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Can't rep you at the moment (did one just a while back) - so this ( ) will have to do.
REALLY like the drawings (especially) - and the post was very informative too.
Ken
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Incredible, really.
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My thoughts exactly. Chris, your use of color here to portray the mood is impeccable. Your drawings/portraits are excellent as well. It's a shame I can only rep you once!
Thanks to all of you! It's very rewarding when others enjoy the work as much as I enjoy making it.
That particular "mood scene" with the tree and ominous background/sky especially appeals to me as well. I'm going to have to try some larger works with that dark, somber feel. I get a certain sense of calm and serenity when viewing such "dark mood," stormy skies works.
And here is the latest in my series of early 20th century female celebrities:
Lillian Russell - stage actress who was extremely popular around the late 19th and turn of the 20th centuries.
This one is done in charcoal. I don't use charcoal very often because it's so easy to ruin a picture. And it's very messy. But you've got to love the darks you can get out of charcoal.
Amazing as usual, Chris. Of course I can't rep you again yet.
Here's one I just finished today. I drew the basic design months ago, then forgot about it until recently. Obvious Alphonse Mucha inspiration.
Very nice. Beautiful design/composition. I could see this as a big stained glass type work as well, which would be fabulous with your color choices and subtle hue/value gradients. Great work!
Here are three more from my series of early twentieth century women:
Colleen Moore - pencil (sorry the photo is so crappy and washed out looking; the actual drawing definitely jumps out at you much more than this photo) - Colleen was one of the most popular flapper actresses of the 1920s. She has the distinction of being one the the "big three" from the era, along with Clara Bow and Louise Brooks:
Theda Bara - pencil - Screen actress Theda Bara was possibly the first "goth girl" and one of the first sex symbols in Hollywood. She was popular from the early 1910s through mid 1920s. She was generally cast in rolls of a "wanton woman" or femme fatale, or a dark/mysterious character. Her film characters were best known for breaking men's hearts.
Mary Pickford - pencil - She was a leading lady in movies from just before the flapper era and through the 20s. She went on to become one of the most highly rated actresses of the twentieth century.
And a few more general things...
These two are small pen and ink studies:
This is a color pencil (wax) study copy of a picture I saw on the internet, thought it was cool and had to try it for myself:
And here are two very small studies in gouache on watercolor paper:
Unfinished Hobgoblin...
For some reason, I actually LIKE him unfinished. He's been this way for years. I know I should paint him, and one day I will...but I'm in no hurry.
This is a giant evil clown head for the Manitou Coffin Races that I built in my garage. We won best coffin, and I got a trophy! The great part is that the girl on our team who had to ride in the thing really hates clowns. So of course I made it so she would be sitting on the tongue of a giant evil clown because...I'm ridiculous like that. We're friends and all, it's just stuff like this amuses me... The tongue was wrapped in plastic in this photo because I was painting and didn't want paint on it, but there is a giant pink fabric tongue under there.
And this is my most recent, acrylics on canvas. Done for a member of the fan community of this metal band I'm really into...
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