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Photo ref. from a photo I took of one of the corner places in my house.

One time when I was 17 I got a job as a plumbers apprentice, and we drove to Medicine Bow Wyoming to do a job there for two weeks. My boss's name was Frank Early. He Drank every night and was an asshole in the morning because he always had a hangover. One morning he told me to get him some kind of wrench (probably a spanner) and I didnt hear him very well, but I didnt want to ask what kind because he had a hangover and he was in a pissy mood. So I took a guess and grabbed the wrong one and he said "God Damn it! ya act like ya just came in off a fuckin load of hay!" So I threw my shovel down and said "fuck you Frank" and I walked back to the motel and got my suitcase and walked out to the highway and hitched all the way back to Cheyenne. On the way while I was walking on the highway (I had to walk all day untill it got dark before I got a ride) I found a bottle of vodka in the ditch, so I stuck it in my bag. When I got to Cheyenne, I drank most of it and woke up on my friends back porch with my long hair glued to the cement by my puke, flies buzzing around, dehydrated, sick and weak, sun beating down on me. Thought I was going to die.

6 comments – latest 4:

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Oct 23, 2005)

I have two antique vanities, but the mirrors are both square. I love them, and I like this picture very much. I hope you washed your hair after that.

Anna (edited Oct 23, 2005)

I love the tones in this. Nice and warm. Lovely work, as always, Dan :-)

xwindflyer (Oct 26, 2005)

Now I know why you are losing your hair.

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

I hate how good you are with colors.

Wine bottles

Axil62 (Dec 5, 2005)

I like this one.

20 comments – latest 4:

Deino (Dec 8, 2005)

Really, really nice x) x)

sephiroth54321 (Dec 8, 2005)

Great job axil :)

safescene (Dec 23, 2005)

This is nice. It's really abstract and simple and just plain good and I want to drink some wine now.

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

I like it too.

realism practice

staci (Dec 9, 2005)

i will post it now because i am, after all, a comment whore.

sorry i cheated you all on the hat. or whatever. im just too lazy.

36 comments – latest 4:

staci (Dec 20, 2005)

lol..thanks :)

terracotta (edited Dec 27, 2005)

Oooo. I love the way you've mixed the desaturated tones of the hat and her skin with the supersaturated colours of her lips, her kimono and the background. The hat is *ahem* well, dammit, amazing. Love the tension in the chin strap/skin and the way you've just managed to hide her eyes from the viewer...so we're always trying to peer up under the edge of the hat. Critiques? Hmmm. That gorgeous bouncelight underneath her chin makes me wish there was a tiny bit of shine on the skin of her cheek. But's that nitpicking. I love this.

comd (Mar 19, 2006)

It's insane how much subtle texture is in the skin here. I can't begin to imagine how to do this with lascaux sketch, and it'd still be incredible regardless of the medium.

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

very pretty

Holiday Break

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Dec 21, 2005)

class dismissed

14 comments – latest 4:

JK-Arts (Dec 22, 2005)

Glad i wasn't there funny as it be i'd hate to become that innocent by-stander well atleast a by-stander that gets injured during all that, well you know how that story would go.

Miss_DJ (Dec 22, 2005)

real wood doesn't look as good as your drawing of it...wowee sistah...beautiful again...you're so predictable...lol

DeadlyBlondeArcher (edited Dec 22, 2005)

thanks, dj. ... yeah, Joe, glad you removed the "innocent" out of there, hah

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

awesome

Nap

Artiste (Jan 14, 2006)

24 comments – latest 4:

Axil62 (edited Jan 19, 2006)

Tonight we have a succulent center cut prime envy covered in a light jealousy sauce served with a glass of our finest imported inspiration.

frootcake (Jan 23, 2006)

the face is madd. i just like the general softness of this :) +10000

terracotta (Jan 28, 2006)

It's so effective to leave the hair and dress less detailed. One of my favourite painting styles--a mixture of impressionism and realism. When it works, as this does, I think there is no painting style more beautiful. Looking at these purples and orange/golds together is a sensory treat.

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

pretty colors and blending

Weapons

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 19, 2006)

A girl's gotta have all kinds

21 comments – latest 4:

Axil62 (Jan 24, 2006)

nope, wrong, you're stupid.

terracotta (Jan 25, 2006)

Yes, please, size 7 !/2. And, do they come in RED? Those patten leather highlights and the way you've done the floor make me giddy.

SYTHE (Jan 26, 2006)

Pretty shiny shoes, nice work (as always)!

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

cool texture

Willie Nelson II

Aswell (Feb 3, 2006)

This is Willie Nelson's mouth area, with the same reffie I did for Willie's eye.

11 comments – latest 4:

frootcake (Feb 5, 2006)

does anyone else click through the versions and ever think "this is probably as good as i could make it, or this is where i'd leave it if i was doing it." it would probably be version 1 on this for me. i really don't have the patience to make things this good :):)

staci did a series of face pics, you might like to compare or something.

SYTHE (Feb 6, 2006)

Next you'll paint Willies right ear, eventually we'll see his whole face. This is great, I love the attention to detail.

Opium (Feb 27, 2006)

ok, seriously, I posted a comment on this one....I like the fuzziness of it :)

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

nice detail

hands and breast

Artiste (Feb 5, 2006)

26 comments – latest 4:

Opium (Feb 17, 2006)

bravo! I meant to comment on this earlier, but when I saw it I was in a school computer lab and some people started giving me the weird eye :) I love the expression and feel you captured Artiste!

senoBDEC (Feb 22, 2006)

There's something... so relaxed and loose...... about this.

Suntan (edited Apr 6, 2009)

Ok, I lied..nudes are my favorite to draw and this is beautifully done, and the hands feel so relaxed..., last comment, for now. hehee. ;)

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

gorgeous

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Dress-Down day

SYTHE (Feb 19, 2006)

I had a hard time thinking of a title for this one.

19 comments – latest 4:

Axil62 (Jun 5, 2006)

Simply lovely to look at. Clean, elegant, sensual. The choice of monotone allows you to effortlessly concentrate on the subject without having to subconciously process too much visual information. The detail in the hair sets it all off. Full range of light to dark executed well, would like to have seen a couple more of the darker tones in places.... no, on second thougt, that might take away from it. Really very nice.

davincipoppalag (Jun 5, 2006)

That was a great edit, Rich. The coloration really warmed this up beautifully. Nice to see you drawing

Pantera (Jun 30, 2006)

Beautiful , the hair amazes me, such detail , great job :)

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

Amazing work.

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Windmill

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Mar 29, 2006)

in Victoria, Texas
photo reference used

I have been looking at windmills all my life, but I never realized till painting this how interesting the design really is... it's simplistic, but complicated in a way - really a cool thing. Too bad they are slowly disappearing.

(I never would have had the patience to do this in the old Lascaux, the line tool working well makes alot of things possible now)

11 comments – latest 4:

Axil62 (Mar 30, 2006)

My new favorite of yours. Absolutely beautiful.

zep (Mar 31, 2006)

absolutely!

JoeNobody (Mar 31, 2006)

wonderful piece DBA......I've always loved the windmills in the countryside not far from here. This is nicer than all of them.

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

I like it