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PostPosted: Aug 04, 2011 04:31    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Hello
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PostPosted: Aug 06, 2011 09:48    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Many thanks to Susan Robinson for deciding to feature me in Rocks & Minerals!

I finished this one yesterday. I based it on a up-close shot of a 1 cm creedite crystal in a cluster of smaller ones. It stood out because of its size, color, and many crystal faces

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Mina Navidad, Abasolo, Durango, Mexico
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PostPosted: Aug 06, 2011 17:11    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Stunning!

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PostPosted: Aug 10, 2011 13:39    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Here is another 4x5" painting in acrylic. It is based on a cabinet sized calcite from China. Jordi had suggested it was from Daye mining area, Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei, China. I have seen two other smaller specimens that look the same labeled as "Leiping, Hunan, China" and "Hunan, China." Whatever its exact origin, I love the way this one turned out. It is based on a 2x2cm crystal group. Since I just snipped the photo to isolate the group, I had to improvise the cleavage and limonite at the base from looking at the underside of the larger specimen.

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PostPosted: Aug 10, 2011 17:16    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Superb!
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PostPosted: Aug 10, 2011 17:36    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Thanks! Maybe something blue next.
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PostPosted: Aug 12, 2011 07:44    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

No matter what colour comes next - you are a really talented painter, congratulations! Some time ago we had a discussion here on FMF about painting/drawing skills because i used to make pencil drawings (surrealism, portraits of people and dogs), but i never dared to draw minerals. Now that i've seen your paintings, i think i should leave this to you :-) Great!!!
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PostPosted: Aug 12, 2011 12:09    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Tobias

Your beautiful paints are dispersed through different threads in FMF. Why you don't create your own thread in this new section and you share your art with us? ;-)
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PostPosted: Aug 12, 2011 15:40    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Well, thanks for that offer, Jordi, but we are a mineral community, and my drawings are not related to minerals, i don't think they really belong to this forum, or what do you mean? And wasn't the new thread created for MINERAL art? ;-) But if somebody is interested, i won't refuse to show some of my drawings.
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PostPosted: Aug 12, 2011 16:05    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Sorry Tobias, I supposed you SHOULD have some drawing related with minerals! ;-)
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PostPosted: Aug 14, 2011 08:24    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

I must confess that i don't. Actually i only made ONE single mineral drawing about ten years ago as a birthday gift for my uncle, so i don't have it anymore for scanning and publishing it. All my other work was mostly surrealism and some portraits.

But no problem: When i see Turbo's (and the other's) work here, i know that our FMF community doesn't run out of talented artists :-)

Nevertheless i promised myself: If i should find time and mood for drawing again, it will definitively a specimen from my collection that will act as a model to me ;-)
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PostPosted: Aug 14, 2011 11:31    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Really beautiful, Turbo - you captured the luster just superbly!!! Cheers!

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PostPosted: Aug 15, 2011 16:22    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Thanks, Tobias and Darren!

I finished this one today. I don't consider this one to be a fantasy specimen because it still faithfully depicts celestite. However, the actual specimen (regretfully) does not exist. I simply took two crystals from two different Madagascar celestite specimens I have and brought them together for a nice aesthetic representation. I was wary of embarking on this one because it involved the most manipulation, but decided to go for it since it did not violate my philosophy against creating new species, colors, or unnatural mineral combinations. Enjoy.

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PostPosted: Aug 25, 2011 18:56    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Well here is number six. Probably the last one I can do before school starts again. I went looking through my older photos and liked my danburite shot so much I decided to paint it. The original crystal is 4.5cm long. From Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Enjoy.

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PostPosted: Nov 12, 2011 19:39    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

I found some time to squeeze in another painting with my busy schedule. This is gypsum on halite from Peru.


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PostPosted: Nov 26, 2011 22:28    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Hopefully the color comes up right. It's hard to scan these well. I've wanted to paint an apatite for a long time. This little guy was just over 1cm long.


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Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
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PostPosted: Nov 27, 2011 05:13    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Ouch! Stunning. Absolutely stunning!
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PostPosted: Apr 30, 2012 16:33    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

This is my latest painting. The subject was a little Thomas Range topaz I picked up at the Delaware show this year.


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PostPosted: Apr 30, 2012 18:06    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Superb! So much detail on a small painting. Well done!
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PostPosted: Apr 30, 2012 18:15    Post subject: Re: Mineral Illustration  

Thanks! I ruin a fine tip paint brush with each painting.
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