fogie
A Fixture
I've just joined so perhaps I could hello and introduce myself.
I began painting model figures in 1970. Not really surprising then, that after forty-five years, I have a number of old classics in my collection that have been out of production for years. It's in my mind to finish off the odd few still unpainted, and then submit them here for scrutiny - milestones, as it were, in the development of this hobby. The idea's on the back burner at the moment, because I'm not sure whether it would be relevant.
Anyway, to continue ... I employ the same techniques for painting figures as I use for painting pictures - which was how I earned my living as a visual artist for forty-odd years until I retired a little while ago. I use oils - just five basic colours plus two neutrals. I apply aerial perspective rules to control the intensity of colours. And before starting work, I use that age-old artists' trick of creating a simple narrative in my head to establish the character and mood of the figure. For me, it's the quickest way into the colour tones, the light and shade, the facial expression, the fabric textures, and those extra details that give the figure its voice. In short, I use the best tool in the box - the painter's imagination
On a personal note, I belong to the generation who still thinks that to be cool is to be not warm, and a tablet is something you take for a headache. I'm also useless with cell phones, and wonder why so many people mumble these days. But, aside from being a living fossil, I'm just a regular headcase like the rest of you.
I began painting model figures in 1970. Not really surprising then, that after forty-five years, I have a number of old classics in my collection that have been out of production for years. It's in my mind to finish off the odd few still unpainted, and then submit them here for scrutiny - milestones, as it were, in the development of this hobby. The idea's on the back burner at the moment, because I'm not sure whether it would be relevant.
Anyway, to continue ... I employ the same techniques for painting figures as I use for painting pictures - which was how I earned my living as a visual artist for forty-odd years until I retired a little while ago. I use oils - just five basic colours plus two neutrals. I apply aerial perspective rules to control the intensity of colours. And before starting work, I use that age-old artists' trick of creating a simple narrative in my head to establish the character and mood of the figure. For me, it's the quickest way into the colour tones, the light and shade, the facial expression, the fabric textures, and those extra details that give the figure its voice. In short, I use the best tool in the box - the painter's imagination
On a personal note, I belong to the generation who still thinks that to be cool is to be not warm, and a tablet is something you take for a headache. I'm also useless with cell phones, and wonder why so many people mumble these days. But, aside from being a living fossil, I'm just a regular headcase like the rest of you.
