Think Draw - Picture - Blown Off Course

Title: Blown Off Course
created on 22 Nov 11

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Comments on this picture (32):
1. pollyesther wrote: WOW! A masterpiece!
2. chelydra wrote: inspired by hjjr
3. five wrote: very dramatic
4. clorophilla wrote: great impact
5. gair wrote: So beautifully done!
6. DebbieBreau wrote: WOW!!! What a beautiful pic...so real, Can feel the storm and the fear of being on the ship...Would be a great painting eh.
7. Normal wrote: Just stupendous! Powerful.
8. chelydra wrote: They were aiming for Virginia and landed about 500 miles to the north. Lucky for them a local Indian dude in this 'vast howling wilderness' came by for a chat â€” in English! (Odds about 1 in a million of that happening.)
9. chelydra wrote: When I was a kid, what I most wanted to draw was this kind of ship, but couldn't get the rigging and stuff quite right (still can't as you may have noticed, even when looking at a picture).
10. chelydra wrote: But my kind grandmother said it didn't matter, because you can feel the wind in sails in my pictures. That was the best art lesson of my life.
11. chelydra wrote: Later found a quote, I think from aLeonardo notebook: "What is the point of paint of painting a stormcloud if the storm be not therein?" Another great lesson, or maybe the same lesson.
12. chelydra wrote: But I still wish I could get the rigging a stuff right.
13. chelydra wrote: 'and' I mean. (Only one typo - my screeds usually have half a dozen.)
14. chelydra wrote: (Let's say the one in #11 was Leonardo's typo which I'm merely transcribing.)
15. bluemoon wrote: very stormy and great
16. lesley_gene wrote: Well, to the untrained eye as mine, I see a magnificent ship fighting nature...A powerful battle.
17. hjjr wrote: that ship is taking a tossing... beautiful!
18. hjjr wrote: your talent is inspiring... don't be gone long
19. Login wrote: Bon voyage. We'll miss you and await your return.
20. Login wrote: An exciting drawing ... so real ... not looking for the rigging ... awed by the beautiful ship and the turbulent sea.
21. Lizzi wrote: This picture succeeds in making me grateful that I am not on it in that storm!
22. Chrissyjoy wrote: This is stupendous! Wow... this is one mighty storm!
23. marius wrote: Did not notice rigging is missing. My vote: that detail is not needed. Beautiful picture. : )
24. minime2767 wrote: Awesome! This is one storm I would like to be in!
25. stevedover1965 wrote: Very dramatic and beautifully drawn and realised.
26. marg wrote: absolutely stunning !
27. Shanley wrote: spectacular!
28. alexischilli wrote: Amazing!
29. AFSOUTH wrote: !
30. debray wrote: Great movement and color...Awesome!
31. mum23 wrote: Wow! It looks like you came back for a while and did some more of your trademark brilliant pics. This is fantastic! You continue to inspire me...
32. boblaura wrote: You are a true artist. Bravo, bravo!