The art of #boatober2022. Well, my art from boatober…

[amish rob]

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Day one.

[amish rob]

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Day two.

[amish rob]

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Day three.

[Paul Pless]

lovely work rob
especially like day 8 and day 12

[amish rob]

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Day four.

[Breakaway]

Vahry noyce!


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[David G]

Most enjoyable. Keep 'em coming, please.

[pez_leon]

They look great! I'm impressed.

- James

[amish rob]

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I’ve been “working hard” at learning to quickly capture likenesses, lately. And to quickly figure out proportion and composition, and it’s helped a lot to become quicker.

Like anything, art is just about learning some tools and then practicing with them until you become skilled. Being my own work, I can only see all the areas I’d like to improve.

The thing that makes it easiest to go quickly is using digital art. I don’t have to wait for anything to dry before I move on to the next thing, and I can erase stuff to my heart’s content with the “back” button.

The downside to working digitally is everyone assuming the work is done by the app, or that I use a bunch of tools or helpers to make the art. No tricks to these. I sketch them out by hand, then color them by hand, just like a regular piece of art; except I have any color I want, and as much of it as I need.

[amish rob]

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Day 24 is done, Man. Whoo-hoo!

[amish rob]

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HMS Endeavour. The last day of boatober2022. I had a great time,many I hope you all enjoyed them.
Maybe we’ll do it all again next year?

[Peerie Maa]

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HMS Endeavour. The last day of boatober2022. I had a great time,many I hope you all enjoyed them.
Maybe we’ll do it all again next year?

Nice work.
For the avoidance of confusion, that replica at Whirtby is

Our authentic replica of HMS Endeavour - which was sailed by Captain James Cook during his scientific expedition of 1768 - has been traditionally built by Whitby craftsmen and stands in the water some 40% of the ships original size.

There is now also a full size static steel copy at Whitby.

[amish rob]

Oops! I didn’t explain that #boatober2022 is a drawing “challenge” for the month of October issued by an internet friend of mine. The idea is to draw (or paint, or sculpt, I suppose?) a boat (or boats) every day from a photograph prompt he provides. The plan is to finish one a day for the duration, if my hand holds up.

Today’s challenge is a doozy!

[amish rob]

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And, Day 14…

[michigangeorge]

I keep searching for that damn 'like' button :-)

[Canoeyawl]

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And, Day 14…

'Tis good, really good...

Now if it just had a few sea gulls flying by (I hate that) it could sell to the masses, or hang in a seafood restaurant

[amish rob]

Probably. The lady who took the photo is from Cornwall, so it’s possible. I don’t really know anything more than that the prompt was Day 24 of boatober as provided by my online art friends.

[amish rob]

It’s been a pleasure sharing these with you all. Thanks for the kind words, everyone. See you in October.

[Spot]

It’s been a pleasure sharing these with you all. Thanks for the kind words, everyone. See you in October.

It's been a pleasure for us as well! Many Thanks!

[Hwyl]

It's been a pleasure for us as well! Many Thanks!

I printed 3 or 4 and sent them to Jamie. I somehow feel that he liked them. I'm sure that they were much more appreciated than my chatty letters, I don't really do chatty.

[Canoeyawl]

It’s been a pleasure sharing these with you all. Thanks for the kind words, everyone. See you in October.

Dude!
Shirley you will visit before frikkin' October?
If only for a doodle...

It is interesting comparing Endeavor's tidy cat 21st century backdrop to what might have been 2-1/2 centuries ago
The planet is crowded, Ramshackle is dead, and I miss it.
It has always been my challenge to create a thing that looks 100 years old as soon as it is finished but not in a faux way, in an authentic way.

[nrs5000]

Thanks for posting these, I am enjoying them!

[Boatbum]

I particularly like "Day four"

[amish rob]

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Some technical difficulties with the tablet delayed day 5 for a while, but I hustled through, and it’s done. Well… done enough. On to Day 6!

[amish rob]

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And the hits keep coming! I’m really starting to like the paintbrushes more than the colored pencils. Which, the best part of doing art digitally is I don’t have to store it.
I already have enough crap piled up around here I can’t get rid of.

[amish rob]

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More mud boats. Mud boats! Hehehehe.

[amish rob]

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Day 6 is a wrap.

[timo4352]

Very nice Rob...

[Woxbox]

Great work. Thanks for sharing.

[amish rob]

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Day 16, but who’s counting?

[amish rob]

I joke with my friend Doug, who devised the boatober “challenge”, that I’m too reticent to let go. I plan to eke this out for the rest of the year.

Which makes me feel,better about slowing WAY down in the output. Hahaha.

I’m well pleased you all are enjoying them, because I sure am. It’s only in the last few years that I even realized I could draw and paint nautical subjects. The first thing I’m doing after boatober is another hyper-realism colored pencil piece with lots of water.

[dwr9]

Love em all! Doug

[sp_clark]

Wonderful stuff!

You maybe accept commissions?

[amish rob]

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Day 17. I’ll keep posting until the month’s worth of prompts are done.

[amish rob]

I am reticent to speak about any business here, in deference to the rules. I simply wish to share these with everyone, because… boats!

I would absolutely love to have a reason to draw boats, other than just for fun, though. Ahem.