Bob Sauls seems most anxious to see some of my artwork, so I put some up. None of my paintings look right in the jpegs I've been able to make, but here's a bunch of B&W drawings done in life class back around 1980. The originals are mostly about 19 x 25".
that is one of the things that I miss most from college- I had a drawing class EVERY semester for 6 years-- although most of our life models were not very easy on the eyes ("ma'am, I'll give you money to put your clothes back ON... and keep 'em on")
Posted by Brent Logan (Member # 6587) on :
Thanks Dennis and thanks Bob. I've been taking life drawing the past couple of winters at the local art museum. I hope to get up to your level someday. Photographing paintings is sure hard to do isn't it? I never can get the color balance right.
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
Gee, those are really nice. The other ones on Photobucket are just as great looking.
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
Impressive.
Posted by Rick Janzen (Member # 7227) on :
Nicely done Dennis, I'm sure your paintings are of the same caliber, it would be nice to see some.
Posted by Jean Shimp (Member # 198) on :
Great work!
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
Dennis...those are absolutely beautiful...sorry you and Bob had the disagreement...I guess I've had one or two myself in here...best for everyone to chill a little...now my curiosity is piqued...what kind of subject matter are most of your paintings...I'm sure they're as equally stunning if the jpegs would do them justice.
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
Very Nice indeed!
Posted by Dennis Kiernan (Member # 12202) on :
Thank you, all. Rusty. my paintings are of mostly realistic figures and landscapes. A lot are scenes and incidents I remember that I think mean something. A lot of the quality depends on seeing the actual paint surface, the colors exactly as they are, and the cheap camera I have simply doesnt reproduce them. Eg those life drawings are all on regular white drawing or watercolor paper but they show up here way darker, even tho I lightened the exposure, as much as I could without losing stuff, when saving them as jpegs.
Posted by Preston McCall (Member # 351) on :
Dennis, Those are very well done and your grasp of the hardest thing to draw (the human figure) is truly remarkable. I am seriously impressed.
Posted by bill riedel (Member # 607) on :
What a treat to see such quality work, please show more. Bill
Posted by Mike Simpson (Member # 20303) on :
Very nice Dennis.You drawing skills are top notch.
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Nice sketches, Dennis. Very natural. I'm with Michael... the life-drawing models I had honed my skills of drawing very large circles....lol.
Anything from this decade? Signs? Be fun to see.
Posted by Barry Branscum (Member # 445) on :
Dennis--beautiful work. I love the feel of your lines. I can draw realistically but most of my stuff doesn't have that classical flavor that is so enjoyable in work like this. Very nice!
as a sidebar, I had a life model we used back in college who had so many stretch marks her stomach looked pleated.
Posted by Bob Sauls (Member # 11321) on :
Dennis, my hat is off to you and your drawing skills. Drawing from life was an area of weakness in my graphics education. Which was Vo-tech and administered through our local public school system. Our instructor was old school, a graduate from one of the art schools in Chigago I would guess in the late 30s early 40s. he told us that trying to learn to draw the human body clothed was like trying to learn how to draw a type writer with a cover over it. He relized the deficiency he was presenting us with. Nudity simply would not be possible in that setting, It was mixed adults and some young high schoolers as well. His alternative was introducing us to the classic Figure Drawing For All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis and Drawing The Head and Hands, by the same. By reading these and grasping his set-up formulas we were able to use pin-ups as a reference. Which I considered fantastic at age 18, Mom was proud but asked if i just had to draw "those" places too!!! It was much better than nothing but a far cry from what you and others have clearly accomplished. Thank you for sharing your art with us.
[ April 12, 2012, 12:31 PM: Message edited by: Bob Sauls ]
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
No nudity in art class yet they'll rip your heart out on prime time TV and shove it up your, oh well I'm done here..
