwork with
> > paints like acrylics, watercolors, egg tempera, oils, etc.? I
> > wouldn't mind seeing some of your stuff.
> >
> I know Matt Harpold/Turbine does/did paintings, and that he even did
> them in sketchbooks at FC03.
Some more successfully than others. ;-) I just bought some decent
watercolors, so I'll be giving those a shot. Acrylics are a little unwieldly
for books.
> He's at http://www.mattharpold.com/, and I'm fairly sure he has another
> website, but I don't remember it right at the moment.
http://www.turbinedivinity.com.
-Matt/Turb
Matt Harpold
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> The 8 Dec 2003 12:27:52 -0800, Skyfire <artist...@netscape.net> wrote:
> > Is there anyone out there that does their furry artwork with paints
> > like acrylics, watercolors, egg tempera, oils, etc.?
>
> Buy Oregonian first: I'm pretty sure Matt Harpold paints.
yep! Thankya for that.
-Matt/Turb
Matt Harpold
"Skyfire" <artist...@netscape.net> wrote in message
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The big difference between acrylics and oils is drying time, so most people
veer towards acrylics. I far prefer oils because you can get paints that dry
in a day or so, and there's a big difference in how easy oils are to control
on the canvas/board versus acrylics. Drying time becomes less significant
the more you use oils, because you learn techniques for working wet in wet.
You don't have the ability to adjust with solvents so much in acrylics, it's
a lot less reactive. But if you want to paint really small and fussy,
acrylics may be better for you. If you decide to try oils or acrylics, get a
limited palette (a warm color like sepia, a blue or a paynes grey, and
titanium white) and see how it goes. Don't go out and buy ten tubes of paint
starting off.
-Matt/Turb
King Offa Of Mercia
great Birnam wood to high alt.fan.furry. hill shall come against him.
I swore a solem oath never to use digitial coloring or markers.
So far, I've only used Acrylics and watercolors.
I rather prefered the watercolor, since I had problems with acrylics
drying too fast, and me being one for keep on dabbing at it. So maybe
I should one day buy some er... some oils or something.
--
"We see apparitions
3 that show their face
Beware, MacBeth"
-Jag Panzer,"Tragedy of Macbeth"
Matt Harpold
> >From what I've seen, I've noticed most furs tend to color their stuff
> >on the computer or use simple and easy-to-get coloring mediums likes
> >markers and colored pencils. But I am interested in giving something
> >else a try like paints though they are somewhat of an investment owing
> >to the fact that you have to buy brushes, paints, paper and canvas,
> >etc. Is there anyone out there that does their furry artwork with
> >paints like acrylics, watercolors, egg tempera, oils, etc.? I
> >wouldn't mind seeing some of your stuff.
>
> I swore a solem oath never to use digitial coloring or markers.
> So far, I've only used Acrylics and watercolors.
I'm not a big fan of markers, as they're not archival, but working digitally
affords options you can't get anywhere else. Treating it as "digital
coloring" isn't even scratching the surface of what programs like Photoshop
can do, though. ;-)
-Matt/Turb
Silver Seams
news:96iBb.479362$Tr4.1324689@attbi_s03:
> I'm not a big fan of markers, as they're not archival, but working
I'm not a big fan of markers regardless of their archival qualities, but
don't I remember hearing that there *were* archival markers these days?
Samantha Ann Patterson
I tend to drift back and forth between lots of different media honestly.
for me, I find it is an interesting way to learn. I might discover some
effect I really like in oil or watercolor and then think about how I
might get a similar effect in photshop or marker. Sometimes I like the
drying time of oil and others I prefer the drying time of acrylic. An
especially good combo is to use acrylic for rough painting. Block in your
forms and shadows with acrylic and then do your detail work over it in
oil. (Oils can be put on top of MATTE acrylic, not GLOSS and acrylics
cannot be put on top of Oils) Oil pastel crayons are also an interesting
way to do your base painting for an oil painting. they will react to the
oil/turpentine in the oilpaint and loft slightly so they can be blended
with the oil paints a bit. I also like to do drawings in colored pencil
and then dip a brush in a mix of turpentine and linseed oil and brush
over it. This yeilds a very rich but etherial sort of coloring.
