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Antonino Hawj
Here is a progression of my most recent painting Headwaters, 36" x 36". After doing a full charcoal drawing, fixed with retouch varnish, I began painting in the top left corner, working in a clockwise fashion from there. My biggest mistake was painting the rock face on the mid left too dark. It threw off the feeling of illuminated dark and I had to scrape out a days work and repaint it. Some swearing was involved, and faith that good things come with time. This idea of being your own harshest critic, and a willingness to undo work that has been done, is one of the least enjoyable parts of being an artist, but it is absolutely essential to producing your best work. I am happy with the results. This painting will be part of a solo exhibit called "Lit" at the Newburyport Art Association, opening April 17th at 6 PM.
Hi Will,
I just want to thank you for all of the hard work you have put into your site and videos. I have learned so much from you. I have been teaching myself to paint these last few years and your instruction has been just what I have needed, bearing in mind there are not many classes (evening) to go to where I live. I have just started a watercolour class, it was the only class available that I could attend, and already it has made a difference to me as I am able to see what the teacher is doing: how to hold the brush, how much paint to use, etc. The results are good and I only started my class last night! I never thought I had any talent as a painter, so I guess that you could say that I procrastinated for my whole life until a few years ago! I would love to buy your Absolute Beginners Course. It is a great idea and hopefully I will be able to loosen up and improve my painting. Will keep checking your website for details.
It has turned out wonderful, Monk! I would say it has a painterly visual feeling, but that is not really the right word. Actually it reminds me more of a collage. And a bit of origami. But then it still has this nice graphical aspect. Simply wonderful.
The highlight paints were used to create scoring on the axe blade (using a gentle touch and a brush with a very good point). Small pure white highlight spots were added and the ground reflections were glazed with rainy grey with a small amount of dark flesh added.
I've been reacquainting myself with my hobby tools, paints, brushes etc. Tossing out old paints that are no good, etc. My kids bought me an airbrush package a couple of Christmases ago, so I've broken that out and started that (steep) learning curve as well.
As an exercise, I pulled out a 3 man set of Primaris Intercessors and spent a couple of weeks with them. The first one I painted to "completion", not worrying about clean blends and niggling details, just the joy of painting again. It's always been my zen place. The place where I have lost thousands of hours over the last three decades. Also the first steps towards cementing a scheme for my massive army that I've never painted. The airbrush gives me hope.
Pics are all from my iPhone. My light booth and camera setup are all still stuffed away, so it might be some time before I can get better images. This is all brush work, using P3 paints exclusively as I know exactly what they can and cannot do. It felt good to not only paint a model for the first time in 4 years, but actually allow myself to call it good enough. No worries about smooth blends and clean lines, just exploring the sculpt with the brush. I'm my own worst critic (as are many hobbyists) and I'm trying to put that aside in favor of enjoyment. Painting & converting at the professional levels sucked all of the joy away from the hobby which led in large part to my retirement.
The lighting in the pic almost makes it look unpainted, but the white is indeed painted and the smoothest white I've done in years. Trouble is, it was with the brush and if I want to finish the army some time in the next decade I will need to focus on the airbrush for the majority of the work. Fortunately power armor lends itself very well to that.
I've tried a few glazes of red ink, but it's just not the same. The Tamiya Clear series is like painting with alcohol based cough syrup. It make easy gems, lenses, etc. It was designed to replicate tail lights on scale model cars. Just paint it over a chrome part and it's magic. Granted my bottles are all over 10 years old, but they still work great. I'm letting the theme process in the background while I focus on the Star Phantoms + airbrush today. So far the results are great.
Here's the results of last night's and today's work. Both were airbrushed for the white armor and the brush for the rest. I tried a different green for the lenses, not sure what to think of it. The orange came out kinda cool. The "official" scheme uses red lenses, which just looks bad in the FW paintings.
Thank you so much! For our mantel, we mixed wall paint (Alabaster) with water, about a 30/70 ratio but that can vary depending on how white you want it. I wanted it subtle so the brick tone still came through. For the application, you brush it on with a paint brush, then wipe over with a rag. My husband drilled holes in the brick and got certain screws from home depot that are made for brick. Hope that helps!!
I have been working on a couple of oil paintings to be shown at my Helmsley Arts Centre exhibition(28th November- 23rd December). Oil makes a great contrast to the watercolour I normally use. I particularly enjoy painting with a palette knife. Storm at Sandsend was painted using this method whilst Stormy weather at Scarborough was painted with hog hair brushes. Both were painted from watercolour sketches made at the time.
Last pic, again typo letters in words that shouldn't be there, sorry. As I say not all of these parts are to go on the Jeep or come from that kit. Some are for the other vehicle and the final diorama.
Well thats it, what you see here is where I am now and wont leave it for so long next time. If there is anyway that you folks think I can improve this work in progress like better pics, less or more waffle etc please let me know.
At this point, the plastic will almost hold itself in place whilst you glue it (I added super glue to the base as an added form of security/strength, this being only 0.5mm thick plastic sheet). The seat still needs to be sanded on the bottom surface to the correct angle (which is why there is a lip). I used two sizes of paint brush handles to acheive the bending that you see on the above seat, a size 1 brush, and a much larger flat brush handle.
I then went on to experiment through paint quiet loosely, using pallet knife techniques, dry brushing and oil bars. I used similar themes that I explored in the previous drawing. I stuck with a monochromatic pallet of black, white and grey tones. This I feel creates a bleak atmosphere. This then made me realise I would like to recreate this atmosphere using colour.
The painting techniques I have used, was as mentioned earlier: pallet knifes, and dry brushing etc. This created a statuesque metaphor and aesthetic, as well as the idea of the deconstruction of the human form, which I have previously explored and mentioned previously. I also experimented with weathering the subject using these techniques to create a sense of decay, possibly statuesque. Again, this suggested a contradicting set of ideas; is the subject human/possessing a form of life, or is it material, figurative and sculptural, like a statue?
These are some half hour drawings on coloured sugar paper. I find drawing on coloured paper with black and white charcoal creates a very dynamic drawing. I like the 3 tones that one can create, but also enjoy being able to draw quite freely, similar to that with a paint brush, as opposed to a graphite pencil.
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