My latest... "The War Artist"...

[John Ballard]

Excellent little vignette and a timely tribute to some great Canadian artists. Bravo

John

 

[Dan Morton]

Well done and a worthy tribute!

All the best,
Dan

 

[pmfs]

Brilliant!

 

[bwildfong]

Hey, thanks again folks for the kind comments - much appreciated.

Steve - thanks for the compliment, but I haven't really been on that much of a roll - this vignette and the US Marines one from a couple weeks ago were finished about a year ago. They were to be for a book project that never quite got off the ground and so I figured I'd "self-publish" them now.

Colin S.: Thanks for offering to bring your war artist book to the SWOFP meeting - looking forward to it (and I'll bring this vignette along for show 'n tell)
I'm with you on the preference for Comfort's and Harris' work, especially Harris' - there's a very surreal, almost Dali-esque feel to his stuff that really grabs me - wonder if it could be translated to a 3-D reproduction? Hmm...I feel another vignette coming on...

Cheers,

Brian

 

[Blind Pew]

Top stuff Brian, thanks for sharing.

 

[Joe55]

Beautifully done Brian! Love the subject matter!

Joe

 

[Mirofsoft]

Like very much the idea
Nice vignete

 

[Ray Welshman]

Very nice and original

Cheers

Ray

 

[bwildfong]

Cheers all - thanks for looking !

Brian

 

[tiberius57]

Exceptional idea and execution! Has a special feel! Love it!
Awesome piece, Brian!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[Huw63]

Thanks Huw,

The trousers were a custom-mixed olive/khaki from Lamp Black + Yellow Ochre (W&N oils), shadows had Raw Umber added (and straight Lamp Black in a few spots), highlights were the base khaki lightened with a bit of White and Naples Yellow.

The BD blouse's khaki was mixed from Burnt Umber + Yellow Ochre + a bit of Black, if memory serves - shadows and highlights same as the trousers. I wanted to keep trousers and blouse from looking too similar/monotonous.

Thanks again for looking in!

Brian

Hello Brian

Thank you very much. That's really very useful information to me as I've some khaki clad fellows to paint up soon and I want to ensure I make a reasonable job of it.

Cheers

Huw

 

[housecarl]

Superb.

 

[maxag]

Excellent work.

 

[Piotr Gonczarek]

Not my period, but a great one , nevertheless! It has somewhat calming/soothing effect too..
Cheers,
Peter

 

[bwildfong]

Thanks gents for the comments - much appreciated! I never realized it before, Peter, but it does give off a sort of calming vibe doesn't it?

Cheers,

Brian

 

[Steve Ski]

Beautiful vignette, love the small painting too!

Cheers, Ski.

 

[Stephan]

What a big scene, thanks.

 

[smudger1960]

Great piece of work and story telling,

 

[Jazz]

Superb stuff Brian. A very unusual subject intricately executed. Well done.

 

[bwildfong]

Thanks all- again, much appreciated.

Brian