About a month ago, I posted this photo of what I think we decided was a wagon of the sort built by the Kentucky Wagon Works in the late 1870's or early 1880's.
I was going to work that view of the wagon into a painting of Fort Davis in West Texas. I managed to set aside a couple of projects this weekend and very nearly got that done, as this late-night poorly lighted photo of the canvas shows.
The color rendition in the photo isn't great, but there are a few more things to change or add before I get a decent scan of it. In the meantime, posting anything on the internet is an excellent way to spot the things that need work. The structural detail of the wagon undercarriage is one as are other incidental details that anyone familiar with the wagon would find to be the gravel in the beans, so to speak.
It seems to me that the house to the starboard might be listing ever so slightly...
Now we know why Paul in PA got second place. You forgot to tell him about the secret chili ingredient you use. "the gravel in the beans"
Very nice artwork. Without an open jar of honey nearby, I can't draw flies.
I like the painting, so far, it's just that the corner of the house to the right needs to be slightly adjusted.
It appears to be brick, and I am going to guess that it is plumb?
Dtp
> It appears to be brick, and I am going to guess that it is plumb?
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[sarcasm]THEY DIDN'T HAVE PLUMBING BACK THEN
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You must be standing stiff legged on the side of a hill
It's not listing, it's an old house that's settled more on that side.
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> It appears to be brick, and I am going to guess that it is plumb?
The actual building is adobe and I'm sure that the walls are reasonably plumb in real life. I'm sure that I'll spend more time looking at the canvas, but I can't say that it really bothers me that the wall is distorted a bit. Part of the distortion in the image that I posted is from the camera. I didn't correct the perspective in Photoshop before cropping.
On the other hand there is a small divergence of the line of that building corner and it's an easy enough thing to adjust. If it bugs your eye, it may bother someone else's.
and that's what you get when you ask SURVEYORS about art. They won't even look at the picture, they'll just point out how the damn picture frame is crooked on the wall or that it isn't centered between the corner of the wall and the window frame or that it doesn't line up with the picture beside it or centered with the picture below it or that the frame for the picture beside it is wider or skinnier or that the matting is wider or skinnier. After all of that, then they'll look at the picture and tell you that the house on the right is leaning a little. You just cut to the chase by only posting the picture. Hopefully you never post a picture of the painting actually hanging on the wall.
by the way, nice painting.
🙂 :good: :plumbbob:
Grandpa Kent and Grandma Moses
Note the similarities with regard to architecture 🙂
My wife just told me that I can't fun with Kent anymore about his paintings, he's too good.
Sheesh,
Don
Grandpa Kent and Grandma Moses
> My wife just told me that I can't fun with Kent anymore about his paintings, he's too good.
Don, you obviously married above yourself. My congratulations to you and please extend my condolences to your wife. :>
Back in the good ol' days I found that my appreciation for art soared if I'd had one too many first. The building would be straight and the wagon would be floating in midair.
I'll skip the leaning house. My own house leans a good bit. Maybe you could cut the detail on the right rear wheel. Put that wheel on the other side of the underbelly of the wagon. Other than being able to see the wheel through the wagon bottom, everything looks pretty good, Kent. I especially like the opacity of the wagon cover.
Grandpa Kent and Grandma Moses
You completely charmed my wife with that response and she agrees with your assessment.
I would be obliged if you could keep your suave Texas butt out of California.
Thank you,
Don
