My paintings

[IvanR]

Hi!

Well, people suggested in my introduction topic to share some of my visual art, so to say, so here goes: (be warned, it has nothing to do with manga whatsover!)





I hope three aren't too much or too little, if anyone is interested I can post more. I can also share my dA account if that's appropriate. And sorry guys, I am a total noob at this, I don't know how to make the images smaller than this...

[Coryn]

I like them! (though I admit I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to painting) Is all your work impressionist?

To resize an image you just have to get the file into an editing program. I suggest gimp, which is a free download. Or some online sites like photobucket allow you to edit as well.

If you want to share your DA, just put it in your signature!

[IvanR]

Impressionism is all I do, though I've done experiments in different genres. None of those succeeded :)

So I thought to be honest, I will just link my dA account in the signature, I guess that's the easiest way to share my other art. By the way, I am also up for coloring other people's lineart (though currently I don't have the means to digitalise it properly).

[legomaestro]

Whoa these are really good! Love them! What are your tools?

[Vio]

Your paintings are very beautiful IvanR! I love the different versions of "The Rainbow Sunset."

I hope you keep this up, very lovely artwork. 

[IvanR]

I am happy you liked them :)

@legomaestro: Usually it's oil on paper and the tools of the trade are palette knives. But in the spur of the moment I've used brushes, cloths, fingers...

@Vio: The rainbow sunset series is probably the most popular one I have, it is also the source of most commissions so I guess people like it. Personally, I don't want to do it anymore!

 

[batkid]

really nice paintings! Love what you do with the colors ! :3

[IvanR]

I am happy you do :)

[legomaestro]

Impressionism is one of my favourite art forms! So cool that you're at that level. Keep it up.

Question, does your avatar have some sort of meaning? Would be interested in knowing

[IvanR]

I have soooooooo much to improve on as far as painting goes. Though it is also strange, as sometimes the things I do and like myself aren't as well received as stuff I don't particularly enjoy. And I will definitely keep trying, maybe someday something good will come out of all that.

To your question, yes it has a meaning. It was done long ago, I think it represented dreams (the colorful bit) as they influence reality through the rotating things... in the context then, the inner part represented the soul, while the outer part was meant to be society.

Sorry if this definition is a bit perplexing, so to say, maybe if I look through the mazes of my PC I will discover the original description...

[legomaestro]

Haha makes sense to me though in a way. I was thinking somewhere along those lines.

[IvanR]

It was for some school competition so it's not terribly original, but as I can't be bothered to make a better avatar than this I still use it  What was your idea?

[Coryn]

Makes sense to me.

I was once on my way to being a professional sculptor. So I understand a lot of the metaphor for art nowadays.

[legomaestro]

Artistic mind in the middle of society, not that the society is artless mind you but it's a sort of refuge. the black and white represents some sort of struggle or just the basic yin-yang symbology. in the middle is inspiration art creativity and that's bounded by the yin-yang to be released or contained in whatever form influenced by that..

er... dunno if that makes sense

[IvanR]

@Coryn - Sculpture is probably the worst form of art as far as trying to break through is concerned. It requires so much investment and everything you do is expensive... I have an acquaintance who works somewhere in Asia, makes these huge "poetic" sculptures that seem to defy gravity, so I guess even there you can succeed if you have talent and lots of luck, but for most...

@legomaestro - that's pretty much what I thought. The black and white was there mostly to represent good and evil, light and dark, so yin-yang is also an accurate description. Ah, and most people are pretty artless imo, though most of those still enjoy looking/hearing nice things.