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Keeping velvet tiki art alive...? TWO PIECES ARE WRAPPED! YEAH! |
Sneakytiki
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From: Boise, Idaho
|  Posted: 2008-12-14 05:07 am Permalink
Bitchin pastelles Robb!!!!
I hope you are feeling better soon!
ST
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Robb Hamel
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From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-12-14 08:18 am Permalink
Duddy, foamy, Sneaky: thanks guys, I'm thrilled you like 'em. I forgot to mention that they are all 8x10. I sold one last night at the Daddy Katz Xmas party to the wonderful Michelle and Eric!
I describe this new shop in Gen Tiki if anybody wants another reason to believe Tiki may have a healthy future.
Sneaktiki, thanks for the concern. I'm feeling much better now, just a little exhausted.
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Black velvet Tiki art for those who are
tired of those pesky acrylic paintings!
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hewey
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From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2008-12-14 6:03 pm Permalink
Wow man, I LOVE the tiki in the jungle! Very nice! I would really like to see some progress shots of the pastels
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2507
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2008-12-14 6:22 pm Permalink
Robb, These pastels are just something else! When I look at that center one  I swear I can smell the jungle...I can hear the bugs and the birds all around.
DYAMN FINE WORK SIR!
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SufferinSimon
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Joined: Jun 15, 2003
Posts: 75
From: The Enchanted Isle of Dayton, Ohio
| Posted: 2008-12-14 10:02 pm Permalink
Quote:
| On 2008-12-14 08:18, Robb Hamel wrote:
I sold one last night at the Daddy Katz Xmas party to the wonderful Michele and her fiancee Eric! |
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Michelle was just struck by it ... it's an incredible piece Robb, not to mention our first piece of original artwork. I'm looking forward to chatting again soon.
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jfrancis
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Joined: Dec 16, 2008
Posts: 16 | Posted: 2008-12-16 11:41 pm Permalink
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Sneakytiki
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Joined: Mar 31, 2003
Posts: 1795
From: Boise, Idaho
| Posted: 2008-12-17 04:35 am Permalink
Hey Robb,
I did a few pastelles of Lei-Ladies a couple years back.
Here is a detail of one:
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I'm stoked you are feeling better!
ST
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Sneakytiki
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From: Boise, Idaho
| Posted: 2008-12-17 04:38 am Permalink
double post
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Robb Hamel
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From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-12-17 06:39 am Permalink
Mucho thanks everyone. I'm glad people like my little sketches.
jfrancis - they're all pastel on 8x10 black paper, nothin' else.
sneakytiki - nice pastel, you definitely captured a good feminine quality. You should do more of 'em.
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little lost tiki
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From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2008-12-17 08:56 am Permalink
Looks like you grabbed another medium and nailed it! My fave,as you know,is the bottom one-in the dark ravine....silent and still....
aaaaaah!
I'm with Babs...i can hear the bugs and smell the vegetation too!
Great job! Your playfulness and looseness are giving birth to some great drawings! Robb's BACK!
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jfrancis
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Posts: 16 | Posted: 2008-12-18 01:13 am Permalink
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Robb Hamel
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Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2008-12-29 2:16 pm Permalink
I'm feelin' the pastel vibe and have decided to FREAK!
I'm going to work on 4-5 11x14" pastels at the same time and post progress shots. I'm shooting for fun and spontaneity and wicked ATMOSPHERE. It's gonna get chaotic here... Hell Yeah.
These are all 11x14 pastel on black paper. Hope you like 'em.
As usual, I don't have the time to make pretty thumbnails, just enough to get rollin'. I've wanted to do a canoe dealing with a wicked storm for awhile.
I think one of the sexiest looks ever for women is the lollipop afro-wearing toughgirl: smart, capable, independent, and TOO DAMN FINE! If anybody out there thinks this awesome style is RACIST or SEXEST: BITE ME HARD! It isn't, and I miss it terribly.
The itsy-bitsy sketch of two cycadish palms second from bottom right is my starting point. Will it have a Tiki? Hell if I know, or care. This pic kinda gives away that I've already gotten started.
I start rough with pastels and clean it up later. FUN first, refinement later.
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Black velvet Tiki art for those who are
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Sneakytiki
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From: Boise, Idaho
| Posted: 2008-12-29 2:52 pm Permalink
Looking good Robb! There is a lot of energy and movement in this one. What with all the diagonals and the stormy seas it is sure to be a feast for the eyes.
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hewey
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From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2008-12-29 5:55 pm Permalink
Yehhh! Im loving that stormy seas pic mate, she's looking awesome! Hmm, maybe I should whip the pastels back out again 
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little lost tiki
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From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2008-12-29 9:56 pm Permalink
Robb
gogoGadjet!
nice mood on this one..
dark and terrible and foreboding..
the tension is mind-blowing...
is that a boat?
Pam Grier and Cleopatra Jones,my bruthah!
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