Another media I haven't heard mentioned yet is charcoal/conte and
chalk pastel. Okay, so it doesn't make a lot of saleable art, but if
your goal is study and your own self satisfaction, these are really
wonderful media. They're cheap and they blend and gradiate and erase.
they're probably THE most forgiving medium there is and they can be a
lot of fun to work with and (for me at least) a great boost to
learning how to make good art.
Anyhow, there's tons of really good options out there! Inspiration is
probably best way to get start. Visit a gallery or museum, see stuff
you like and try to figure out what media it was made in. Find a look
that strikes your fancy and try it! Who knows, you may find you like
working best in cut out pieces of colored shelf-paper adhered to a
board. :)
-Samantha
FuzzWolf
www.rogminotaur.com
She's one of my faves :-)
Fuzzy
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Also available on www.YiffStar.com and www.FurrySmut.com
"I suppose on some deep and profound level, the evening would seem
incomplete to me without three minutes of howling." - Warren Zevon
Matt Harpold
> drying time of oil and others I prefer the drying time of acrylic. An
> especially good combo is to use acrylic for rough painting. Block in your
> forms and shadows with acrylic and then do your detail work over it in
> oil. (Oils can be put on top of MATTE acrylic, not GLOSS and acrylics
> cannot be put on top of Oils)
Brom works this way, he does a washy underpainting in acrylics, and the
rendering in oils.
> Another media I haven't heard mentioned yet is charcoal/conte and
> chalk pastel. Okay, so it doesn't make a lot of saleable art, but if
> your goal is study and your own self satisfaction, these are really
> wonderful media. They're cheap and they blend and gradiate and erase.
> they're probably THE most forgiving medium there is and they can be a
> lot of fun to work with and (for me at least) a great boost to
> learning how to make good art.
That's the figure drawing medium of choice. get a 4' tall pad of newsprint
and go to town with the vine charcoal. :D
I did some really tight little soft pastel drawings (they're paintings in
the sense that I'm working with tone, not line, but they're done with
pastels) and they could totally make salable art if you wanted to go that
direction. Gary Kelley, one of the most in-demand illustrators in the world,
works a lot in soft pastels.
> Anyhow, there's tons of really good options out there! Inspiration is
> probably best way to get start. Visit a gallery or museum, see stuff
> you like and try to figure out what media it was made in. Find a look
> that strikes your fancy and try it! Who knows, you may find you like
> working best in cut out pieces of colored shelf-paper adhered to a
> board. :)
Go Matisse!
-Matt/Turb
King Offa Of Mercia
great Birnam wood to high alt.fan.furry. hill shall come against him.
>and go to town with the vine charcoal. :D
Should I take it to see a movie and then to a resturant afterwards?
Matt Harpold
"King Offa Of Mercia" <dsa...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Matt Harpold" <mhar...@comcast.net> shall never vanquished be until
> great Birnam wood to high alt.fan.furry. hill shall come against him.
>
> >and go to town with the vine charcoal. :D
>
> Should I take it to see a movie and then to a resturant afterwards?
Nah, it'll kick your ass. Better just walk away, man.
-Matt/Turb
Skyfire
First of all, thanks everyone, for answering me.
Inspiration in a way has motivated me to try out pastels or give
acrylics or watercolors a shot. I've been admiring the works of Paul
Klee and I love his use of colors. He also has a very valuable quote
that I like alot, "Art does not reproduce the visible. Rather it
makes visible." That and I'd like to do something different for a
change, as opposed to colored pencils or computer coloring, which I
feel everyone is doing. I want to use as many mediums as I can,
getting a feel for each one.
Samantha Ann Patterson
Matt Harpold <mhar...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Sometimes I like the
>> drying time of oil and others I prefer the drying time of acrylic. An
>> especially good combo is to use acrylic for rough painting. Block in your
>> forms and shadows with acrylic and then do your detail work over it in
>> oil. (Oils can be put on top of MATTE acrylic, not GLOSS and acrylics
>> cannot be put on top of Oils)
>
>Brom works this way, he does a washy underpainting in acrylics, and the
>rendering in oils.
