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"Real" Life Artwork (No Photography)

Real Life Art - Paintings, Sketches, Drawings, etc.

Featured Work

Wedding Couple Pencil Portrait (Commission) by Jo Holden

Graphite Pencil (2B to 8B) on A4 190gsm UPM Digi bright white paper. Featured in “Works on Paper” and “Real Life Artwork (No Photography)” October 09.
amber eyes by koop27

A colour pencil portrait of a young tiger. / 12.5” x 18” in size, I have drawn it on smooth 180gm paper and used Derwent “Cumberland” coloured pencils.
Grizzly Bear by Texaslady60

I have been wanting to paint this big bear for a long time , and to get back to Oils again .. Watercolors have been pretty much my main medium for so long I missed slapping paint on a Canvas.. This week was a good one.. / 30X40 Oil on Canvas.
Crimson Rosella by Philip Holley

Acrylic, watercolour pencil and pastel on watercolour board. Original SOLD!
Boundary by Fred Smilde

16”X20” water mixable oil on stretched canvas
Tired Young Lion by ArtsandDogs

Colored pencil, 20×30 cm, Hahnemühle paper white, 2009 by www.arts-and-cats.de, thanks to T.Retterat for the nice reference

Recent Work

You missed a spot! by koop27

My second attempt at colour pencils, this is also the first time I,ve ever drawn a leopard and omg it was difficult! Drawn on smooth paper with Derwent coloured pencil it measures 450mm x 320mm. So far this drawing have had 724 views.
Shelties and Moggies by Heidi Garner

The owners of these pets had quite a few portraits done of their array of Shelties. This portrait included their two cats because these 4 were the playful ones that always were on the go, getting into all sorts of mischief. / Derwent Artists colour pencils and white gouache on mat board. 36×45cm 2007 Commission. Has been featured in ‘Cats and Dogs’ group.
Self Portrait in my Kitchen by Randy Sprout

6:00 AM in my Kitchen 8X10 Pen and Ink on Water Color Paper : It started simply enough. It was going to be a cartoon like Jazzy’s. Then it got reflective and very sad, kind of like real estate and the economy. Dangerous to put a mirror infront of me now when I have a sharpie pen.
Peggy's Cove Frozen In, Chance of Snow by Randy Sprout

9X12 Pen and Ink Sketch on Strathmore Water Color Paper hit with water color washes and acrylic highlights. This was the coldest day in April and this part of Peggy’s Cove was frozen over but still showed reflections and the wild sea beyond. Tough light.
Water Lilly Bed by Randy Sprout

9X12 Acrylic Sketch on Canvas: I grew up on this lake in Emmetsburg, Iowa watching these Lotus flowers and now back for a visit, I decided to try and capture the differing layers within this subject. First are the floating pads on the surface, then the fluttering pads hanging from the stalks, the heavy shadows under these hanging pad, lotus blossoms themselves, and finally all the reflections and ripples in the lake surface. Lots to look at in only an hour quick study. This kind of works from about 8 foot away, so I am encouraged. Of course I have much grander ideas like incorporating the thousand of fire fly that I saw here last night. But we will see if it gets the better of me, since I have some time now to really study this scene.
Mike by Robyn Bradshaw

Oil on canvas / 40cm by 80cm
Passion by Robyn Bradshaw

Passionfruit flower / Acrylic 40 cm by 40cm
Akirose by Robyn Bradshaw

Acrylic with oil glaze over background / 60cm by 45cm
the Kids by cdcantrell

my Kids / Acrylic on canvas / 16×20
Portrait study 14 by Richard Tuvey

Pen, ink and wash portrait study. Drawn with a wooden stick using printers ink and petrol as the medium.
Early Harvest by Lynda Robinson

Charcoal on textured pastel paper – 50cm x 35cm The reference for this charcoal drawing was a very old and very small black & white photo taken on one of those old Box Brownie cameras!!!! The ‘binder’ operator is a friend’s grandfather and the property where this harvest is taking place is called ‘Fairlight’, at Milbrulong in New South Wales. I did this drawing in 1992 and it won a major award at the Royal Melbourne Show. (Another version of this drawing ended up in Washington). Featured in Colour me a Rainbow (black) – Sept 2009 / Featured in The Best of group – Oct 2009
Forgotten by Colin Trebble

Watercolor on paper

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About This Group

The group has been formed to encourage “real” life Artwork like, Paintings, Sketches, drawings, Pastel sketches etc. The painting should not be enhanced or modified using digital techniques.

Please ensure that all the artworks being entered into the group challenges are submitted for moderations to the group. As noted in the rules, Digital Art will be rejected without notice. We believe there are other groups for this work.

This is a sister group to “Real” Life Photography.

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Group Hosts Rahul Kapoor And Joseph Rieg

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