Thanks guys! The paper is 11" by 14" and the image size is roughly 8" by 10". I do plan to finish it, I've just gone space happy this week!
I junked a lot of these models last year and I started rebuilding them this week. They were a mismatched melange of scales that I want to get down to one or two with 1:96 being the norm. The big Saturn v's in the pic are 1:96 and 1:100 (Estes) while the gray R-7 variants standing to their left are 1:48 and the giant Blue Geminii/MOL closest to the table is 1:24. The 51-L Challenger in the center is 1:144 and so is the pad/crawler transporter that goes with it. They'll stay at that scale as will some of the high res capsule models which are 1:24. But the rest of the boosters need to be smaller! So, since paper and ink are low, I started with the small models like Vanguard: http://www.nielspapermodels.com/vanguard.htm.
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
i second Roy - I like how the color section blends into the line drawing. Beautiful work!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Wow Becky! What size is the drawing?
I kind of like the finished front fading into the line drawing.
Regards, Roy
Wow! You've been on here since 2012 and you posted a comment for the first time because of my artwork! You're not trying to swell my head are you?
Penny, that looks wonderful. Must be nice to have talent!
Yes, the details on the model trains have always amazed me.
- Charlie
Moving along. Doing this is really giving me an appreciation of the small details carved into the boiler that all but disappear into the overall blackness of the model. Hats off to Lionel's original sculptor!
Beautiful job Becky!!
Dave
It's a TOY, A child's PLAYTHING!!! (Woody from Toy Story)
robmccI never did master to stay within the lines
Shhhh... Erasers!
Wow. Great job, Becky! You are so talented in all aspects of our great hobby! I never did master to stay within the lines.
Rob
Well, maybe there is a way. See if there's anyone displaying trains artwork at any of the train shows, hey it doesn't have to be train shows, try arts n' crafts shows as well. See what they charge for original oils, watercolors, acrylics, what have you, just to get some pricing idea. Figure out your cost of materials, figure out what your time involved is worth, build up some stock, either framed or un-framed, then rent a table or some display space at an aformentioned show, and go for it.
Maybe you can't make a living at it, but you can probably make some "hobby support" money at it. Considering your talents I think it's worth a shot.
And if I can find a way to make money with these paintings, then maybe I can get one of those stump pullin 736's! And then I'll paint it's portrait and go get a 746! And then maybe....well, I can't paint what I aint got!
Wow, the 2035 "Blockbuster!"
Now I really gotta get one of those too!
PS: I hope Angela Trotta Thomas is looking in her rear-view mirror, as great as she is she's got someone gaining on her!
You never cease to amaze us, Beck.
Very impressive. Keep us posted on your progress.
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