>
I don't have the patience for oil and everything I do comes out sort of
muddy looking.
>That's the figure drawing medium of choice. get a 4' tall pad of newsprint
>and go to town with the vine charcoal. :D
Ya! I really love charcoal. Any time I'm feeling frustrated by some other
medium I find it is a really good way to relax and reconnect with the muse.
>I did some really tight little soft pastel drawings (they're paintings in
>the sense that I'm working with tone, not line, but they're done with
>pastels) and they could totally make salable art if you wanted to go that
>direction. Gary Kelley, one of the most in-demand illustrators in the world,
>works a lot in soft pastels.
I guess what I ment was that he way the furry art collectors tend to store
art, pastel/charcoal are perhaps not the best mediums. I've not yet found a
way to really truly permanently fix these in such a way that they won't
get smudged over time if stored flat. I guess if you were doing reproduced
work like prints and actually framing the originals it would be a pretty
good choice though.
Samantha Ann Patterson
King Offa Of Mercia <dsa...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>"Matt Harpold" <mhar...@comcast.net> shall never vanquished be until
>great Birnam wood to high alt.fan.furry. hill shall come against him.
>
>>and go to town with the vine charcoal. :D
>
>Should I take it to see a movie and then to a resturant afterwards?
Only if you intend to date it regularly and your chaparone is okay with that.
Matt Harpold
> >
> >Brom works this way, he does a washy underpainting in acrylics, and the
> >rendering in oils.
> >
> I work that way sometimes though mostly I just work completely in acrylic.
> I don't have the patience for oil and everything I do comes out sort of
> muddy looking.
The trick with oils is to not overwork everything, which will make
everything look muddy. It's more like watercolor in the sense that you sorta
have to be "right" with your first brushstroke, and you have to mix colors
very carefully. Either that, or glaze, which takes patience I don't have.
The more you fuss with it, the muddier it gets. I tinkered witk oils for
years before I got the hang of it.
> I guess what I ment was that he way the furry art collectors tend to store
> art, pastel/charcoal are perhaps not the best mediums.
Yeah, it's best to hanfg them.. Pastel is just raw pigment and a bit of
binder. You can literally shake a pastel drawing and watch some of the
pigment slide off, unless you use a lot of fixative.
I've not yet found a
> way to really truly permanently fix these in such a way that they won't
> get smudged over time if stored flat.
Sennelier makes a fixative (and Sennelier are the gods of pastel) that some
folks swear by. But the best way to store pastel art flat is a way a pro
illustrator teaching at SVC in Seattle told me. What you do is put wax paper
over it, tape it to the mouthing board so that it won't shift. I've stored
my old pastel art this way for years and nothing ever happened to it. And
this is art that I used very little fix on, and got shuffled around in
closets and such.
But it's never going to be as durable as something like paint. The most
durable art ever is acrylic on masonite. The substrate is solid and won't
fray, the acrylic dries to plastic polymer, and as long as you don't butt
acrylic paintings paint-to-paint next to each other (they stick and can
adhere to each other like glue over time) it's great.
-Matt/Turb
Samantha Ann Patterson
-Samantha
In article <petercat-416AA9...@tiger.chameleon.net>,
PeterCat <pete...@furry.fan.org> wrote:
>> Is there anyone out there that does their furry artwork with paints
>> like acrylics, watercolors, egg tempera, oils, etc.? I wouldn't mind
>> seeing some of your stuff.
