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Ludolf Backhuizen, Dutch warships in trouble off Gibraltar, 1690 – ©Public Domain here
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Ludolf Backhuizen, Dutch warships in trouble off Gibraltar, 1690 – ©Public Domain here
Abraham Willaerts, Stormy Sea, 1629 – ©Public Domain more
“The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with the energy of their fall. The waves were steeped deep-blue save for a pattern of diamond-pointed light on their backs which rippled as the backs of great horses ripple with muscles as they move. The waves fell; withdrew and fell again, like the thud of a great beast stamping.” Virginia Woolf, The Waves, 1931more
Paintings of the stormy sea from Baroque to Art Nouveau.
Hokusai, Great wave of Kanagawa, 1829-32 – ©Public domain more
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How I painted ‘Tropical Ocean Blue’ in Stages. here
How long have you been an artist?
The finished painting: [links]
The trick with acrylics is to not let it dry out while using it. The quick drying time puts many people off using it but there are plenty of retardants (slows down drying time), and even ones that you can quite easily make on your own that makes this problem obsolete. I use clear cough mixture added to water, which has essentially almost the same ingredients as a retardant that you would purchase in an art store, although much more expensive. more
The largest painting I have worked upon so far is 40in x 32in and is ‘Tropical Ocean’ (latest work) yet I have worked upon much larger pieces while at college in 1985. This was a huge replica of the ‘Bat out of Hell’ album by Meatloaf. However I also do much smaller pieces and the smallest is 5in x 8in and just featured a solitary seashell on a shore. In the past I have also been asked to draw for friends, things like wizards and dragons and also Celtic knotwork and band logos. more
Artist: Vincent Van Gogh
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up (1839) – J.M.W. Turner
Year: 1821
Tracey Emin
One of America’s most notable Realists, Edward Hopper was a distinct watercolor artist. He began making them in the 1920s in Massachusetts, at the suggestion of a fellow artists Jo Nivison, who later became Hopper’s wife. It was indeed watercolors that the artist first achieved critical acclaim through, when he was in his 40s, and they typically depict houses, buildings and lighthouses he saw during his travels. [links]
Reginald Marsh [links]
Riding on the watercolor wave that took America in the 19th century, Winslow Homer began creating them in 1873, after which they became a permanent fixture in his oeuvre. Although his first examples did not go well with the critics, more and more of them were selling, be it as original artworks or preparatory sketches for his oil paintings. more
Winslow Homer more
Many of Rhoda Holmes Nicholls’ watercolor works were awarded, exhibited in prominent institutions, and published in journals, bringing fame to both her native countries, the UK and the USA. They include vibrantly painted landscapes, seascapes, portraits and still lifes, many of which are still popular today. here