Bifocals

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Cataract surgery took me from everything blurry to 20/20 distance, and I need a little boost on close in things. Get it done.

[Al Agnew]

On 10/8/2024 at 7:19 AM, dan hufferd said:

My uncle has the same issue, he got that surgery, and it helped for several years but he is back to glasses, they are a lower power. You are a great artist, if it gets tough you could switch over to impressionism instead of realism and still be great (that's an art joke no one will get).

I could not do transitions either they jack with my peripheral vision too much, I would rather just look over or under the line.

Off topic, have you heard of an artist by the name of David Gray? www.davidgrayfineart. I don't care for the nude painting, it seems like art has to go there, I don't understand, anyway I like many of his Alla Prima studies.  

 

He is the reason I don't paint😃I love his work and envy his talent....someday I'll have to time to practice more.

Have not seen his work before.  I like his still lifes.  I love good nude paintings, but his don't particularly appeal to me.  I've done a few nudes in the past.  It's a celebration of the beauty of the human body, even some human who isn't a Playboy model, and a challenge for the artist.  It's actually harder to do good nude human paintings than to do wildlife paintings, because we all know more about what our bodies look like than we do the body of a mountain lion, so we are better judges of paintings of the human body.  And by the way, it's one of the reasons I don't like tattoos; I think they detract from the attractiveness of the body itself (just one of many reasons, however, sorry all you inked people).

[dan hufferd]

8 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

Have not seen his work before.  I like his still lifes.  I love good nude paintings, but his don't particularly appeal to me.  I've done a few nudes in the past.  It's a celebration of the beauty of the human body, even some human who isn't a Playboy model, and a challenge for the artist.  It's actually harder to do good nude human paintings than to do wildlife paintings, because we all know more about what our bodies look like than we do the body of a mountain lion, so we are better judges of paintings of the human body.  And by the way, it's one of the reasons I don't like tattoos; I think they detract from the attractiveness of the body itself (just one of many reasons, however, sorry all you inked people).

I love faces, the only thing about his work I don't care for are the posses are highly controlled, much like the artists of old. I love it when someone is captured just doing life. I understand where it comes from, there weren't always cameras. 

I'm still stuck in charcoal land, someday I would like to move to oils. I really enjoy vine charcoals for the first layer, they are real for giving, it makes it fun.

I have a tough time cloistering myself for the time, Doug Hall is a local well know artist and outdoorsman in my area. 

He has learned to make a living at it. He is a great guy too. He lives in a log cabin he built himself. 

If you ever find yourself in the SW corner of Missouri you should look him up, I would bet you would get along well.

I think he has bifocals too

https://showmetheozarks.com/2018/11/02/doug-hall-an-artists-roots/

 

[tjm]

Doug is nice guy. Didn't realize he'd gotten so famous or so old looking. 

[dan hufferd]

13 hours ago, tjm said:

Doug is nice guy. Didn't realize he'd gotten so famous or so old looking. 

I was flinging arrows a lot when Doug was just getting started painting, he had a class I want to got to so bad, but I never did.

Maybe I just don't want it bad enough.

[tjm]

He lives   near me and his mom taught my kids in school, long time ago. I used to stop into his shop a lot before the wind took it down. But, haven't seen him for a few years, I keep thinking I'll stop up there  for a shoot, but then Sunday comes and I forget.

[Terrierman]

If your eye doctor says you need cataract surgery, just do it, no question about it.  Have some good sunglasses for afterwards.  You'll want them and be happy overall.