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Andiew
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This is one of my favorite pencil sketches I have done..hope you like it

Andiew
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I was commissioned to paint 3 folk art paintings last summer...this is one of them...done in acrylic on canvas

JohnnyBlaze
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Andiew said:This is one of my favorite pencil sketches I have done..hope you like it

Great on the shading and highlighting - you have a very firm grasp of dimension.

Andiew
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Thank you so much Johnny!  I am self taught and took only a half a dozen classes. Your comment is much appreciated.

JohnnyBlaze
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Andiew said:Thank you so much Johnny!  I am self taught and took only a half a dozen classes. Your comment is much appreciated.

I have no class, but that shouldn't come as a surprise to many around here.

Andiew
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Maybe not...but....you are funny!!  lol

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A couple of wood burnings (pyrography) I’ve done today. Working on some Christmas gifts. ✌🏻

Ahavati
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LOVE pyrography and those are beautiful! The butterfly almost looks 3-D from the perspective.  Andiew, very nice control of the graphic there! I agree with Johnny on depth comprehension. The painting is Frida Khalo'esque.  

The above is a biggie entitled The Reader:  4' x 6' oil and sumi ink on canvas commissioned by the director of our local library.  The colors match her handmade quilt.  

butters
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Hi, Andiew! thanks for showing us your sketch and painting... is the guy in the sketch someone you know? the painting's bright and cheerful :D

butters
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JohnnyBlaze said:

I have no class, but that shouldn't come as a surprise to many around here.

butters
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Missy, pyrography's a great medium, especially since i love wood. nice work

JohnnyBlaze
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Ahavati said:
The above is a biggie entitled The Reader:  4' x 6' oil and sumi ink on canvas commissioned by the director of our local library.  The colors match her handmade quilt.  


Ohhhhhh! ❤

butters
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Aha, what can i say other than 'freakin' hell, that's just gorgeous!'? lucky library

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JohnnyBlaze said:

Ohhhhhh! ❤




butters said:Aha, what can i say other than 'freakin' hell, that's just gorgeous!'? lucky library

Thanks, butters. Actually, this was for her home ( either bedroom or office - I can't remember ). However, the county purchased four pieces from a photography series/exhibition for permanent display in the library.  

Above are two of the pieces hung perfectly beside a sculpture.  They're from an exhibition entitled "Not an Exit".  I photographed abandoned mills in the county - then scoured Lewis Hines photos of child labor in the 30's, and actually discovered he'd been to that very county and photographed kids in those very mills.  So I superimposed the images of the children onto the mills they'd actually worked at 80-100 years ago.  

I have very few pieces of that exhibit left - it all scattered to the wind when purchased by various cities, offices, and homes.  

These are 18 x 24 gallery wrapped canvas - so that should give you an idea of how big the sculpture is.

butters
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artists light the world, in all their forms

i really like the pictures, not so keen on the sculpture but maybe i'd prefer it in the flesh. i'm more a wood/glass kind of person than galvanized metal. still, did you hear about the banana that--duct-taped to a wall--fetched $120,000 at Miami's Art Basel? now to me, that's just nuts.

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