ARTISTS - Post Your Top 2 Masterpieces

Originally Posted by alexa_summer

There is so much great talent in this forum! I'm loving it. :)
I did this my senior year in high school. I apologize, the picture is a little dark, as the lighting in this area of my home isn't too great!. My mediums were oil pastels, & colored pencils. I based this work off of an image I found stumbling around on the internet. I think angels are so intriguing.
I was a little dissatisfied of how "cartooney" her face turned out. Unfortunately there's not much I can do about it now. :/

she done well, i especially like what she is sitting one. the shading makes it look 3d realistic. and her wings are gorgeous.

[alexa_summer]

Originally Posted by Susan Cleland

I have just joined Spiritual Forums, and am and have been since I was very young (probably because my mother died when I was ten) interested in finding answers to the questions of life and death.

I also make pictures in mixed media often connected with this theme.

Not sure how to put them on this site, any guidance would be really appreciated.

Thank you

Susan

Hi Susan & welcome to the forum. :) Can't wait to see some of your work.
Unfortunately you have to be an active member here for 14 days & have 25 posts before you can link images to threads I believe. But once you get to that point you should post your art here!
I use an image hosting service where I copy the direct link once it is uploaded & there is a little icon in the right corner of the page where you post/type stuff that says "insert image" when you hover over it. Click it & it will ask for the link of the image & you just paste it where it says to & voillaa'! :)

[alexa_summer]

Thanks for your kind words Gracey. I think I had the most fun with the oil pastels. The colors are easily blend-able together, & so fun to work with!

[alexa_summer]

I decided to paint with acrylics tonight, this took me approximately one hour. lol. I actually kind of surprised myself with how decent it turned out. Painted with my imagination for once. Pretty simple but it's a start I think.

so, that is how you make grass look 3d never could figure that one out myself...awesome work, looks like you had fun doing it.

[Berry]

Originally Posted by Gracey

this is my favorite photo, all due to the two little guys. they were playing so hard they fell asleep.



and i like this one cause it was so cool to turn around and see this in the sky.

Precious babies! And nature is amazing! I saw a beautiful sunset last night while driving the kids home. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me. the sun and the sky looked so surreal, like a painting.

[Berry]

Originally Posted by alexa_summer

I decided to paint with acrylics tonight, this took me approximately one hour. lol. I actually kind of surprised myself with how decent it turned out. Painted with my imagination for once. Pretty simple but it's a start I think.

Such lush grass. I want to jump and roll in it!

[Spiritualist74]

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this is a piece of art with a spiritual undertone
i had a lot of conflict and addiction in this time of my life when i created this
its a mixed media creation done in three or four hours
pencil crayons, felts and pastels




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this one is a self portrait of me as how i see myself

[alexa_summer]

Originally Posted by Gracey

so, that is how you make grass look 3d never could figure that one out myself...awesome work, looks like you had fun doing it.

Honestly! It is all about the brush size & the gentle strokes that you make with it & that is the same way with charcoals, you use a variation of the light, medium, heavy pencils. This was actually very simple & anyone can make this painting, first off, I dabbed my bigger sized brush in water & painted blue through half the page & green on the bottom half. (I actually didn't do much of anything to the sky which is why I was so surprised that it gave off the effect of looking somewhat like stratus clouds.) But painting green all over the bottom half helped as a "filler" so I didn't have to do sooo many brush strokes. & making sure my smaller brush was absolutely dry, I just used a darker green color to stroke in the grass, & I used a variation of different greens for it which helped with that "3D" look!

[ravenstar]

Wow there's some really great artwork here, thanks for sharing!

I love to paint just for the sheer enjoyment of it and its very relaxing. This particular painting was inspired by the High Priestess in the Cosmic Tarot http://www.angelpaths.com/decks/cosm...priestess.html

This was done through a paint program through Corel...it was my 4th attempt and though I enjoyed it, still love holding the paint brush