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| "Art Fink"; Ed "Big Daddy" Roth | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 24 2013, 02:16 PM (744 Views) | |
| AndyT | Jan 24 2013, 02:16 PM Post #1 |
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Ok guys -n- gal's Venturing one of my favourite subjects with the work of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. I got this kit at SMW 2011 and started to put it together but then stopped having filled and put a primer coat on. Guess I had been waiting for some inspiration. Well the spark has at last happened & I'm starting to get this kit painted ready to be displayed. I have decided that I do not want to paint RF in the same format as previously seen and wanted to do something a bit different with him. Ed Roth was a wonderful artist, so in his honour I transposed Rat to Art - I got the idea from a book lent to me by Harriet about Ed and his work. In the book there is a picture of a painting of RF standing at an easel with a mirror in one hand and a brush in the other doing a self portrait - however the picture on the canvass is not RF but Ed Roth. Anyway lets see how I get on ............... |
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| AndyT | Jan 24 2013, 03:44 PM Post #2 |
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Thanks to Harriet, I managed to pick up a miniature easel & canvass for £1 and spent last night slightly modifying & weathering it. I then made a scale artists paint palette (by eye) together with some brushes and a mahl stick from cotton buds. ![]() ![]()
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| AndyT | Jan 24 2013, 05:27 PM Post #3 |
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For RF's skin tone I used Tamiya PC-8 light green - he needed to look like he was in the studio, so I guessed he would be dressed in dungarees. ![]() Next I took a used cotton bud, cut off the ends and dipped the tip of the tube in a dark paint and the flicked it at the bottom half of the model. Success this gave the desired paint splatter I wanted and I would do the lighter colours once I had the washed denim look painted on the dungarees. I now filled in the RF letters with a yellow colour. ![]() |
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| Harriet | Jan 24 2013, 05:35 PM Post #4 |
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Do you want a couple of red eyes for him? |
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| AndyT | Jan 24 2013, 07:34 PM Post #5 |
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No ~ still have mine in the box But thanks for the offer |
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| foxy | Jan 24 2013, 10:58 PM Post #6 |
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Now that is funny .Nice going Andy That should make a show,poor ratty.
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| AndyT | Jan 25 2013, 03:43 PM Post #7 |
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Got some more done Trying to get the likeness of "Big Daddy" in pencil ![]() Washed denim look to dungarees ![]() ![]() |
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| AndyT | Jan 26 2013, 05:43 PM Post #8 |
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| Harriet | Jan 26 2013, 07:04 PM Post #9 |
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You clever old stick
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| AndyT | Feb 4 2013, 09:40 PM Post #10 |
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A few more twiddly bits Letter highlighting in the "Fink" style ![]() Hairy armpits ![]() Dungaree buttons & clips added for shoulder straps left & right ![]() ![]() Rear pocket added with stitching and paint brush set .....
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| Harriet | Feb 4 2013, 10:31 PM Post #11 |
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Absolutely bloody splendid Old Thing!
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| Grant | Feb 4 2013, 11:04 PM Post #12 |
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Excellent work Andy. Love the portrait. cheers Grant |
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| Mentalguru | Feb 5 2013, 08:23 AM Post #13 |
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Love it
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| AndyT | Feb 5 2013, 09:46 AM Post #14 |
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thought I would add a couple of other pictures to give a sense of scale and to show Art's brush pot!![]() ![]() |
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You clever old stick 





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