>
>At the last Anthrocon, the following artists sold work which included
>"oil" or "acrylic" in the description:
>
>Mark E. Rogers
>Renee Carter Hall
>Louie Furrywolfy
>Margaret J. Petrie ("Nduli")
>Christine Reynolds ("Arctic Snow")
>T'
>Sandra SanTara
>Arylkia Chaosian
>BushyCat
>Kada-Ru
>Trevor Boyd
>Diana Harlan Stein
>Taurin Fox
>Monika Livingstone ("Siberkat")
>Heather Bruton
>Allison Reed ("Javachickn")
>RogMinotaur
>Theresa Mather
>Jenne Hayden
>Carolyn L. Schneeweiss ("EG Foxfire")
>Erika Leigh Rosengarten
>Miss Cellaneous Mouse
>Herbie Hamill
>
>
>And the following did "watercolor":
>
>Ayame
>Renee Carter Hall
>Louie Furrywolfy
>Margaret J. Petrie ("Nduli")
>Cara J. Mitten
>Diana L. Kellogg ("White Wolf")
>Margaret Carspecken
>Sara G. Palmer ("Caribou")
>Christy Grandjean ("Goldenwolf")
>Laura A Howell
>Ursula Vernon ("Caliban")
>Sandy Schreiber
>Heather Bruton
>L. Morning
>H. Kyoht Luterman
>Jenna Woginrich ("Oakpaw")
>Marci McAdam
>Steve A. Gallacci
>
>
>No "egg" or "tempera," though. Here's a list of the different mediums
>(excluding prints) noted on the bid sheets for items that sold (those
>are the only ones I enter into the database):
>
>386 Board, Paper, Glue, Marker
>Acrylic
>Acrylic & Acetate
>Acrylic & Prismacolor Pencil
>Acrylic Paint on Wood
>Acrylic Painted T-Shirt
>Acrylic on Board
>Acrylic on Canvas
>Acrylic on Duck Feather
>Acrylic on Fossil Coral Moonstone
>Acrylic on Jade, Malachite
>Acrylic on Mat Board
>Acrylic on Mat Board & Sketch
>Acrylic on Obsidian, Tigereyes Amber
>Acrylic on Paper Board
>Acrylic on Stone, Amethyst
>Acrylic, Feathers, Goldstone
>Acrylic, Pencil
>Acrylic/Watercolour
>Acrylics
>Acrylics on Canvas
>Acrylics, Colored Pencils
>Acrylics/Collage
>Airbrush
>Airbrushed License Plate
>Art Markers
>Ball Point & Felt Tip
>Beadwork
>Bee's Wax, Scrimshaw on Sculpy (faux stone), Ink
>Bee's Wax, Scrimshaw on Sculpy (faux tooth), Ink
>Black & Color Ink
>Blue Line, Ink, Marker
>CGI
>Calligraphy Pen & India Ink on Bristol Board
>Cel Acetate Paint
>Chalk, Eraser, Ink
>Chalk, Marker
>Circuit Boards, Paper, Sculpture
>Clock
>Collage/Charcoal
>Color Marker & Pencil
>Color Pencil & Marker
>Colored Pencil
>Colored Pencil on Bristol
>Colored Pencil, Acrylic, Canson Paper
>Colored Pencil, Acrylic, Tria, Ill. Board
>Colored Pencil, Gouache
>Colored Pencil, Ink
>Colored Pencil, Pastel Chalk
>Colored Pencil, Pen
>Colored Pencil, Pencil
>Colored Pencil, Watercolor, Canson Paper
>Colored Pencils
>Colored Pencils, Acrylics
>Colored Pens
>Coloured Ink, Pencil Crayon
>Coloured Pencil, Marker
>Custom Computer Case
>Cut Paper (Bristol Board, Acid-Free Card Stock), Rubber Cement, Gel Pen
>Digital
>Digital Lithograph
>Digitally Colored Pen & Ink
>Embroidery Floss & Cloth
>Etched Glass
>Framed Lithograph
>Gouache
>Gouache / Watercolour
>Gouache/Watercolour
>Graphite
>Graphite on Bristol Paper
>Graphite, Bristol Paper
>Graphite, Ink
>Hand-Done PC Graphic
>Handmade Sketchbook
>High Fire Stoneware
>India Ink on Bristol Board
>Ink
>Ink & Color Pencils
