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Forty or fifty years ago nude self-portraits were all the rage. You could hardly walk into the studios at any university in the wee hours without finding naked people, cheap full length mirrors and six foot tall canvases. The whole thing was a little strange and restricted when and where you could take your grandmother for a campus tour. I blame Larry Rivers for the whole thing. Our friend larubia has brought that sort of thing to this site. Good for her.
Being and old guy and considerably beyond my playing weight, it is with some trepidation that I suggest a challenge – the Wet Canvas Nude Self-portrait Extravaganza. There is no prize, just the opportunity to know our fellow WC artists, perhaps better than any one would want. Here is the beginning of my contribution:
Oil on canvas, 24″ x 30.” I seldom use a hand held pallette but it seemed appropriate this time.
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[/U][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/left]]…opportunity to know our fellow WC artists, perhaps better than any one would want…Sir,
The majority of the Members of our Forum (and of any other at[FONT=serif] WetCanvas[/FONT]!) including, obviously, myself will refuse promptly this “opportunity of knowing each other better” that you are proposing.
The reason of this is that we are interested in paints, canvases, brushes and not in heavy stomachs (generally unavoidable at a certain age), anti-[FONT=serif]aesthetic[/FONT] lines or amusing positions, of the body or of the palette…That said, even if in many cases the representation could be[FONT=serif] aesthetically[/FONT] pleasant, the intense ridiculousness of many other representations would be a too an high price to be paid.
Maybe this was just a joke, I want to believe that, but please let try to be serious: we are dealing with serious matters: our creativity, our emotions, our Art.Eduardo
Sorry, strange colors appeared in this text, I was unable to get rid of them.
My Oil Painting website: http://eduardofloresoilpainter.site90.net/
My Computer Art website: http://dadofl.wix.com/eduardo-flores---computer-art
My blog
: http://meta-realism.blogspot.com/
"God gave the artist a window towards other worlds"
…If your post was sham disapproval…
No, no, it wasn’t “sham” at all, this is not my style: it was a clear disapproval expressed in a kind form, in respect towards you.
I understand that the pleasure of showing and seeing nudity is instinctive and, observed some limitations, normal; in this direction I think I can help, presenting three Brazilian beauties that I hire for posing: the first one is Crystal (in my atelié, a marvelous Caucasian specimen), the second is Lucia (golden brown skinned) and the third one is Mary Anne, with her beautiful mahogany color.
Eduardo
My Oil Painting website: http://eduardofloresoilpainter.site90.net/
My Computer Art website: http://dadofl.wix.com/eduardo-flores---computer-art
My blog : http://meta-realism.blogspot.com/
"God gave the artist a window towards other worlds"Hi Jim
You should immediatly go to the doctors and get that cist removed.
:thumbsup:
George:I reckon Picasso couldn't do jigsaws as a child
Oil Painting - WetCanvas!
The MIO is this way------->https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=599820)Wow..that looks like it is going to be another of your wonderful paintings! Great composition.I’m so impressed…….your perspective is always so brillaint..always have difficulty with that myself.
Do you want people to post their pics on this site? Looking forward to seeing the end result!:wave:
if not now, when?
http://larubia.blog.co.uk
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