Bus sketch'es 1.2.3.4.5.

[eighty+]

hi Mac thanks for keeping me in fits but I reckon I've more chance

of ending up in the Tower the only thing I'm not keen is the

head stuck on a pike then paraded round the streets so everybody can

cheer Yuk Yuk any way back to Norman fast becoming my

favourite did he paint in oil or W/c and what size but his face

expressions are just the best----

[D Akey]

Norman Rockwell was in my opinion the most brilliant at creating scenes with HEART and plenty of it. Artists and photographers have tried to emulate his staging, and even his characters with only limited results. While they may get the look, they just seem to miss that special Rockwell quality.

Yes, he painted in oils. He photographed all his models in the poses and costumes he wanted them to ultimately appear in, and projected the image onto a canvas, traced it, and then painted it from very clear photos (albeit with his own exaggerations already worked out).

Illustrators of his high profile strata had to present rather complete tonal drawings and sometimes color comps to show the editors to get approval to proceed. That means he had ample time to really know what he was going to paint, as opposed to just blowing through a job cold for speed as so many seem to anymore.

Sometimes they even had several top illustrators all competing for a cover of a famous magazine. Rockwell often won.

Keep studying his stuff, mate. Learn all his chops and even though it will turn into your own style, it will take you far.

Glad you are looking at him. He was GREAT! And when I was an art student many people thought him far to bourgeois. I thought they had their heads neatly tucked up their derrieres.

[pat1940]

Hi eighty, great paintings, Norman Rockwell was my favorites, my husband bought me his book several years ago and I painted many of his on traditional canvas, my kids have the paintings (at least I think they still have them) lol I have been tempted to do one on digital, maybe some day I will

[eighty+]

Thanks Mac for the info but must admit I was dissapointed to find he Traced but it seems to be the name of the game now I'm just old fashion

hi Pat good to hear you done trad keep getting the feeling to go back
to it but being a lazy bugger it only stayes in the mind as you can
see on this last one just more or less a block in should have carried on
with the detail but as said got lazy ok ----E/S

[Caesar]

OK. Let's try all a Norman Rockwell as soon as we can then!
I will soon, probably in parallel with another master painting excercise I roughly sketched.
I've got a book too on NR, with probably most of his illustrations (its in Italian so not an issue so easy to find).
I like him very much, both as an illustrator and as a humble, nice, honest and serious man (this was the impression I got, reading his life at least and looking to his works).
In many cases he actually reached a level beyond that of a very accurate, professional, most renowned and sensible illustrator of an absolutely excellent school; he actually reached, in my view, the level a real and masterful "fine art" painter.

[eighty+]

O Mighty one Waiting

[eighty+]

Hi weather overcast looks if it could rain ok

quickie on Ipad freedom to worship buy don't know about thoughts

think its ok if you think what they want you to think

will finish on computer ok Je espere

[mannafig]

Fantastic additions dear Eighty

[eighty+]

Thanks Manfig like your girl skillfully executed


a sunday doodle but then it struck me that it would be easy to turn

into a circus clown a few bits stuck around

[coops]

Aternoon dear Eighty and sorry to here that you havent got the lovely sunshine that we have over here. Love you last painting which you turned into a clown.