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painting Mar 03, 2005
It's my 3rd month of stay here in UAE, but still can't spot store selling linsed oil <for oil painting>... Does anyone here know where could i find some so I could start my craft. Nyway, Is there any artist org here?

Art is my possesion. If you have same interest, I'll be glad to share ideas with you :)
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Mar 05, 2005
try Dubai Library Distributors...
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Mar 05, 2005
thanks...but dunno where is it located. :oops:
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Mar 22, 2005
Try digital painting!!
Its cool!.
Here..check out mine.

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Mar 23, 2005
how does this work??
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Mar 24, 2005
I do lineart on paper
Scan it into photoshop
paint/airbrush

using one of these Image
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Mar 24, 2005
wow that's great! I'm sure i cud turn my paintings to digital one... but nahh not now need to own that equipments! but thats really interesting! :o
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Mar 25, 2005
but ofcos...you'd need a really good scanner too...
good graphic card....2ghz CPU atleast.....good 17" monitor (Don't buy LCD..they suck. Buy CRTs).
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Apr 01, 2005
Wow!! Abs, nice painting!
Do you have more?
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Apr 06, 2005
i do. U can visit my website.

http://www.narmir.com/wizard

I learn how to make a simple webpage while I was jobless....so...forgive me. I think it loads pretty slowly....and alot are not done right.

All the drawings in it were drawn about 6 years ago.
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Apr 24, 2005
Abs, you have such great talent! It would be nice to do some tutorials one time.
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Apr 28, 2005
tu...tutorials?

Oh man..I thank you for your compliments.....
I am no where near the level to teach.

I don't mind sharing thou.

Thanks mate
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Apr 28, 2005
Nice work. Post some tutorials mate. :)
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Apr 29, 2005
well I just do pencil drawings on paper,
scan into computer in High-Res,
Touch-up pencil lines.

Then I "fill" in the selected colours into the "parts" of the drawing.
Then I airbrush in the Highlights..
then mid-tones....and then Shadows.
Then I do some texturing on places with..say..fabric,wood,sand...etc.
Then I do the speculars (Hot spots where most light is reflected of)
Add in "deep" shadow areas.

Remove pencil lines and replace them with a darker version of the nearby color. (Try to avoid using keylines)

Advise would be to use a smooth paper. ( I just use better grade photocopy A4 papers)

Use a blue pencil as it is easier to remove.

And then finally add in the backgrounds.

A good understanding of lighting helps.

But the most important part of this is....practise..practise....practise.

It takes alot and don't give up when you produce crap. Every artist starts that way.

1 trick I use is I look at the reverse of my pencil drawing against light.
If it still looks alright when you look at it..then your drawing proportion is OK. A proportionate drawing is the start of a succuessful piece of work.

I will try to show some progress of my next drawing.

But I just got to Dubai not long and work is really heavy. Will have to ship my Computer from my homeland....soon I hope. I need my Counterstrike .

Cheers friends
God Bless.
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May 05, 2005
abs wrote:Try digital painting!!
Its cool!.
Here..check out mine.

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i m really impressed, u got a talent abs! :)

wish i could help u ya sweet mary :)
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Jun 09, 2005
hey sweetmary, do you have any of your work online? I'd like to see what you're up to :)

visited the local galleries yet? I'm exhibiting a few pieces in XVA at the moment
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Jun 09, 2005
abs wrote:I do lineart on paper
Scan it into photoshop
paint/airbrush

using one of these Image


this costs like 400 bucks eh?
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Re: painting Aug 28, 2005
sweet mary wrote:It's my 3rd month of stay here in UAE, but still can't spot store selling linsed oil <for oil painting>... Does anyone here know where could i find some so I could start my craft. Nyway, Is there any artist org here?

Art is my possesion. If you have same interest, I'll be glad to share ideas with you :)
:flower:


i'm pretty sure I spotted some at 'Talent' on Sheikh Zayed road, between the spinneys and defence round about bits. on the left if you're heading towards Dubai.
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Apr 01, 2006
very good website
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Apr 01, 2006
:)
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Re: painting Apr 02, 2006
sweet mary wrote:It's my 3rd month of stay here in UAE, but still can't spot store selling linsed oil <for oil painting>... Does anyone here know where could i find some so I could start my craft. Nyway, Is there any artist org here?

Art is my possesion. If you have same interest, I'll be glad to share ideas with you :)
:flower:


Hi Sweet Mary,

Here are some places you could go and try, pretty sure they will have what you need:

The Dubai Art Centre. It is a community art centre and they have a small shop. Think it is near the Palm Strip...but been a long time since I went there.

There is another art centre and community art project further down the beach road. Take the turning before Twon Centre Mall if you are coming back from the Burj Al Arab and there is a large white villa there on the left side.

The Art Shop. In the Jumeirah Beach Centre. This is the small mall just before the Macgrudys mall and Spinneys opposite Palm Strip. They sell most art materials including oils and acrylics as well as pre-stretched canvases and art board in a variety of sizes.

Office Mart, Karama. Not a place you would expect to find good art materials but they have a surprising stock of almost everything! It is on the main road from Bank Street down to Karama, just past the Baby Shop on the same side. Big orange and black frontage and parking at the rear.

I find that acrylics are more common here as you can control the drying time by putting addatives with them. In the summer they can dry far too quickly and, if you need to work into them after application, you will find them crusting. Oils are fine, but the heat can play merry hell with some of the weaker pigments such as Burnt Sienna and Cerulean Blue. They tend to become very 'thin'. You need to make sure your underpainting is quite bold...

Best of luck! Look forward to seeing some of your work online...

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