Methinks DU should have an Artists Group.

[Longgrain]

I know there's a Graphic Artist Group as well as a Photography Group, now how about a place for the more physical, visual arts, you know painting, sculpture, print making, ceramics--whatever!

I tried drumming up a little support for this idea in the Lounge

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2156608

but the thread seemed to get lost among some of the silliness down there, so I thought I'd post it here.

You know the procedure by now: Ten approving nod from posters with stars and a mission statement.

I know there must be a few more creative folks out there, so come out, come out where ever you are!

[Brundle_Fly]

1. I am a painter.

[Longgrain]

2. I'll take that as a second...

Fantastic work by the way.:thumbsup:

[Skidmore]

3. That second picture is great...

reminds me of myself at that age facing my dreaded nemesis "the pea". My mom made me sit after lunch one day till I ate my peas. Stubborn little me was still sitting there at suppertime staring down a couple of tablespoonfuls of cold peas. I darned near choked on those things. Funny thing is that peas are now one of my favorite veggies.

[Brundle_Fly]

4. thank you.

the first one was done after a three day bender...it is a grotesque version of myself, to express the horror of falling off the wagon....

been sober since...although it is scary

[Jo March]

8. Brundle_Fly, that one of you reminds me of my dad

when he'd come off of a bender. That is amazing.

I like the second one better but only because it doesn't bring back sad memories. :)

[tuvor]

22. Is that oil?

Really imaginative. I could never learn to like using oil, myself. I like how the second one tells a story in one frame.

[Brundle_Fly]

5. oh this was my Halloween card.

delving into computer generated art.

[Jo March]

6. That.is.freaking.awesome.

I love it!

[Brundle_Fly]

14. I carved the same pumpkin outside too!

but the local punks smashed it

[Jo March]

18. Damn meddling kids. LOL! ;)

They all need to enlist so they can go smashy-smashy for Cheney.

[tuvor]

12. That's great.

Do you start with pen and paper for the caricature?

[Brundle_Fly]

15. pencil sketch

scan and drew the ink lines in illustrator, added colour and fluff in photoshop.

[Jo March]

7. I'd be interested in this.

My medium is colored pencils mostly but also charcoal. I'm not as good as you guys but here's a link.

www.domainofarnheim.com/myartwork

[Brundle_Fly]

11. are you kidding?

my fave is the lab puppies!

[Jo March]

13. Thanks. My favorite is "Time Flies" although it is a bit creepy

Thanks for taking a peek. :)

[Brundle_Fly]

19. sword and sheild is very cool too.

I like it's structure.

[Jo March]

24. It's dark. I'd like to hang it in the house but hubby says no

It might scare the kids!

[VioletLake]

9. Count me in.

Nice work, Brundle_Fly!

:toast:

[tuvor]

10. I paint on occasion.

Not so much "fine art" as caricature. Count me in.







More at http://www.geocities.com/disuarre/

[Dez]

16. Count me in too!

I make native pottery.

[Jo March]

17. My favorite is Lyle!

Those are great. Do you still do caricature?

[Brundle_Fly]

20. I like shandling.

[tuvor]

26. Thank you.

Big face and small features. Except for the mouth.

Caricatures are so much fun to do. You usually know when you're successful when fewer people say "who's that"?
:)

[tuvor]

21. Thanks very much!

Very sporadically, but I still love to do it.

[Longgrain]

23. Looks like we've got

almost enough people to get the group started.

We still need a mission statement though...

Something simple like...

"The DU artists group is for artists of all types to discuss and appreciate the visual arts."

Sound good?

[Jo March]

25. Sounds great to me.

I am arnheim and I approve this mission statement. ;)

[donhakman]

31. I hope your pleas work better than mine

[Jo March]

32. Wow - the difference between those two pictures is startling

I saw that beautiful tree and then scrolled down.

The second one is worthy of a museum. It says it all.

[Dez]

27. Sounds good to me! n/t

[FloridaPat]

28. I do a lot of art stuff. I could go for that.

[Brundle_Fly]

29. because that painting was very scary////

here is me sans evil



on edit: a little less evil?

[Jo March]

34. You are quite cute

Mind if I nibble on your ear?

What? Did I write that out loud?

