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Just a practice pastel painting that I made of a pretty young Filipina girl, from one of her facebook photos.

An attempt at copying a photograph of my youngest nephew, sitting on the grass in my Sisters lovely garden, with their two dogs.

Purely from imagination. The feathers are well 'over the top.' It's a kind of self-portrait... Kind of how I would like to imagine myself as a native North American Indian with my very own style of feathery headdress... Loads and loads of feathers and colors all over the place!

Just a quick pastel painting of a Filipina teenage girl, cellphone in-hand, texting away in the doorway of a rural cottage where I used to visit the family in the Southern Philippines. From one of my own photos. I don't know why but I can never seem to get the faces right on either of the two youngest sisters in that family...

From a photo in Joharah Ruth Alonzo's facebook profile

Pastel portrait of a beautiful young lady from Bangladesh. The lovely Miss Mita Rani Das. This was based on one of Mita's facebook photos and I painted it with her very kind permission.

First attempt... ('Hope I can do a bit better next time...)

The Victoria Rose Inn Gananoque Ontario. Based on a photo by "Jimmy." The photo was copied with Jim's very kind permission... and I hope that I didn't make too much of a mess of this!! You can see the photo on which I based the pastel painting, at:

From a photo of Demi Lovato. I made this as a present for my youngest daughter, who is one of Demi's biggest fans!

Here is a free WinZip file with a collection of 25 of my very first (and extremely crude!) attempts at pastel painting. The zip file has been uploaded, more as a means of testing the feasability and usefulness of the whole zip thing with the Downloads module of ArtFreaks.com. I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has trouble extracting the individual image files from this zip archive.

Internationally renowned photographer David Noton very kindly gave me permission to use his photograph Portrait of a girl, Vang Vieng, Laos as the basis for a practise painting - and I did warn him that the results of my efforts would probably end-up bearing very little resemblance to his excellent photo. I wasn't wrong!! If you check-out the link, above, you will see that the subject of the photo was a child - whereas my feable attempt has made her look like a young lady. Still, even though this looks nothing like the girl in the photo, I kind of like her strange expression - and I did have fun trying with this one! Members can view and comment on this image in the Gallery at: http://www.artfreaks.com/forums/index.php/gallery/image/6225-vang-vieng-girl-in-her-early-twenties/ Prints and gift items featuring this image are available on ArtWanted.com at: http://www.artwanted.com/imageproducts.cfm?ID=1271385&RID=23179

Caricature of Orlando

caricature of Angelina Jolly

Caricature of Rihanna

Caricature of the new James Bond

caricature Obama

just a few drawings , paintings ....out of my mind...

some more drawings ...and a picture of my car !!,,

one more ...watercolour..

i dedicate a large part of my existence to the preservation of trees....

Watercolor, Pencil, and Crayon. 2X2

Wisdom use it right

.jpg image file: 1001 Souls with 1001 stories.

All aboard the Express Kundalini!

My bubble wrap baby

The blue is simultaneously warm and cold

this is my 3rd painting ever

this is my 6th painting and is of christ's crucifixion

this is my 5th paiting ever started painting as hobby 2 months ago and I love it

"If My People Pray" by JCrisanto Martinez Acrylic and mixed-media on Burlap 18" x 24" 2010 This is the flier for JCrisanto Martinez's 5th solo exhibition, entitled: "Unqualified Saints" The exhibition opens on July 03, 2010 and will run until July 16, 2010 at: Sigwada Art Gallery 1921 Oroquieta St., Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines. For inquiries please contact: (+63 2) 743 5873 or email: cil_pagaduan@yahoo.com (By the way... Why do Filipinos nearly always call an 'exhibition' an "exhibit...?!!" For info... an 'exhibit' refers to just one of the items on display at an exhibition of several or many items.)

it is about a sweet home located about the backdrop of a river, with two boats standing nearby.

Acrylic paint manufactured in Australia, England, Denmark, France, Germany and the United States. Agitated with brushes, palette knives, hair dryers, sponges, chopsticks and ir blown out of my mouth. Painting surface is masonite. Rainbow: Size approximately 24" X 20" Crows: Size approximately 22" X 9"

They are drawing by 9 year old Shelby Eissler. She has been drawing since she wa big enough to hold a crayon. She has Type 1 Diabetes and is hoping to someday sell her art to help find a cure for Diabetes. She also enjoys using molding clay to create people and animals. She has a cartoon style to her drawings. She enjoys drawing her favortie T.V. characters. Please let Shelby know what she can do to improve and flurish as she will tell you the only desire she has in life is to be an artist.

An array of colors gives birth to a beautiful landscape.

Two forests: one which tastes fresh air, another which lives underwater.

A pair of trees tower over the landscape, like monarchs.

Food and drink.

From craft to yacht.

Ducks and rocks

A flesh and blood man.

A majestic statue of David.

The look of integrity and experience.

A lighthouse overlooking space.

A woman stares into space, almost as if she is pondering the universe.

The deaf but brilliant conductor himself sculpted and raised on a pedestal.