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Mirin, you have skill. But it's a little too clinical and photorealistic for me, lacking in feeling.
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Fuark, brah, mirin. Your dedication to the arts, learning and self-improvement is very admirable. I remember you saying that you're a multi-instrumentalist from a thread a couple weeks back. I've been playing guitar for two years myself and I can definitely say to others ITT that you'll surprise yourself with how much you can learn in a year or two. I'm still far from good but I've improved a lot.
OP, do you ever sell or donate your paintings? I know that's not the point of artistic endeavors but it could be a decent way to supplement your income. You could even consider teaching. I read about a company that teaches and certifies instructors in the Bob Ross painting method and then essentially licenses them to go out and teach.
OP, do you ever sell or donate your paintings? I know that's not the point of artistic endeavors but it could be a decent way to supplement your income. You could even consider teaching. I read about a company that teaches and certifies instructors in the Bob Ross painting method and then essentially licenses them to go out and teach.
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Originally Posted By lightsarefallin⏩
it does, we just got a little bit of snow but yeah some of those days get awfully depressing lolThanks a lot. That was really my overall goal for this one - to create something soft and peaceful. As I mentioned in my OP, it also helps to quiet my own mind and put me at peace, as cheesy as that sounds. This was always my ultimate goal when it comes to painting, to be able to just pick up my brush and paint something relatively quickly (more or less 2 hours) as a mindful experience. My paintings also tend to go with the seasons.
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Originally Posted By LordBroly⏩
Yup, you can become a Bob Ross certified instructor. Honestly, it looks more like a cash grab than anything. I think I'd have to go down to either Florida or Indiana for multiple rounds of classes, so that would include travel and lodging each time + the cost of the training itself. There's some Ross certified instructors around where I live. At the moment, I'm really just content keeping to myself. As I mentioned in a previous thread, I'll eventually have to unload a few paintings because they're starting to pile up. I give them out as birthday and xmas gifts. I'm painting a few for xmas gifts at the moment.Fuark, brah, mirin. Your dedication to the arts, learning and self-improvement is very admirable. I remember you saying that you're a multi-instrumentalist from a thread a couple weeks back. I've been playing guitar for two years myself and I can definitely say to others ITT that you'll surprise yourself with how much you can learn in a year or two. I'm still far from good but I've improved a lot.
OP, do you ever sell or donate your paintings? I know that's not the point of artistic endeavors but it could be a decent way to supplement your income. You could even consider teaching. I read about a company that teaches and certifies instructors in the Bob Ross painting method and then essentially licenses them to go out and teach.
OP, do you ever sell or donate your paintings? I know that's not the point of artistic endeavors but it could be a decent way to supplement your income. You could even consider teaching. I read about a company that teaches and certifies instructors in the Bob Ross painting method and then essentially licenses them to go out and teach.
But I guess just to gauge some interest - what would people be comfortable paying for one of these paintings?
Originally Posted By PenorBrahNoHomo⏩
Appreciate the comment and I'm wondering if you could elaborate further? As I posted, I'm always looking to grow and develop. Funny enough, my goal has always been to try and mimic reality as much as possible. Early on, I was using colors that were way too vivid and 'unrealistic.' I've since learned to use softer, more muted colors to emulate a real life scene. Is that what you're referring to? A friend told me I should try and create less realistic scenes a la afremov.Mirin, you have skill. But it's a little too clinical and photorealistic for me, lacking in feeling.
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Mirin hard every time you make a painting thread. Winter drags on a bit long for me these days but a fresh snowfall in the woods really is the best. Heading to deer camp later, no snow yet this year unfortunately
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11-19-2020, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted By lightsarefallin⏩
I don't know much about painting at all, but Turner's (greatest landscape painter) paintings all have a slightly ethereal quality to them, I can't put my finger on it. I don't mean like Afremov though, his paintings are too garish and childlike, I'm not a fan.Appreciate the comment and I'm wondering if you could elaborate further? As I posted, I'm always looking to grow and develop. Funny enough, my goal has always been to try and mimic reality as much as possible. Early on, I was using colors that were way too vivid and 'unrealistic.' I've since learned to use softer, more muted colors to emulate a real life scene. Is that what you're referring to? A friend told me I should try and create less realistic scenes a la afremov.
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Originally Posted By PenorBrahNoHomo⏩
Ah yes, I see what you mean. There's a very surreal, hazy, ethereal (as you pointed out) quality to his paintings. You see that a lot in those old European landscape paintings. I'm not sure how I'd create something like that. The thing about wet on wet landscapes is that things come out quite crisp and bright. I often try to create softness in my paintings by blending a lot. Maybe that would be a start.I don't know much about painting at all, but Turner's (greatest landscape painter) paintings all have a slightly ethereal quality to them, I can't put my finger on it. I don't mean like Afremov though, his paintings are too garish and childlike, I'm not a fan.
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Originally Posted By MrQuint⏩
The winters here get progressively worse and worse. My mood dips pretty severely December-February. It gets dark at 4pm, so we don't get a lot of sunlight. It can go to -30C pretty regularly (translation to F = fuking frigid). There's the occasional ice rain, loss of power, conditions that make it impossible to drive, snowfalls of above 30cm. It gets frustrating. However, in early December when only a few inches falls and coats the world in a serene blanket of white, that's the only time that snow is attractive to me. Beyond that and it just becomes a gigantic nuisance. I tried to capture that short-lived winter beauty in this painting.Mirin hard every time you make a painting thread. Winter drags on a bit long for me these days but a fresh snowfall in the woods really is the best. Heading to deer camp later, no snow yet this year unfortunately
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Originally Posted By freeburn⏩
A cheeky kunt here once chopped bert in one of my paintings. Pretty sure it was richstrong lol.OP mail me a canvas and I'll paint a graffiti piece into the naturescape and I'll ship it back. Misc collab
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not bad but those bob ross style landscapes don't impress me at all. the proportions for the trees and fence are off, and the colors are boring.
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Pretty good painting OP, I was never good at it. I was ok at sketching cartoons though
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Great job! I actually really like the tree work. For the smoke, the easiest way I found was, unfortunately, needing to let the first base layer of oil paint dry for a week or so first. Then use a very small amount of titanium white and blend it out with a very fine/soft blender brush. You can really push a small amount around to get the affect you're looking for.