>Ink & Colored Pencil
>Ink & Marker
>Ink & Markers
>Ink & Watercolor
>Ink / Photoshop
>Ink on Bristol
>Ink on Cardstock
>Ink on Duoshade
>Ink on Paper
>Ink on Tracing Paper
>Ink, Acrylic
>Ink, Color Pencil
>Ink, Colored Pencil, Gel Pen
>Ink, Colored Pencil, Marker
>Ink, Colored Pencil, Markers
>Ink, Colored Pencils
>Ink, Coloured Pencil, Gel Pen
>Ink, Marker & Silver Pen
>Ink, Marker, Color Pencil
>Ink, Marker, Colored Pencil
>Ink, Marker, Colored Pencils
>Ink, Markers, Colored Pencil
>Ink, Markers, Pencil
>Ink, Markers, Silver/Glitter Pen
>Ink, Pencil, Watercolor
>Ink, Tria Marker, Bristol
>Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
>Ink/Acrylic
>Inkjet on Canvas
>Inks
>Inks & Color Pencils
>Intaglio on Sculpey, Beeswax
>Leather, Postcard, Glass Bottle, Acrylic, Air
>Leather, Postcard, Paraffin Wax, Glass Bottle, Acrylic, Paper, Genie,
>Crayon
>Marker
>Marker & Colored Pencil
>Marker & Paint
>Marker & Pencil
>Marker, Color Pencil
>Marker, Ink
>Marker, Pencil
>Marker, Pencil, Crayon
>Marker/Color Pencil
>Markers
>Markers & Inked Pencils
>Markers, Ink
>Micron Pen, Colored Pencil
>Microstepper Control Board, Paper, Glue
>Mix Media
>Mixed
>Mixed Media
>Oil
>Oil Pastel
>Oil Pastels
>Oil Pastels, Chalk, Marker
>Oil Pastels, Pencil
>Oil on Canvas
>Oil on Panel
>Oils on Canvas Board
>Oils on Masonite Board
>Original
>Original Ink Line Art with Print
>PS Ink on Glossy
>Painted & Etched Mirror
>Painted Stained Glass
>Painted Textured Glass
>Pastel
>Pastels
>Pen & Color Pencils
>Pen & Ink
>Pen, CG
>Pen, Colored Pencil
>Pen, Colored Pencil, Pastel Chalk
>Pen, Ink, WC
>Pen, Pencil
>Pencil
>Pencil & Ink
>Pencil & Marker
>Pencil & Washes
>Pencil, Ink, Digital Color
>Pencil, Ink, Digital Copy
>Pencil, Ink, Marker
>Pencil, Marker
>Pencil, Marker, Watercolor
>Pencil, Paper Stump
>Pencil, Watercolor
>Pentium II Processor, Paper, Marker
>Polymer Clay & Acrylic
>Porcelain Paints
>Premo Sculpey, Colored Pencils, Mix Media
>Premo Sculpy, Mix
>Printed, Hand-Colored Cover
>Prisma Markers, Colored Pencil, Micron Pen on Bristol Board
>Prisma Pencils
>Prisma Pencils, Chalk
>Prismacolor Marker, Ink
>Rock, Feathers, Acrylic
>Sakura Pigma Microns, Sharpie Marker, Prismacolor Pencils
>Sculpey Clay
>Sculpie, Foamcore, Paper, Glue, Paper Clip
>Sculpture & CD-ROM, Glue, etc.
>Sculpture, NEC Mouse, Foamcore
>Sculpture, Paper, 486SK Chip
>Sculpture, Paper, ICs, Circuit Board
>Spray Paint
>Spray Paint, Paper
>Spray Paint, Rust
>Stained & Painted Glass
>Stencil / Acrylic
>Stoneware
>Super Sculpey, Acrylics
>Water Color & Ink
>Water Colour Marker
>Watercolor
>Watercolor & Color Pencil
>Watercolor & Pencil
>Watercolor - Mixed
>Watercolor Marker
>Watercolor, Colored Pencil
>Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Watercolor Paper
>Watercolor, Ink, Watercolor Paper
>Watercolor, Pencil, Pastels
>Watercolor/Colored Pencil
>Watercolors
>Watercolour
>Watercolour, Gold Foil
>Watercolour, Gouache
>Watercolour/Acrylic
>Wood/HDF Dressed/Undressed
>
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