Third Eye art

The Thinker

2006-02-19T16:00:00.000Z

This is a Paint shop Pro transformation
of a watercolour I did some time ago (the one on the left ;-)
Feel free to review/comment

Harlequin

2006-01-27T17:54:00.000Z

...one more ...;-)

The Face

2006-01-27T14:50:00.000Z

....last one for today...

If you want to know how to do this, I wrote a brief tutorial hosted here

Water bird

2006-01-27T13:44:00.000Z

....and another one...

Bird in Flight

2006-01-27T11:02:00.000Z

....can't seem to stop now..lol...

Palamino

2006-01-27T09:47:00.000Z

....I'm on a roll now....

Laughing Boy

2006-01-27T09:22:00.000Z

...and evolving even more...

Fire Dragon II

2006-01-27T08:43:00.000Z

....and evolving....

Dragon Lizard

2006-01-26T22:51:00.000Z

It keeps on evolving!....

Hangover

2006-01-25T16:02:00.000Z

I thought it was time I did something new ;-)

This is all done in Paint Shop Pro X, and I've called it Hangover

Comments welcome

St Mary's Clelland - Detail

2006-01-21T17:14:00.000Z

I seem to keep finding things I did a long time ago in cuboards!!

Bristol Board, Scanned Watercolour & Epson R300

2006-01-10T21:54:00.000Z

Last night, after I posted the previous 'lost' watercolour, I thought about media for printed output and remembered I'd originally done it on Bristol Board (I do some airbrushing)
Good source of this in UK is (Winsor & Newton "Lana" 2 ply £5.50 for 20 sheets of A4)
In US try here

Bristol board is used mainly for airbrush painting and is coated with a fine coat of clay and I wondered if I could print this out on my Epson R300. So tonight I tried it and believe it or not it worked absolutely fine! There were a couple of hiccups where the paper needed fiddling with (nothing major).
I used the Heavy Weight Matte setting and the output is very good no ink runs and it dries quite quickly.
You might want to try it some time (below is what I printed out for test purposes)

Forgotten watercolour sketch

2006-01-09T22:40:00.000Z

This is a watercolour I did some time ago but never signed

Sketch of a boy

2006-01-08T20:23:00.000Z

THe sketch may not be of the best, but you really can get to the point of thinking you are drawing with a pencil when you use a graphics tablet

Night Eyes

2006-01-08T16:41:00.000Z

Blast from the Past!

2006-01-08T14:02:00.000Z

I was clearing out my papers today in preperation for the Tax Man and came across this tucked away at the back of the drawer.

I did this on holiday in Malta with my daughters. I took the challenge of only three colours and tried to paint with them. Can't remember in detail what the colours were, but it was a yellow, a blue and Paynes Grey

I remember the sketch by Da Vinci (top image) which was the inspiration for it. it was called Decorative Design for Hollow Boxes c1492 and was part of the Da Vinci exhibition in the South Bank in 1989 sponsored by IBM

Finally!!

2005-09-09T15:09:00.000+01:00

Finally completed. Feel free to critique and comment.

Latest

2005-09-06T21:50:00.000+01:00

I managed a further layer to the birds yesterday. I'm happy with how it is turning out, it just is taking so long ;-)

Finally a 3rd glaze!

2005-08-27T10:59:00.000+01:00

I've finally managed to get the gannets themselves glazed.

I feel it is starting to take shape, and so I'm being patient

I'll do some more on Bank Holiday Monday...if the painting has dryed!

Compare with photo on right

Sweet Nothings second colour glaze

2005-08-14T15:52:00.000+01:00

This is the second glaze, still have not done much to the
birds, just colouring the eye a little.

Warmed up the colours of the sky & lightened the sea a little.

Just have to wait another week tillit dries and I have time to continue..

Sweet Nothings

2005-08-07T15:22:00.000+01:00

In earlier posts I said I'd post my oil painting as it progressed. Well I'm not doing as well as I'd hoped it has been a little time, but here is the first colour glaze.

I've come to the conclusion it should be called "Sweet Nothings" as in whispering sweet nothings in my ear.

The canvas is 30cm wide by 80cms tall, perhaps a shade too big for a first oil?

I'm using a technique from an article on WetCanvas (link below).

Very good explanation on glazing in oils, any technical issues in this painting are due to my inadequacies not the article ;-)

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/3261/292/

Discovering Oils

2005-07-19T22:37:00.000+01:00

I've discovered oil painting after years of watercolours.
The two photos below show how far I've got since Monday

I'll keep posting until it's done

2005-07-19T22:36:00.000+01:00

This is the underpainting

Form Change

2005-07-19T00:40:00.000+01:00

Below is a charcoal sketch of my first oil!!
I'll post later updates when I can, but in the meantime check this great site out!

http://www.wetcanvas.com

2005-07-19T00:39:00.000+01:00

Sala Bassana - Bass Rock Gannet

2005-06-25T09:55:00.000+01:00

Red Hot Pokers

2005-05-27T21:37:00.000+01:00

The original Rocks
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This is CRM original watercolour (just a bit grey in mho) Tell me which you prefer AND be honest!

2005-05-17T06:53:00.000+01:00

Copy of CR Mackintosh's "The Rocks"

2005-05-17T06:52:00.000+01:00

Gannets

2005-05-13T07:33:00.001+01:00

Images of Venice

2005-05-13T07:33:00.000+01:00

Quenca Cathedral (Equador)