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Originally Posted By xxAchillesxx⏩
That's a good suggestion. I've never tried adding more paint after the painting had dried, but I can't see any other way of adding smoke here. I'll try that in the future for sure. Thanks!Great job! I actually really like the tree work. For the smoke, the easiest way I found was, unfortunately, needing to let the first base layer of oil paint dry for a week or so first. Then use a very small amount of titanium white and blend it out with a very fine/soft blender brush. You can really push a small amount around to get the affect you're looking for.


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Originally Posted By SAD_COW_DISEASE⏩
Damn that's really nice. I've made those kinds of sun rays before. Lots of fun.*Look at reflection in car window and flex every time crew*
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Originally Posted By lightsarefallin⏩
Very nice! I like your work. Repped.I painted this yesterday morning in approximately 2 hours in order to prep myself mentally for a lot of work I had to accomplish. I wanted to paint something cold and quiet, both to reflect the impending change in seasons and to quiet my mind.

Above and beyond painting in order to calm myself, the challenges I set for this specific painting were: trying a new way to paint evergreens, creating the illusion of chimney smoke, and flicking a thin white paint all over the canvas after I had finished to create the illusion of early morning snow falling. The latter was the toughest. I had to fight through thoughts that I was going to potentially ruin the painting.
As I've mentioned in previous threads - if you want to paint like this, you 100% can. I started from nothing less than 2 years ago.
Hope this brings you a bit of peace of mind this morning during these uncertain times.
I know my tree isn't great. Admittedly, I rushed through it a bit as I was eager to finish.

Above and beyond painting in order to calm myself, the challenges I set for this specific painting were: trying a new way to paint evergreens, creating the illusion of chimney smoke, and flicking a thin white paint all over the canvas after I had finished to create the illusion of early morning snow falling. The latter was the toughest. I had to fight through thoughts that I was going to potentially ruin the painting.
As I've mentioned in previous threads - if you want to paint like this, you 100% can. I started from nothing less than 2 years ago.
Hope this brings you a bit of peace of mind this morning during these uncertain times.
I know my tree isn't great. Admittedly, I rushed through it a bit as I was eager to finish.
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I know for a fact that drawing/painting things with snow on them is pretty difficult
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Love the texture of the clouds/sky and the appearance of the blustery winds blurring the trees in the background. Makes me want to walk into your painting and just walk around listening to the sound of my boots crunching in the snow and feel the wind blowing light snow on my face.
Love the texture of the clouds/sky and the appearance of the blustery winds blurring the trees in the background. Makes me want to walk into your painting and just walk around listening to the sound of my boots crunching in the snow and feel the wind blowing light snow on my face.
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Originally Posted By lightsarefallin⏩
Yup, I enjoy following the Russian dude UVN Art on YouTube. He does acrylics, but his scenes are outstanding and a lot of what he does can be applied to oils. Love his work with rays of light too... really cool. My next one is going to be an autumn themed forest with a cabin and light coming through. I like to blend different styles, like UVN, adding a Kinkaide cottage, and having a little bit of a set back/darker fairytale style theme.Damn that's really nice. I've made those kinds of sun rays before. Lots of fun.
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This is amazing. I really love how soft and peaceful it looks
Im from Canada too, and it brings me back to the cold early mornings steeped in twilight, with blowing snow and freshly frosted trees. I love it.
I really want to learn how to paint, so far I only do drawing (aside from a few paintings of fish and clouds lol). What did you start off with when you learned? Did you focus on any techniques?
I dont even know which brushes I should get for starting off. Flat...round...fanned? Size? And recommendations?
Im from Canada too, and it brings me back to the cold early mornings steeped in twilight, with blowing snow and freshly frosted trees. I love it.
I really want to learn how to paint, so far I only do drawing (aside from a few paintings of fish and clouds lol). What did you start off with when you learned? Did you focus on any techniques?
I dont even know which brushes I should get for starting off. Flat...round...fanned? Size? And recommendations?
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Super, super impressive OP (ded fkn Srs)
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Can't view pic at work, but in to check out later. I've considered getting into this many times. Might need to jump on the train, seems relaxing and rewarding as fuark.
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how'd you paint the snowflakes?
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Mirin hard af.
I wish I had talent to paint.
Repped brah.
I wish I had talent to paint.
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