gporta Posted 19 July , 2006 Share Posted 19 July , 2006 Well, I've been doing a bit of cleaning these days. There were a lot of fat portfolios from my Art School days and I've been sorting them. A good deal of stuff has gone to become recycled paper, but then there are a few I'm sentimental about. Among these ones there was a grayscale photocopy of a watercolour & postercolour drawing I did some 20 years ago. The artwork intended to picture a Great War Tommy, though the whole thing is very amateur (please bear with me!). I'll see if the original pops up from a dusty box. Gloria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelPack Posted 19 July , 2006 Share Posted 19 July , 2006 Hello Gloria (again) I wouldn't say amateurish - more influenced by expressionism and perhaps Otto Dix? Regards Mel Ps. I have Hymno del Riego stuck in my silicon chip and can't stop whistling it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10764 Posted 19 July , 2006 Share Posted 19 July , 2006 Nowt amateur about that Gloria, impressive I'd say..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max (UK) Posted 19 July , 2006 Share Posted 19 July , 2006 Hi Gloria I think it is a fabulous bit of work! I really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted 19 July , 2006 Share Posted 19 July , 2006 definetly not amateur, definetly amazing! a fabulous painting and piece of artwork, any thoughts on keeping it up and producing more delights for us to see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landsturm Posted 19 July , 2006 Share Posted 19 July , 2006 It's nice to find old stuff... Good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted 20 July , 2006 Share Posted 20 July , 2006 It's got character! Cheers Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 20 July , 2006 Share Posted 20 July , 2006 He may have missed a shave, but his puttees are OK This chap was a credit to his regiment I also note that his face is thin and lined; he has not had an easy war and I hope that he survived regards Michael D.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ypres1418 Posted 20 July , 2006 Share Posted 20 July , 2006 Gloria, that is fantastic, come on do some more for us. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 20 July , 2006 Share Posted 20 July , 2006 Whats it meant to be? Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 20 July , 2006 Share Posted 20 July , 2006 Sorry, teasing. better than any of us could do I'm sure. Excellent, show us some more. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustine Posted 20 July , 2006 Share Posted 20 July , 2006 Was this adapted from/inspired by a photograph, or purely conceptual? Either way, very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gporta Posted 20 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 20 July , 2006 Eh! Thanks for the positive feedback... one of the reasons why nowadays I only doodle ocasionally (and only in pencils) is because the majority of my former drawing teachers and employers weren't encouraging at all: it sort of burns you out Mel: Oooh, but Dix is soo much better than that! . I recently saw an exhibition about him and was pretty awed. I like all the WW1 painters I know, from the more classical styles of Orpen or John Singer Sargent to the rather expressionistic ways of Grosz and Dix. However, it is the work of a woman, Kathe Kollwitz, which possibly strikes me the most. Michael D.R.: I admit that when I did the drawing I wasn't aware of King's Regs. relative to shaving LOL, but the poor fellow must have been through hard days (too many days without relief?) Augustine: No, it wasn't taken from a photograph, though of course old photographs were used to source myself for details Mandy, Mick, Spike, Max, Steph, Kim, Landsturm... Thanks for the kind words, and, well, I assure you that if I do something else will be duly posted Cheers, Gloria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 21 July , 2006 Share Posted 21 July , 2006 I recently bough a book of Otto Dix drawings and I know they aren't to everyones taste but they make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gporta Posted 25 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 25 July , 2006 Mick, there's something unsettling about Dix's artwork... but if you think the times he lived in... well, no wonder! I think that good art tickles things beyond the eyes... otherwise is mere eye-candy. Now, now, swimming in a sea of old paperwork I found the original . Sorry about the dark-brownish hues of the helmet: I obviously tried to make it look like a helmet with khaki paint... but it looks rusty! I hope other wrong details will be excused... Now, i don't know what I had in mind when doing this, but for some reason I wanted it to be circa 1916 (no box-respirator, just the Ph helmet), and he's a territorial: he wears a "T/curvedshires" shoulder title. Gloria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10764 Posted 25 July , 2006 Share Posted 25 July , 2006 Gloria, it's even better in colour..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustine Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 Color adds a whole new life to it. The dark color of the helmet can probably be excused given the level (or lack thereof) of light. It would probably look darker brown in low light and I think you were wise to use that color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted 27 July , 2006 Share Posted 27 July , 2006 The colour gives it much more depth and feeling, but I like them both. Cheers Kim PS Hope you will put something in MGWAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gporta Posted 29 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 29 July , 2006 Spike and Augustine, thanks again for the kudos... still, I feel that the poor fellow would have trouble with his sergeant major because of leaving his helmet rust Kim, yes I hope to be able to upload drawings either within the MGWATs or out. The trouble is I am slow: I can't get to the pencils until I have a "picture" in my mind... however, I know that a 10% inspiration must be accompanied by a 90% of perspiration (though perspiration is currently collapsed because of the 30º Celsius indoors!) Gloria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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