Hmm....I have 2 months left to finish 35 big drawings (including at least 2 weeks for framing) for an art exhibition and so far I've done
about 10 drawings in the size of an A3.
Since the exhibition area is the old ruin from Scarsdale Hall (some of you have seen it in my
gallery here...I've got an endless amount of shots from it) the walls will make framed A3
drawings look like stamps, so from today I'm going for a bigger size, A2.

The subjects I've done so far have been mostly local and I have a few more of that kind to do.
But since I have the skills to do a lot more than just landscapes, old ruins and flowers I want
to make sure this exhibition covers as many subjects as possible. It will be the introduction to
get Artfinity (my business) opened, which means that I need to cover all the areas that I know
I can do.

And I need subjects. I need ideas. To put it short - I need your help.
Because I'm lacking inspiration, which is not a good thing when you have a deadline.
What I could use is photos of still life, animals, people, architeture and anything else that
might be available. Unless I make a drawing or a painting on commission I never use a
photo for anything but inspiration.
If you have anything deep in your treasure chest that I could use for this purpose and that would
lead to a finished drawing, you would be given credit for the final result.
I've got about 3,000 photos in my backups and nothing will ring a bell. It's pathetic, really. But
you get blind easily when you stare at the same thing for too long.

The exhibition will be during July 15-16 and from what I understand I've had a permission from
English Heritage that can be very difficult to get. This ruin is located in the middle of the village
here and most of it's closest neighbors are retired and enjoy the silence. Which is why the
grounds to the Hall are never used for any events. And this opportunity is something I don't
want to blow. If the exhibition goes well, I will do a one week long exhibition during August as
well, arranged by English Heritage themselves and at the same location.

And the best thing of it all - my son will be here for a week in July. YAY!
I haven't seen him in over 2 years, so that will be another highlight.
Ok...enough rambling.

If anyone is interested to hand over some leftover piccies, or take some new shots for me for
this purpose, please let me know :)

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Hello Christa, I am not a very well skilled photographer but ...have a few nice pics...If you wish...please let me know, here is my E mail drachshtul @rogers.com

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I'm not sure what subjects you are looking to draw. Have you browsed through all the photos submitted to ArtFinity? Pick a theme and Picture Google it. Lots of ways to find inspiration but I know there is a point of burnout and it can be hard to become inspired. Good luck Christa!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Thanks guys :D
Kort....nopes. I haven't browsed through anything except from the gallery that Doug have here
since he was kind enough to give me the permission to use whatever I found appropriate.

And I'm looking for...um...that something I know what it is when I see it...LOL
Just kidding, but that's how it feels right now.

I think most of all I need still life and things that you cannot connect to a location, unless
it's actually from the UK.
 If that makes any sense at all?

C - who's drawing stairs today

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

Thanks guys :D
Kort....nopes. I haven't browsed through anything except from the gallery that Doug have here
since he was kind enough to give me the permission to use whatever I found appropriate.

And I'm looking for...um...that something I know what it is when I see it...LOL
Just kidding, but that's how it feels right now.

I think most of all I need still life and things that you cannot connect to a location, unless
it's actually from the UK.
 If that makes any sense at all?

C - who's drawing stairs today

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

Thanks guys :D
Kort....nopes. I haven't browsed through anything except from the gallery that Doug have here
since he was kind enough to give me the permission to use whatever I found appropriate.

And I'm looking for...um...that something I know what it is when I see it...LOL
Just kidding, but that's how it feels right now.

I think most of all I need still life and things that you cannot connect to a location, unless
it's actually from the UK.
 If that makes any sense at all?

C - who's drawing stairs today

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

Here are the last 2 flowers...

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Beautiful roses, Tofi :D

Thank you :)

Christa

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This could be almost anywhere, right? :)

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Yawp....sure could :)

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

Maybe a bird on the wing from a ship at sea?

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Perhaps a teapot set to boil?

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

hehe....I might snatch that bird and put him in a different enviroment all together ;)
That's the beauty with art - you can rearrange things in any way you want :D

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

Feel free. Heheh, he was snatched from another photo anyway...thought it might add interest to that sunset. You caught me!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

I Love your black cat.....here are some of my 5 lil dogs

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Oh my goodness, how cute....LOL
If you have any more photos of them, feel free to post them :D
To make a drawing of a pet or a person it takes good lighting and good detail.
Close up shots are best :)

Kort - sunsets works best for paintings. They tend to appear very flat as drawings unfortunately :(

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

Right...well, not sure what I can provide...feel free to use anything in my gallery for inspiration.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

I'm sure I can find something :D I'll do some browsing and then I'll ask if I find something :)

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

Later I will go through some older files. I think we can make this happen.

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."

I could sing a song for you about that piccie, Doug....but it wouldn't make any sense..

Great shot though and I might just use a part of it or two :thumbupboth:

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Start singing then .... lol
off to work

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."

"Två små fåglar på en gren, satt och pissa fotogen...." :lol:

You don't wanna know what that means...heh

Have a great day at work :D

C - who's off to finish a drawing

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

This Brownie and Lily

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This Dady Tofi

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This is Dady Tofi

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This is my last suggestion.

