Posts made by BigDub

@Kehaulani
Or, maybe, a follower of Roberto Rossellini, ( affectionately known to us in the US as Bob Ross ) since Bob, I mean Roberto was dead before the date of 2010 there in the right hand corner.....

A painting by my great grandfather ( who I never got to meet ). The painting was one of many I have been looking at for my whole life. This one may be near 100 years old ! By the way, he only lived to be 54 years of age, and he was a contractor by trade.B3F99F05-4118-42E3-9A66-35E3C769B0C3.jpeg

@Dr-GO I take a dose of it right before I paint, usually.

A very old vintage painting I did which involved some combining of images....just saying, I did not actually see this scene as it appears except when I painted it that way! We are looking at something from around 1980 here.

Another one you may ask why I did. Answer: I wanted to see how it would come out.

@Kehaulani said in Anyone remember JOHNNY ZELL:

I was never a fan of Welk but he wrote an autobiography that I enjoyed very much. You might, as well. Interesting man.

Who was the autobiography about?
Bwahahahaahaaha

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

@Kehaulani said in Artist on BOARD:

The Good Ship Lollypop?

Or the Goodwill Ship Lollypop where people actually give a ship!

If you noticed, the owner of the boat might have beenMomma's Boy. See the name? ( Me n Ma )

@SSmith1226 said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

This truly is a ghost ship. It has a back wash and small wake but no captain operating the boat!

You have a good point there. They must have been trying to find something on the floor for a minute.

They kind of look like ghost ships for some reason.......not intentional
This is more like it

As promised...more ships, boats, and other water craft

I will show a few boat related paintings now while you wait for the nymph to show up.
More to follow.

@Dr-GO said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

And the nurse says, "Which one of you is here for treatment, and what seems to be the problem?"

Now. It’s finished. Add details if you like.

She’s still holding her breath under water, but here is what I have now....maybe it’s done. Use your imagination please.

@GeorgeB said in Artist on BOARD:

@Kehaulani

Yeah, Wayne, Kehaulani hit the nail on the head...

What nail? What Head?

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

@Kehaulani said in Artist on BOARD:

You're missing the nude girl emerging from the water.

No he's not missing the nude girl. We are in the back in the woods together... in front of the pine tree, behind the rock, covering our water immersion.

Then, of course, there’s shrinkage

Here is a work in progress, though maybe nearly complete.
I have to live with it and look over what I want to add or “fix”

@Kehaulani said in Artist on BOARD:

BoB Ross, to me, didn't give enough continued credit to William Alexander, but that's not to say that he gave none. In the beginning, there was a relationship between Ross and Alexander that not only related to painting technique, but to the materials, itself; cleaning supplies, paint, etc. Check out this documentary.

I've always called Ross a "warmed-over Bill Alexander". Most of Ross' followers probably don't even know who Alexander is.

IMO, Alexander is a much better painter than Ross, but Ross is a better teacher. And in the popularity and accessibility of himself, combined with the simplicity of the style itself, it has made painting relatively painless and satisfying to a large group of people.

Regarding the article itself, much of the initial information could be had by just reading his autobiography.

As an aside, Ross is an Air Force, not Army veteran.

Agree. He was in the right place at the right time and he was certainly an opportunist to the highest degree. I can learn from everyone, and he’s no exception.
On a personal taste note- I would watch both of them on Saturdays and almost always have the same reaction about 3 quarters of the way through: STOP! That’s about when things went downhill with both of them. The painting could have even been pretty good, until they continued and in my opinion, ruined it.

@SSmith1226 said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub
What is your opinion of John Gnagy? I remember, as a young child, his drawing TV shows in the 1950’s. According to what I read. He started his TV show in 1946. I also remember my mother owning a “John Gnagy Drawing Kit”.
Those were much simpler times!
I didn’t have any negative feelings toward him. I think my attention span was a bit challenged at that stage of my life. Later on I would stand by my Mother and watch her paint. I did a lot of that. Oddly enough she would ask me my opinion on something she might have been struggling with. Why? I had never even painted yet, and she seemed to think I had an idea or two already as a pre teen! She is still living, by the way. Also I spent time with her cousin who was a full time artist who had a lot of influence on me for sure.