KaleidoScope: Our own gallery for members' art work, crafts and photographs.

Grinchy

very interesting, never made the jump into digital, but i do appreciate the artform, that space pic is ace to, so many textures and colours, cool!

WelshBlue

Digital is the only way I can draw.  Give me a pencil and paper and it's stickmen.
Carpentry is the only things my hands can could make.

Which is why I'm in awe of your work

I made my own shed, and carpentry is the one thing I miss being able to do

Grinchy

 A  great shed, wish i was handy like that, i'm good at making heads and costume parts, not so good at DIY
I'm having increasing problems with cramps in my hands, makes it hard to grip the airbrush and sculpting tools, i suppose i should mention it to the drs, anyway nice work!

Neets

Amazing @WelshBlue 👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾

WelshBlue said:

Digital is the only way I can draw.  Give me a pencil and paper and it's stickmen.
Carpentry is the only things my hands can could make.

Which is why I'm in awe of your work

I made my own shed, and carpentry is the one thing I miss being able to do

Sandy_123

Loving all the different arts great shed too

WelshBlue

I should point out the shed is a few years old ... definitely beyond me now.  Vibration White Finger makes one hand virtually useless, other ailments make other things difficult/ impossible.

I still try and invariably it ends in sweat, tears and definitely blood   

@Grinchy ... your airbrushing skills are fantastic.

I had a brain wave to use a paint sprayer in my bathroom ... not such a great idea when I couldn't see the walls because of the mist 

Grinchy

Cheers @WelshBlue, appreciate it, sorry your illness stops you from making and doing stuff, gotta be carefull when spraying,             anyway nice work again, would love to see more

Grinchy

Heres another restoration i did some years ago, another predator bust, this was an official mask produced in the eighties in america, growing up i used to get a magazine called fangoria and they had adverts in for various masks and collectibles, i had it in a scrapbook, and dreamed one day i would own it,but it was several hundred dollars to import it and for a kid in liverpool it just wasn't feasible, but fast forward to the early 2000's and i found a seller on ebay who had one, it was in a sorry state, but i put a bid in and won
heres the advert
And here's the bust i received, it was badly painted and suffered with cracking to the rubber as it had been sat in a loft for some years, i was a bit disappointed but decided to restore it


here's the finished mask



I was happy to own something i was longing for as a kid, and kept it for some years before finally selling, it was a massive bust, now lives with a collector in germany

Grinchy

thank you @Beaver79, yeah it was a fun project, put my heart and soul into fixing it up, i was happy with it

Sandy_123

Looks good @Grinchy

Grinchy

thanks @Sandy_123 appreciate it x

WelshBlue

wow @Grinchy ... superb colouring.  How do you repair something like that with cracking to the rubber ?  Latex ?

Roddy

@Grinchy Fabulous work! 

Grinchy

Thanks @WelshBlue, yes a combination of latex and thin tissue to cover the cracks, then airbrushed over
Thanks @Roddy appreciate it

Strawberry1

Still loving the photos on here bravo 👏.  You are so good at what you do . Some lovely photos that make me smile which is good 👍 

Strawberry1

Thank you for sharing your lovely art work 😊 

Grinchy

there are definitely a lot of talented folks on here, thanks @Strawberry1, glad your enjoying the photos x

Pandapaws

WOW!!!!!
@Grinchy this is phenomenal! You must be so proud of this! Also great that you got something that you wanted as a child! But you made it a thousand times better. 

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Pandapaws

@WelshBlue thank you for your lovely comment. Love seeing your artwork. That cassette tape looks so real! It’s fantastic 

Grinchy

thanks @Pandapaws, i was pleased with it, originally when it came and the paintjob was a bit rushed, i was disappointed, but fixing it up and restoring it made me happy, glad its gone to a new home now, it was just to big to have on display here