Keeping velvet tiki art alive...? TWO PIECES ARE WRAPPED! YEAH! - Other Crafts

RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 4:06 PM IMPROVISATIONAL ART I've had a sketch for this painting since April but couldn't figure out how to make the image work. Against common sense I decided to WING IT! I started painting in my gazebo at sunrise. The first strokes on the moon. I used a reference photo so that it is accurate. The moon is roughed in. Dust from being outside is already obvious. My approach to doing moonlight is a lot like that of Chesley Bonestell, the greatest astronomical artist ever. His technique came from advice from fellow artist Charles Rollo Peters. I've always had good luck with moonlight, but this is my first time trying the approach these long-gone artists developed. What I don't know is how to translate all this to a moai without making it look cartoonish or like it is made from the wrong kind of stone.... [ Edited by: Robb Hamel 2008-07-12 05:17 ] [ Edited by: Robb Hamel 2008-10-19 16:56 ]

IMPROVISATIONAL ART

I've had a sketch for this painting since April but couldn't figure out how to make the image work.

Against common sense I decided to WING IT!

I started painting in my gazebo at sunrise.

The first strokes on the moon. I used a reference photo so that it is accurate.

The moon is roughed in. Dust from being outside is already obvious.

My approach to doing moonlight is a lot like that of Chesley Bonestell, the greatest astronomical artist ever. His technique came from advice from fellow artist Charles Rollo Peters. I've always had good luck with moonlight, but this is my first time trying the approach these long-gone artists developed.

What I don't know is how to translate all this to a moai without making it look cartoonish or like it is made from the wrong kind of stone....

[ Edited by: Robb Hamel 2008-07-12 05:17 ]

[ Edited by: Robb Hamel 2008-10-19 16:56 ]

Post #389544 by Robb Hamel on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 4:06 PM