Ship paintings

[Vegaskip]

On 2/26/2019 at 8:39 AM, Jonathan11 said:

These are wonderful and you have fabulous talent! Do you have any "American Civil War ship paintings"? Would love to see some of those also. Thank you very much for sharing. 

Sorry I don’t have any. However you have planted a seed!. So far it is a period I haven’t really looked at, so you never know.

jim

3 hours ago, cog said:

I've got a question. Since it's mostly water colour, the white horses on the sea and the white in the clouds, is it gouache or acrylic?

Gouache. I am not a Watercolourist in the true sense. I Paint using watercolour paint, but use the same technique  with oils acrylic or gouache . These days I mostly use watercolour.

 

jim

 

Edited March 2, 2019 by Vegaskip

[cog]

Thought as much, beautiful paintings though

[Vegaskip]

A destroyer patrols Scappa Flow in moonlight during WW1
Approx 18" X 9" on Mount board

Jim

[Vegaskip]

Early in the morning on Sunday 10 May 1719 HMS Worcester, HMS Flamborough and HMS Enterprise anchored off Eilean Donan and sent a boat ashore under a flag of truce to negotiate. When the Spanish soldiers in the castle fired at the boat, it was recalled and all three ships opened fire on the castle for an hour or more.The next day the bombardment continued while a landing party was prepared. In the evening under the cover of an intense cannonade, a detachment went ashore in the ships' boats and captured the castle against little resistance. According to Worcester's log, in the castle were "an Irishman, a captain, a Spanish lieutenant, a serjeant, one Scotch rebel and 39 Spanish soldiers, 343 barrels of powder and 52 barrels of musquet shot."The naval force spent the next two days and 27 barrels of gunpowder demolishing the castle.
13” X 10”
Jim

[Vegaskip]

'U' class Submarine heading up the Tay to HMS Ambrose Dundee's Submarine Base
W/C 13” X 10”
Jim

[Vegaskip]

Minesweeper HMS Halcyon and  Liberty Ship (take your pic for a name!) in ice off the Kola Inlet 
Watercolour 12” X 7”
Jim

[Vegaskip]

 Running for Home 

w/c 13”X 9”

Jim

[Vegaskip]

Inferno 

A torpedoed Tanker sinking by the bows with a corvette standing by to pickup survivors ………perhaps!
W/C 13” X 8”

 

[Vegaskip]

This afternoon's painting. Corvette HMCS Arvida and Sloop HMS Mermaid passing stores by Line 
Watercolour 13” X 10”

Edited March 17, 2019 by Vegaskip

[ChadB]

On 2/26/2019 at 3:10 AM, Vegaskip said:

Sorry I don’t have any. However you have planted a seed!. So far it is a period I haven’t really looked at, so you never know.

jim

Ironclads!

Amazing work as always Jim! I haven't checked in for a while so it was very enjoyable going back and seeing all the paintings I hadn't seen yet. This is definitely one of my favorite MSW posts. Thanks for sharing!!!

 

Chad

[Vegaskip]

Thanks for commenting Chad. I’ve been looking a Civil War stuff, and it looks interesting, so a good chance I’ll get round to doing something. 

Latest one 

German Heavy Cruiser 'Prinz Eugen' escorting the Battleship 'Bismarck' (right) into Grimstadfjord Bergen May 1941.
13” X 9” Watercolour 
Jim

 

[J11]

You know, a book of these would be wonderful if ever offered. Be expensive to do, but well worth it for your creativity and beauty with these. 

[Vegaskip]

1 hour ago, Jonathan11 said:

You know, a book of these would be wonderful if ever offered. Be expensive to do, but well worth it for your creativity and beauty with these. 

Twenty years younger and a great deal better off and I might have considered it Jim

[lmagna]

I have of course no idea of your age Jim, but I think your work is plenty good enough to make up a 81/2 X 11 portfolio, and I know for certain I would be buying  at least one copy!

[J11]

Put me down for a copy!

[Louie da fly]

On 3/20/2019 at 12:04 AM, ChadB said:

On 2/26/2019 at 10:10 PM, Vegaskip said:

Sorry I don’t have any. However you have planted a seed!. So far it is a period I haven’t really looked at, so you never know.

jim

Ironclads!

Pre-Dreadnoughts!

 

The list could go on forever . . . 😉

 

Steven

[Vegaskip]

This afternoon's 'Maritime adventure' a 'U' Class submarine during WW2 sunset or sunrise? Either way he'll be diving soon.
13” X 9”

[Vegaskip]

My first Civil War stuff.

USS St Clair and. 'City' Class Gunboat on the Mississippi 

13” X 9”

jim

[lmagna]

Nice start Jim

 

One thing is for certain if you continue painting from this era and location there is an almost endless supply of subject material just in the "Tin clad" ships. It seems that every one of them was unique in some way or another.

[Vegaskip]

Im 'reading' an audiobook about the war on the Mississippi. So I’m learning about Tin, Wood and even Cotton Clad Ships.however, I’ve started the next one, see below

jim

Edited March 26, 2019 by Vegaskip

[J11]

Wonderful Tinclad painting and look forward to more of these. If you need images or more information on any Civil war ship Union or Confederate I have extensive research and data with images. Here's NO #8 Union Tinclad which a friend of mine is building a model of using a older wooden kit as the basis. Your painting of them is very concise, thank you for posting your new work.

 

 

 

[lmagna]

6 hours ago, Vegaskip said:

I’ve started the next one, see below

Well some would possibly say that the CVE could be considered as the tin clads of WWII.

[J11]

Here's the most up to date model which I made of the CC Arkansas, she didn't last but two months during her life but was a tough ship. If you have the time for some art work of her would be fantastic. 

[John Allen]

16 hours ago, Vegaskip said:

started the next one, see below

This one was used at the battle of Vicksburg.

[Vegaskip]

Grumman Avenger launches from a Royal Navy Escort Carrier on Convoy duty in Arctic waters. 
Watercolour 13” x 9”
Jim

[Vegaskip]

Avengers of 849 Squadron from HMS Victorious taking part in Operation Meridian, part of a series of British air attacks directed at Japanese-held oil refineries on Sumatra. Meridian had two phases: Meridian One on 24 January 1945 and Meridian Two on 29 January. As a result, the critical aviation fuel output of the plants at Palembang was reduced by seventy-five percent.
Jim
WC 13” x 9”

[ccoyle]

Learned another new thing today -- had never heard of Operation Meridian. Thanks for sharing!

[Vegaskip]

Worth Googling  'British Pacific Fleet'. All sorts of things from sinking Japanese Cruisers in Singapore Harbour with Midget Submarines to  Cutting important underwater telephone cables by the same. 

jim

[Vegaskip]

Not strictly Marine, but it is Search and Rescue
Another commission from my friend in Blairgowrie. It is of a Wessex HAR2 SAR helicopter from 'B' Flight 22 Squadron at RAF Leuchars flying low near Craighall gorge just a few miles north of Blairgowrie. 
W/C A3
Jim

[Vegaskip]

Mekong Delta 

Stop and search PBR investigates a Sampan covered by a Huey.
W/C 15” X 11”