Dear Joe:

Good to see you here again. I painted with acrylics a long time ago. My most esteemed.. work of art that I did was a painting of a head and a hand reaching out for help, out of the head upward. Is this posted under the FUN category? Not a fun painting that I am describing…

anita

Hello! I am a oil painter, I love using oil paints, they are my favorite medium. I majored in Drawing and Painting in college and I hope to be featured in art galleries. But for the most part I am currently building up my portfolio.

I love to paint, landscapes, portraits, self-portraits, shoes..I tend to focus on subject of the self, what lies inside.
I have pictures if anyone wants to see.

Dear Roxanna:

I appreciate you replying to me. The reason I copied what wrote on this thread (topic: ART) and pasted it on the other thread (topic: relationship) is because the two topics are not separate.

Here you wrote in the latest post that you have feelings on the inside, stuff you cannot readily talk about, things that are not easily defined; things you wouldn’t tell others because they would think you are odd, complex issues…

These very issues, these very things that you express in your art, play a very meaningful part in your relationship on the other thread. The relationship… do you not wish it was like your art: you paint it, as undefined and complex as it is, and leave it at that. Instead, in the relationship, he won’t leave it at that, complex and undefined. He needs clarity, simplification. Different rules to a relationship, different kind of communication… a different medium.

I believe if you integrate the two, if you express those complex issues to your husband, communicate back and forth about those… that will be a great help to you as an individual AND to the relationship of the two of you.

Any of this …means something to you…?

anita

Dear Roxanna:

I would like some day to see your work, I suppose you can attach a link… but before I do, i would like to talk about feelings with you, communication of feeling outside art. Hence, the other thread. I hope it works.

anita

hello Joe,

Bit different from the crowd…. but still an artist 🙂 I am 3D designer, passionate especially about 3D illustration. Still trying to ‘break in’ the professional waters full time, though 🙂 Made a life mission of it, when I think (Guided by the concept- choose a job you love, and you don’t have to work a day in your life) 🙂 Most fun thing I did, illustration a sci-fi novel of a friend, not published yet. But sometimes I like to go back to reality, and also do products/ interior/ exterior visualizations… I love every second I have spend in this field, and always try to learn something new (I also have to, cause I don’t have official ‘artistic’ schooling).

Sometimes it’s difficult to handle clients to be honest though… It’s common issue among computer artists, especially when they don’t know what they want (and you have to figure out at your own expense), or… when they think they know what’s pretty and you have to put your name behind a ‘shameful’ concept 🙂 But maybe that should be another topic, ‘what should you expect when your hobby becomes a full time job’ 🙂

Greetings to all the fellow artists, I also used to paint till I was 18 and the computer totally took over 🙂 I miss that, now when I remember it.. 🙂

@Joe
I buy a lot of my leather from springfield leather and cut it down into strips/cuffs, then dye the cuffs and then either hand punch or add rivets, etc.. I buy the tooling leather. It has taken me about a year to figure it all out, learn the termanology for the products I need, how to use them, etc… long process, but I have loved learning! It is very relaxing and enjoyable.

Hi Joe,

I am an aspiring digital artist. I use Corel Painter to make digital art involving Chinese characters and abstract patterns. I have dabbled in 3d modelling but it was too time consuming and I found the learning curve a bit steep.

You can check out my work on my blog http://www.camzhu.com. Any feedback appreciated!

Hopefully we can connect.

Peace,

Cam