Sat Morning Painting Palooza Vol. 47 Special Edition

15 Comments

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   boran2 on July 1, 2006 at 8:24 am

   Paint me a picture of your thoughts.

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     olivia on July 1, 2006 at 8:51 am

     I like how you’ve show all the stages here … It’s amazing how you take it from a mostly coloured blob to the fine details …

     Can’t wait to see what you select for the next project!

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   tampopo on July 1, 2006 at 8:51 am

   I wanted to let you know that I find the process and progress of each painting really fascinating. I look forward to seeing your work each week.

   Thank you very much for doing this.

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   supersoling on July 1, 2006 at 9:27 am

   Good morning Mr. B2,
   I hope you don’t mind if I post a couple of shots of one of my more recent boat paintjobs.

   What I like about your work, and the way you present it each week, besides the great final results you always show us, is the way you show the steps and the different layers, because my stuff is done the same way. I might start with a foundation, like the orange to yellow to white fade, then I lay sharper images over that. It’s a process, just like your work.

   Thanks, and nice work there :o)

   

   

   

   This one is mine too, but I don’t care for it very much. It’s one of those that I did to customer preferences. They really should have trusted me a little more ;o)
   

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     supersoling on July 1, 2006 at 9:33 am

     p.s.
     please forgive the Apache image. I don’t get to choose my customers by their political correctness or sensitivity. I take their money and try to get in a few words that might make them think about things for a minute. Usually a waste of time unfortunately.

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     tampopo on July 1, 2006 at 10:00 am

     Super – that is really interesting.

     Please consider taking process/progress pictures of your work and doing a diary.

     How do you create a design?

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       supersoling on July 1, 2006 at 10:30 am

       How do I create a design?

       Usually I have three ways to go.

       1. the customer already knows exactly what they want and I just produce it on the boat, or car, bike, whatever.
       2. The customer has some general ideas that I try to narrow down to specific color preferences, and ask them to look through my portfolio and magazines to pick out designs that interest them, and from there I start sketching different designs until they see something they like. I usually involve them in the process so that they can give me a thumbs up or down as we go.
       3. The customer gives me free reign with the design and trusts me to produce something that appeals to them. But those jobs are usually for people that i’ve done work for before. There are a few other paint outfits that i compete with for work. One here on Long Island, two I think in Florida, and one in Montreal. The big advantage they have over me is the computer knowledge to produce really nice preliminary renderings. I have the software myself, but i’ll be damned if I can master it yet. They’re better equiped to impress potential customers right off the bat, even though their work is no better than mine. Plus, the charge big bucks for the renderings, whereas I have a hard time charging someone for drawings. Though I reall should because it takes some time to come up with a dozen or so different sketches.

       Now that I’ve highjacked Boran’s diary…thanks for asking ;o)

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     Damnit Janet on July 1, 2006 at 6:26 pm

     WOW!!!

     You are so damn cool!!!!

     Once my life gets… I dunno… I’m going to get back to sketching and painting. Cause I now have a place to share it with friendly souls.

     Wait a tick, I’m going to try to photograph a chalk on black that DanDan did. We had it framed I loved the flow of it.

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     Militarytracy on July 1, 2006 at 9:45 pm

     It’s beautiful!

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       Militarytracy on July 1, 2006 at 9:46 pm

       Amazing what a liberal mind is capable of huh?

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         supersoling on July 1, 2006 at 10:05 pm

         Makes ya wonder doesn’t it? ;o)

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     boran2 on July 1, 2006 at 11:21 pm

     I love that bottom photo!  Can you do my Mazda like that?

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       supersoling on July 1, 2006 at 11:58 pm

       Sure can!! :o)

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   Damnit Janet on July 1, 2006 at 6:34 pm

   

   No, I’m not a parent who frames or keeps every scrap of paper or arts and craft their child does, but this one SANG out to us all.

   (Sorry about the flash, I’m a goober)

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   Damnit Janet on July 1, 2006 at 6:49 pm

   is protest signs and bridge banners… :*(

   This one is another Danni made for my trip to Ft. Lewis. Her little hands of peace rather than bloody handprints.