Well I'm no Vincent Van Gough (I'm no oil painting either ) but that hasn't stopped me dabbling in the arts over the years, so I'll add a couple of my music releated pieces I've done. Feel free to tell me if you think they're a load of Pollocks.


A2 Pop Art cassette in Gouache


A2 Penny Whistle Mouthpiece in Gouache


A1 Metal Speaker Charcoal and Chalk on Ingres paper


A4 Looking for cause - Graphite Tonal

Hey PD!!

Cool stuff!

(Just trying to remember whether James Dean had a double chin...)

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Hey PD!!

Cool stuff!

(Just trying to remember whether James Dean had a double chin...)

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Wot like your double post

He had just been to McDonalds and had 15 Big Macs with fries. :rolleyes:

So... what about your self-portrait then...?

:p <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

(more curious than Alan really...)
* LAVA *

My self portraits are always done with the camera not with the brush. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Would that be digital, video or polaroid


Love the piccies

Digital <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />



The Goatee comes and goes like the seasons, when Cerise comes back I'll use one of these as my avatar.

Maybe :rolleyes:

alan - a man of many shades ...

cheers , m8 ! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Unfortunately; my Primitive phase has lasted almost 43 years so far. I.E. The current length of my life !! LOL.

grant

Mine has started to go grey in patches hence the 'sculptured' Goatee, I'd be much happier if the hair had have fallen off my face instead of the back of my head.

Nice work, Plastic Demons!! As I work with pencils myself, I was quite partial to the James Dean portrait.

I may put up some of my work here if I can get something done to my satisfaction. The last really good drawing I did was done 13 years ago!!!

Mrs. X

I haven't done any art for a couple of years myself, I was in the process of teaching myself to paint with Water colours, but then other elements in my life took priority and so drawing and painting were neglected. Drawing with graphite has been my favourite medium for many years, I paint for diversity as much as anything as I can only draw still life. I wish I could draw from my imagination as I envy people that are able to do that, but I'm thankful that I'm able to express myself in some way, even if it is only for my own satisfaction. If others get some pleasure from what I do then that's a bonus, the same goes for my photography. :rolleyes:

PD - with regards to your left hand side picture, weren't you in the Arnie film Commando.

Normally every picture of me has me sporting a big toothy grin, so they're my 'Mean 'n' Moody' shots. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

My sanity is only just intact at the moment but in my humble opinion you should use without goatee shot (due to its element of class) as left hand piccie resembles a columbian drug dealer who is a tad annoyed.

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Now you mention it people did use to cross the street to avoid walking past me.

Alan - it is very brave of you to exhibit yourself this way - congratulations (even I have not dared it this way)! And you know how much I care about you...

...but the left photo is... uh... with all respect... out of question...

... and I'd appreciate it if you showed your EYES. As far as I know, you've got nothing to hide anymore. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

A smile on top will make you irrestsitible, my dear.

Love
Isabel (truly and sincerely)

Hi Isabel I kinda included those two images as I class them more as photographic studies into Portraiture, rather than a true reprsentation of how I look. The one on the left was posed in that way, because it is the complete opposite of how I was at that time. Normally every photo that was taken of me had me sporting a hugh grin, so I wondered what I would look like if I wasn't so open and forthcoming with my visual emotions.
I would tend to class myself as a photographic artist rather than a Photographer like Ash, as I am a long way off the sort of standard of work that Ash produces. I use the camera to produce pictures rather than photos, hence the reason I refer to them as snapshots as I'm capturing a moment in time, rather than the way something really looks like because if you tried to find it again you couldn't, because that moment has gone forever. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

'The eyes are the windows to your soul' which is why I always wear shades on self-portraits, it de-personalises it deliberatley as it's just a picture that happens to use myself as the subject.

I'll see about using a real photo for my avatar instead of a picture.

PD - yes, I meant for your avatar. Sorry, hope I didn't offend.

You know I'd miss you if some day you were not online!



LAVA

No offense taken at all I'll sort out a photo with eyes and a smile for my avatar.
:p

Hard to believe I only joined the site a month ago and already I'm making impressions, thanks for your sweet words.

Alan

well ... u can take the word of a man , whose hair on top of the head has become "transparent" too that a good way of avoidin' hairs growin' in your ears are wearin' headphones , whenever u listen to music ... on a high volume level , of course !!!
sadly u can't do the same thing to avoid nose hairs !!!

That's cool, cheers Alan. I wouldn't class myself as a photographer, I work for Nisan Motor Manufacturing in Washington in Tyne And Wear. But thanks anyway, I'm flattered by your kind words.

Also, Mikeys ability to strike up a likeness has hit the bullseye again ! Remember 'Florian Young' Mike ? [The scala pic], now you've come out with another corker. I do believe it's 'Bennett' from Commando, remember his demise.......'Let off some steam Bennett' said Leiutenant John Matrix

Nice art Alan....keep it gannin' sunna

Bennett...cheers Ash, I was trying to rack my brains thinking of the character name.

Don't tell me his first name was Gordon

I'll get me coat <img border="0" alt="[Shake head]" title="" src="graemlins/shakehead.gif" />

I've ordered the taxi!!

It's because... we're all very attentive in here...

Blimey Isabel, must have done wonders for your ego! If a little embarrasing!

No, Helen, I was joking.

In fact, if I remember well, I have only been posting for 1-2 months now (?).

I just thought there was some news you were going to share with us!!! Thought Grant had given you a nice big rock!

I beg your pardon - a what?! <img border="0" alt="[Suave]" title="" src="graemlins/suave.gif" />

Nice paintings