Art Art Art!

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I like to sketch and draw. I met this old lady named Mrs. DeDe and she's this 'kick like a mule till I'm dead' 93 year old that teaches art class from her house. She's great and she's gotten me into water color and accrylic painting. These are some sketches that I will go over with ink and then water color for my bed room. I wish I had some finished ones to show : (

 

[Julia-Rose]

I have quite a few art books... over 50 actually.... I'm a bit of an artist, and i hang my canvas paintings on my wall. I looked at yours, they are amazing!

 

[kristamarie]

I've never looked in the hobbies section of BYC before today and i clicked on this lovely art thread

I went to university and college for art and it is my passion, this is a painting of a friends dog i completed last week. hope you all like it!

 

[Iheartchicks<3:)]

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I LOVE IT!

 

[kristamarie]

thanks Iheartchicks!

 

[Nambroth]

What a great thread! It'd excellent to find other artists here!

Just a general warning to budding artists: Be careful when copying photos you find online or in books/magazines. Especially places like google's image search. Most of them are copyrighted.
What this means is that it is totally okay to draw/copy the image to learn from! Nothing wrong with that. But, when you publish the image, you can be infringing on the other person's copyright, even if you give them credit. When it comes to the internet, posting the image anywhere in public is considered publishing! Even here on BYC. So please be careful. Copying the images that belong to other people and then posting them can also be disrespectful, too.

So what can you do? Well the great thing about the internet is that it is full of resources! Here are a few:

Go to Flickr.com and use their 'advanced search' option. At the bottom you will see options for Creative Commons images. These are images that people share willingly and are saying, "Yes you are allowed to use them in this way!". Check off the option to search for "Creative Commons" images only and then also check "Find content to modify, adapt, or build upon". Search away and find all sorts of great photos you can use without the risk of infringing on someone's rights or making them mad!

Go to deviantart.com .. on the left column, click on 'resources and stock images'. There are now many categories on the left column that you can select from and search in!! These are all resources and images that people are sharing with you so that you can create art with them. Some have specific requirements, so under each image that you want to use, read the description to check if there are any rules or not. There are thousands and thousands of images here!!

Go to http://www.wetcanvas.com/RefLib/ ... this is a library where people have uploaded photos JUST for artist to use as reference! How cool is that! Some request that you credit the original photographer.


Notice that some creative commons images request that you give credit to the original photographer/artist. This is a fair and polite thing to do.

I hope this helps someone!

 

[torrelee]

I'm trying to teach myself how to paint, and have been starting with acrylics. I'm a little picky retentive by nature and am working on being a little more expressive and freeform with art. (I quilt too, and take out my precision addiction there!) This is my first big painting, I was trying to do something which would coordinate with my bed spread which has poppys on it. Its right around 3'x4', so was quite a leap for me. I know the colors and shapes arent perfect, but I was doing it without references to try and keep it simple!

On a side note... does anyone know of good websites for beginning painters??

 

[missred871]

that is a HUGE painting, I love it, I think it looks great, I see no problems with it. Take pride in your work it is gorgeous! I commend you, I dont know what I would do with a 3'x4' canvas....

 

[SillyChicken]

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AWWWEsome advise!

Too add, if you know who took the photo, you can send them an email asking for permission to draw it. Most will grant permission as long as you aren't trying to sell your (their)work for a profit.
Also, very important: SIGN YOUR WORK!! This applies your own copy right to your drawing or art work and can help protect you if someone steals your work. I've had to deal with infringements on alot of my work.... If you see something on line, a photo, drawing, logo etc... it is NOT ok to just use and change or modify it to suit your needs without the artist permission unless they make it available as Nambroth stated above.

 

[Blonde]

You are an amazing artist!!! i am a little into drawing myself but i am not that good yet.