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Tofi - thank you :D
I might just use one of your photos of your dogs for a drawing. If I do and it turns out good, you
will be able to buy it before the exhibition if you want to since it's a rather personal subject. But
that's up to you to decide :)

Thanks again :)

C.

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

Christa it would be my pleasure and honour to buy your creation with my lil doggie. Thank you for looking at my pictures. Hugs. Tofi.

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Good luck with your exhibition. Heres a couple of still life~ish shots. Theres nothing worse than no inspiration, we all need a bit of that, ....try Southern Comfort & Ginger Ale (it works a treat for me!)

Hic....Hic...

Thanks, but I think I'll do a lot better without Soco. Been there, done that for waaaay too long.

Thanks for the still life though. I might not want a drink, but I can accept the piccies :D

And Tofi, I'll let you know how it pans out. I've got more experience with drawing cats than
dogs, so that's still on an experiemental stage :) I might need all the luck I can get :)

C.

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

nothing like some shaggyT for some inspiration...:)

Maybe u can offer some er paper to the gods lol:)

maybe a portrait with some sensuous surrealism?

or maybe a masked hero?

ok, my last one for now i hope these pics help, if not just enjoy the aesthetics and if ya need any more just IM me:) it's no probs:)

The masked hero is adorable :D
Thanks for taking the time to upload all these piccies :D

Christa

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

If you like portrait format, this is my own. Hugs.

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This is my special model. Just for you Christa.

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Inspiration is what all artists wish they had in abundance!
What you need is a portfolio showing examples of your work!
Work that you can recreate proportionally.
If you are looking for still-life images I imagine you can still do a search on Renderosity for that topic.  I've shot a lot of still-life that are not posted on the web.   You can spend hours viewing members galleries.  Another suggestion is visiting a library and look for books relating to still-life either using photography or various art mediums.

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Tofi - thanks again :D

Silverhalide - I've got a big portfolio already, so that's not the problem really. This is something completely different since deadlines unfortunately won't care if the inspiration is there or not.
As for browsing galleries, yeah...you can do that all day long. It's more convinient to open a thread like this one and ask everyone at the same time if they have anything I can and are allowed to use. I'm working offline mostly right now so I don't have a lot of time left to browse everyone's piccies.

C.

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

Perhaps this might be of some assistance.

dwimmerlak - do you have a link or a picture for me too?

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

I have two orchid shots that are just begging to be paintings...a la Georgia O'Keefe...if that's what you're looking for...

Also,Deviney,(Ron),just did something recently that also would be awesome as a painting.It's called 'Lying back' or something like that.It's reminiscent of a Lempika or Erte.

I hope I'm understanding you correctly.You are looking for photos to inspire your 2D work?

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Marlene <")

Marlene S. Piskin Photography
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"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

Yep....that's correct, Marlene. I'm drying out after 10-15 drawings and end up staring at a white
sheet of paper. And that won't finish this exhibition :p

If you have a link to the piccies of orchids you can either put it up in this thread or send them to
me in a pm :)
And I'll take a peek at Deviney's work :)

C.

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Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1201938

The link is for one orchid,and this is the other...

http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1131346

And Ron's,(which blew me away...)Hope he won't mind my doing this...

http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1202235

Hope this helps. :^)
I'll see if I can think of anything else.

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Marlene <")

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"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

Thanks Marlene :D
I'll take a peek.

C.

Edit: I'm back :D Anyways....Roys picture is great, but I won't be able to do any half nekkid portraits
for this exhibition. The ladies in the church next door would probably choke on their tea if I did.
There's been a lot of questions about what kind of art I'm putting up, so it's understood that I'm
not allowed to have any bare skin involved.
Besides...Roy's image has a lot of postwork to it, which makes it in illustration.

I'd like to try out the second of your orchids though, if that's okiday with you.

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

Be my guest.Hope it works out for you. :^)

Glad I could help...been there myself.

Marlene <")

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My Blog

"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

Två små fåglar satt på en gren och pissade fotogen???  :laugh:  LMAO!!!! I have never heard that one before...but boy is it ever so catchy, LOL. Did you have any success with that drop you asked for btw?

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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hehe...figured that someone would catch up on that lil ditty
And yawp....I tried it out, but I think I'll have to do it out another day. It was not a "water-day" yesterday and today I'm having a "brick-day" :tt2:

C.

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

My bad.  I thought the image attached, but evidently it didn't.  Probably too large.  Perhaps it will work this time.....

Nope try again...

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."

It's only loading a tiny bit of the photo.
You can also add a link to the photo instead if it's really big. That might be easier :)

Christa

"Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to."

Tofi - I've got a drawing ready for you. Made it today from one of your photos of your doggies :D There's a larger image under the thumbnail in this post.

Hope you like it. I'll contact you about price etc.

Christa

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Hello Christa, I love it love it love it ...... It's gorgeous, i got your email and I did respond. Love. Tofi.

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Tofi - glad you liked it, and I've just recived your email.
Will reply asap :D

C.

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