Members' Paintings (Archive)

[Rocambole]

The topic has been closed and continues here to make sure the board doesn't freak out due to the number of pages:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6557

Starting a thread where we can submit and discuss our creative efforts.

Here is a couple of paintings from a series of urban landscapes I am working on, using Camille AOP (my favourite).

[anecessaryevil]

Here is something I made this week. It was taken at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. I used my own custom AOP called AlphaB. The reason for the name will be obvious if you look at the image full size.

Astronaut - DAP_AlphaB-toosmall.jpg (218.03 KiB) Viewed 49741 times

The file size limit is 256KB?
Sheeesh! I had to reduce this image and save it compressed more than is good for it. This is NOT a good thing.
Hopefully it can be changed?

[anecessaryevil]

Okay, I probably should not complain about the size limit but I wanted people to be able to see the brushes used in this image.
Next time I'll just make it smaller and not complain.

[mhwarner]

Rocambole, I really like the second one with the fallen leaves.

anecessaryevil .. Nicely done. Looks like an interesting AOP. Was there a dry reveal stage? Perhaps you could post just a full-size or enlarged small portion of the painting to let us see the detail.

And here's my contribution. Done with a watercolor AOP and then layered several times in Photoshop.

ZebraWithCanvassm.jpg (223.2 KiB) Viewed 49732 times

[Oscar]

You are getting really good in this since the forum went away!

[anecessaryevil]

Your zebra is a first class image. Very well done!

You asked about a dry reveal on the AlphaB AOP. I have been putting the dry reveal is every aop I have played with creating since the dry reveal is about the first thing I vary when processing an image. In the image I posted I kept the dry reveal fairly light.

[anecessaryevil]

This one might fit better.
The original image is from The Commons area of Flickr which are old photos in the public domain.
I used the Benson AOP on this, saved as a .psd file and made the painted layer 12% transparent.

Painting the Past - DAP_Benson-small.jpg (208.96 KiB) Viewed 49717 times

I used Flickr's tools for the borders and type.
I fiddled with the controls in Benson but I can't remember what I did.

[Gene_mtl]

[Rocambole]

Thank you! Speaking of success I can reveal that during the last few months I have sold nine paintings out of fifteen. Six during a month's exhibition in an art gallery and three of the remaining ones in a furniture shop, all printed on 40x60 cm canvas and then varnished. So it seems people like Camille paintings.

[Gene_mtl]

Oh that is wonderful, Mary. Was the watercolour AOP one of your creations or one that was previously posted over at DAP Cafe?

@anecessaryevil: The second - Painting the Past - appeals to me more than the first. Always liked the tone a painting takes on using the Benson AOP. Have you tried the Bensoncez AOP? I prefer the brushstrokes use din it over the original Benson.

Here are two that I've done recently:

Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

IMG_9704_Realism_DAP_FunkyOils_notecard_1000.jpg (192.94 KiB) Viewed 49694 times

Peggy's Cove

IMG_9673_DAP_Gruppe_wc_notecard_1000.jpg (204.07 KiB) Viewed 49694 times

Thanks for looking.