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  1. Hello and welcome to ArtFreaks.com! Sorry about the cumbersome registration process - it's the only way that I can keep the spammers out these days. You can get a free upgrade to the Full Members group, simply by updating your profile, posting a few comments or uploading some art or photography in the Gallery. As a spam control measure, New Members have some restrictions with regards to posting and things like messaging, use of the free Classifieds module, Downloads, etc...

    1. smb

      smb

      Thanks for uploading your art - and you are now a Full Member of the site!

  2. smb

    Hello and welcome to ArtFreaks.com! Sorry about the cumbersome registration process - it's the only way that I can keep the spammers out these days. You can get a free upgrade to the Full Members group, simply by updating your profile, posting a few comments or uploading some art or photography in the Gallery. As a spam control measure, New Members have some restrictions with regards to posting and things like messaging, use of the free Classifieds module, Downloads, etc...

    1. smb

      smb

      Thank you for uploading your art - and welcome to the Full Members group!

    2. air.93

      air.93

      Your Welcome : D, and thanks for accepting me : D

  3. Welcome to ArtFreaks.com! It's good to have you on board!
  4. Looking forward to getting back home in the Philippines!

  5. 2 hours into an 8 hour stopover at KPH

  6. From the album: Some more recent pastel paintings

    "Millie", EBT 12 Baldwin Mikado - from an excellent photo by Jim Appleman. (Original photo used with Jim's very kind permission.) You can see the original photo on which this painting was based at: http://www.railpictu...o.php?id=272453

    © &copy Jim Appleman

  7. From the album: Some more recent pastel paintings

    This was my second attempt at this painting. The first one ended-up in the bin after getting severely overworked. My apologies to Resley. I will have to have a go at a different photo next time... — in Manila.
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    Awit Alegre

    From the album: Some more recent pastel paintings

    Awit Alegre, from one of Hermes' photos My attempt at a portrait of Hermes Alegre's beautiful daughter.
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    Princess Serrano

    From the album: Some more recent pastel paintings

    Princess Serrano. Painted at the request of Anna Rose Serrano. My apologies to Anna, as this one didn't turn-out too well... I will have to try again at a different photo some time...
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    Dream

    Maybe they should bring it back and ask you to finish-off the lady for them?!
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    Dream

    Ah... Stealing as in carting the thing off!! Now there is a new twist on 'painting for free...'
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    Journey

    The first post was deliberately controversial - just to try and generate some interest in the topic...
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    Journey

    Have a look at this topic in the Forums: Piracy in art and working for free
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    Journey

    Ah... Copying - or making one's own version of someone else's work is one thing, (especially if permission has been sort beforehand) - but stealing is something entirely different... Bad!
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    Serenity

    I often make my own versions of stuff that I like. I find it very therapeutic!
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    ?

    "Dreaming in Colour?" (Just a suggestion!)
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    Koi-black and white.

    Nice! Koi art is also needed on another of my web sites at: KoiFreaks.com -> Gallery -> Koi Art
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    Times

    Lovely! I bet your Mom was chuffed! Where's Autumn, by the way?
  19. smb

    Welcome to ArtFreaks.com!

  20. I'm starting to change my mind on this free art thing. I will always paint for free when my daughter asks me to make her a painting of Demi Lovato - (or whoever happens to be her hero of the time!) And needless to say, if I can do a free painting for a good friend - and if that saves me the headache of trying to think of anything else to buy for them, then I will continue to do the odd free painting. But my days of painting on demand just because I enjoy doing it, are fast coming to an end. I read an interesting article on ft.com With jobs, make sure it pays to play This bit was particularly instrumental in causing me to adjust my opinion on the subject of painting for free: My emphasis on the bit where it say's: "If you are paying someone to do something and it’s no good, then you can tell them to do it better." Words of praise are all very nice but how will I ever know if my art is really any good, until someone at least, is prepared to part with some hard-earned cash for it?!! And my apologies to the Financial Times! (Anyway, I didn't cut and paste the entire article... 'just quoted the relevant bit.) And I quite agree with them, in that high quality global journalism requires investment. So does my art!
  21. Since when did Stilton have a sell by date?! :D

    1. Flea

      Flea

      lol, why did this appear on my profile? :P

      Good point though. Cheese is supposed to be aged

  22. Hot chocolate instead of beer before sleep. Now there's a novelty! ('Quite nice, actually...)

  23. "On the run"

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