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buried-legacy In reply to RebellingLemming [2019-05-23 23:20:21 +0000 UTC]

Ditto

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Artistjeffries In reply to mychemicaljosh [2010-02-26 11:45:32 +0000 UTC]

Without the aid of photos I doubt that ANYONE could produce paintings of railway locomotves but basically they are easier to draw than,say, the human figure. Becoming au fait with the rules of perspective is vital but a hard look at a loco reveals that it is a cylinder on an oblong base but first I usually use the information from two or more photos and combine them to make one composition I use the Old Masters' method of squareing up on my main reference but adjusting the image because a photo gives a distorted perspective to most objects. Then it's a question of using one's knowledge of the subject until it begins to look "right". I then leave the painting for about a fortnight while I start another one so that when I come back to it I can see the "mistakes"!

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Artistjeffries In reply to mychemicaljosh [2010-02-21 18:20:16 +0000 UTC]

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jeffriesmike11 says:

Good effort, Mike, but because I know the Cuneo version it can never have the same impact , I like your Manningtree shed scene better because it's your own work.

May I ask if you paint in oils or acrylics because Cuneo's style could never have been achived with acrylics, it was his explotation of the properties of oil paint that gave his pictures such verve.

I had the pleasure of meeting the great man once back in the early seventies at the Torbay steam railway where some of my pictures were on sale and I found him so friendly and completely unassuming for such a famous figure he was then. I wanted to talk paintings but he seemed to be more interested in my career on the raiways but he did eventually study my work for quite a time and his advice has stayed with me to this day. He couldn't fault my drawing and assumed that I'd used a projector or camera obscura [ which up to then I'd never heard of] and said that I shouldn't be a slave to the camera, he himself used photos for his work but always tried to "bend " or exagerate certain features for added impact. My work then was highly detailed to the point of paranoia but lacked a painterly quality and then Terence said the setence that changed my style I think for the better, " Mike" he said, "you're not painting flowers here, be much bolder and direct, remember these things are made of steel, they weigh many tons so try to paint them as if you'd hurt yourself if you knocked into them!"

When you look at a Cuneo in all it's glory, especially his shed scenes, I think that sense of weight comes across

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Artistjeffries In reply to mychemicaljosh [2010-02-21 17:12:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Josh, what can I say but you must draw, draw and draw again, if you haven't done so already read my profile, but of course I did work with these beasts when I was barely older than your good self and I know what's "around the corner" so to speak.

I'm going to try to copy and paste some comments I made a month or so ago to another railway artist friend so keep looking-----oh and draw, draw, draw!!

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Artistjeffries In reply to sullivan1985 [2010-02-20 20:44:42 +0000 UTC]

One a day is the rule so more to come soon!

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Artistjeffries In reply to Mikelyjohnsono [2010-02-10 19:43:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Mike, what a sight they made at speed!

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Mikelyjohnsono In reply to Artistjeffries [2010-02-10 20:33:51 +0000 UTC]

Would have been wonderful to see! I think I was born in the wrong time, the steam age is just magical to me!!

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Artistjeffries In reply to Gelgoog328 [2010-01-29 21:48:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Gelgoog, there was little to rival the sight of one of these machines at speed!

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