[Brundle_Fly]

35. and me getting married

not three weeks ago.

[Jo March]

39. Oh sure. Just rain on my parade why don't you??

I am way too old for you anyway, my dear. :)

[Brundle_Fly]

41. I am way too old for you anyway, my dear.

yeah.....and regardless I am marr-i-ed gah...

I am still getting used to saying it. ma her reed

[Jo March]

48. It gets us all sooner or later. :)

Just say it over and over like a mantra. "I am married. I am married."

LOL. It will sink in eventually.

[Atman]

30. I do more than cartoons.

This is a big sofa-sized mutha. Honduras. This crummy jpg doesn't do it justice.



Portfolio Page

[Brundle_Fly]

33. that is amazing.

I think you were a little generous to elvis....although it was a dream, no?

[Atman]

36. Well, you know...it was before he got so fat

Thanks, brundle. Your paintings are awesome!

[mopinko]

37. i'm in

how about- the du art group- dedicated to the unflinching self-promotion that artists need to be superstars. or at least to ameliorating the damage done to our careers by our political activities.

[Longgrain]

38. Getting there...

Unfortunately, a couple of you don't have donor stars, so it looks like we're still going to need a few more 'yehs'.

Still got to play by the rules ya know?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=206x10

Here's another one of my old works to keep it up...



I've done a lot of cartoons too.

[MelanieArt]

40. Count me in.

Would love to see an artist's group here. :)

[Longgrain]

42. Still need one more peorson with a star...

Though by the looks of it they'll probally check in before I finish typing this...

[edhopper]

43. Here's my vote.

Thumbs up from me.

http://www.bradmarshallart.com/

[Longgrain]

44. We got nine...

Blundle_Fly
Skidmore
Arnheim
Tuvor
VioletLake
FloridiaPat
Atman
mopinko
MelanieArt

And non-donor support from

Dez
donhakman
and
edhopper

A Mission statement for everyones consideration...(thanks MelanieArt)

"The DU artists group is for artists of all types to inspire each other, and to discuss and appreciate the visual arts."

One more donor to go...

[fluffernutter]

45. I'll be #10. an art group would be great!

[Longgrain]

46. I some how knew you'd come through for me.

;-)

fluffernutter makes Ten! (Thanks fluff:hi: )

And since everyone seems to be cool with the mission statement, I'll go take this to the Mods right away!

[Beam Me Up]

47. I'm an artist, too -- but my work has no overt political content

But I would be interested to see what happens in such a group here.

I'm a painter.

Edit: fixed link.

[shance]

49. Bring on some of that Creative expression!!

Great idea.

[Longgrain]

50. Looks like we got a few more supporters

since we got together this morning.

The query for Mod approval is up at ATA right now. And can be viewed here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=120x26255



Continue to kick this up guys, and I'll let you all know whats going down.

:thumbsup: And thanks to everyone! :hi:

[SiouxJ]

51. Wow great stuff you guys!

I was an art major and I still dabble now and then so I'd be interested in this group. I was wondering when someone would get around to suggesting it ;-) .

[OnionPatch]

52. I'm an artist too!

But I don't have a website, so I can't show you my work.
Still, I'd love an artists' group.
BTW Great work, all of you!

[indigobusiness]

53. Hear, hear...I'm in favor.

Damn the philistines.

[indigobusiness]

54. Someone clued me into Alex Grey

His earlier work is more what I lean toward, but his later work is masterful, technically.



http://www.alexgrey.com/

[Cobalt Violet]

55. I'm a painter as well.

So count me in please. :kick:

[Chalco]

56. I'm a sculptor

and would be interested in an artist group

[Gryffindor_Bookworm]

57. I'm all about this!

:yourock:

[Longgrain]

58. Thanks...

and one more hearty democratic

:kick:

(off topic: I believe we've met before...the lady previously known as Walt Whitman...sounds farmilliar...")

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

59. I'd like to be a part of this...

don't have any scans to post here but I work in pastels mostly.....

[The Icon Painter]

60. Star for Arts

If you need another star, I'm your painter.

[October]

61. Me too!

I'm an artist, as well.

Posting to add extra support.

[Longgrain]

62. More than enough!

We have all we need!

And thanks everyone!

[Cobalt Violet]

63. Kick

:kick: