Vegaskip Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share #31 Posted October 23, 2017 Thanks Nils, here are another couple of beauties Printz Eugen Along with Hipper in a Norwegian FjordJim coxswain, Landlocked123, Jack12477 and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottRC Posted October 23, 2017 Share #32 Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) Jim, When I read you first post, it sounded like you just took up painting as a hobby for retirement, then I saw your work and thought man, you didn't retire, your on a career. You have all the chemistry for good nautical illustration than so many professional illustrators seem to struggle with. Most important, you have mastered perspective, depth of field, and scale. That is very hard for a lot of illustrators to do, for out of scale features stick out and throw the scene off balance. I really like your work. Scott Edited October 23, 2017 by ScottRC Hubac's Historian, Jack12477, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Current Builds: Revell 1:96 Thermopylae Restoration Revell 1:96 Constitution COMPLETED Aeropiccola HMS Endeavor IN ORDINARY Planned Builds: Scientific Sea Witch Marine Models USF Essex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share #33 Posted October 23, 2017 Thanks Scott, just a pity all this didn't happen 30 years ago. jim mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share #34 Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) Some more Square Riggers. Both paintings are on A3 16" X 10" paper jim Edited October 24, 2017 by Vegaskip trippwj, coxswain, lmagna and 15 others 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share #35 Posted October 24, 2017 Two small ones 7" X 5" Portsmouth Dockyard, a bit before my time. jim CaptainSteve, Duanelaker, Canute and 14 others 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jct Posted October 24, 2017 Share #36 Posted October 24, 2017 On 10/17/2017 at 2:28 PM, Vegaskip said: I don't consider my self an Artist, more a ship painter. Well I for one think you should...these are exceptional mtaylor, MEDDO, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Thx J In process On Hold US Brig Niagara Model Shipways Pinta ...Shipyard, card build; In the Queue HMS Endeavor...Corel; Completed builds Agilis...Steingraeber, Dual build with Popeye USS Hannah...scratch build to something between 1/72 ish and 1/60 ish scale Corel's...Half Moon; USN Picket Boat #1...Model Shipways; Model shipways...18th Century longboat.. Harriet Lane...Model Shipways Henry J Gasser Keeling-and-Clayton-mustang-funny-car Green Elephant Funny car Curtiss Sparrowhawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share #37 Posted October 24, 2017 Thanks for commenting, it's good to get feed back. I like doing thes kind of harbour scenes , but there's not a lot of reference material on service craft an dock side equipment. jim mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share #38 Posted October 25, 2017 Not ships today, but certainly 'Naval' Fleet Air Arm Phantom about to refuel from a Buccaneer a 'poster' type cartoon I did for the Centenary of British Naval Aviation. jim trippwj, lmagna, Duanelaker and 15 others 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrotten Highlander Posted October 25, 2017 Share #39 Posted October 25, 2017 I love the bit about 'the future one' Canute, mtaylor, davyboy and 1 other 4 Quote Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam Slainte gu mhath L.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share #40 Posted October 25, 2017 Just me being sarcastic about all the 'kerfuffle' the two new Carriers, and what to fly off them, catapults or VTO.and the rest of the indecision from HMGovernment. davyboy, CaptainSteve, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share #41 Posted October 25, 2017 Another a/c related painting Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam Seaplane tender USS Currytuck hoists a P5M Martin Marlin of VP-48 aboard for servicing, while another takes off. USCGC Half Moon in the distance and LST, USS Washtenaw County as depot for small craft. jim Duanelaker, CaptainSteve, el cid and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jct Posted October 25, 2017 Share #42 Posted October 25, 2017 Love the F-4s...wrenched on J, B, and N models "back in the day" nice work mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Thx J In process On Hold US Brig Niagara Model Shipways Pinta ...Shipyard, card build; In the Queue HMS Endeavor...Corel; Completed builds Agilis...Steingraeber, Dual build with Popeye USS Hannah...scratch build to something between 1/72 ish and 1/60 ish scale Corel's...Half Moon; USN Picket Boat #1...Model Shipways; Model shipways...18th Century longboat.. Harriet Lane...Model Shipways Henry J Gasser Keeling-and-Clayton-mustang-funny-car Green Elephant Funny car Curtiss Sparrowhawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share #43 Posted October 25, 2017 Thanks for commenting. I joined in 1958 and left in 1968, just as they were coming into RN service. I did however work with a fair number of A/C from the cartoon. Sea Hawk, Sea Venom, all mrks of Gannets. Scimitar, Sea Vixem, and Buccaneer. Helicopters Dragonfly Wasp Whirlwind Wessex . Now I just paint them. jim el cid, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share #44 Posted October 26, 2017 (edited) I call this 'Leading the Way' jim Edited October 26, 2017 by Vegaskip trippwj, el cid, CaptainSteve and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share #45 Posted October 26, 2017 (edited) Here's an unusual one, Marine painting with Hippos and Efelumps.Up river from the last one Konigsberg in her Lair.watercolour 16" x 12" HM ships Severn and Mersey maneuver into position in the Rufiji River in East Africa during the action against the German Light Cruiser Konigsberg in WW1 Edited October 26, 2017 by Vegaskip Duanelaker, Jack12477, Canute and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share #46 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) Here is a 'how I paint my pictures' the painting is titled "Make less smoke" Corvette admonishes elderly vessel in convoy. hope they come out in the correct order . Time taken, one afternoon approx 4 hrs. 16" X 10" jim Edited October 27, 2017 by Vegaskip Seventynet, Landrotten Highlander, Captain Poison and 18 others 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted October 27, 2017 Share #47 Posted October 27, 2017 fantastic work Jim, the sea, its foam crowns and the wake of the corvette is super realistic.... Question : how do you get the white foam on the sea where it has already been painted blue before ? Well done ! Nils Canute, Beef Wellington and mtaylor 3 Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share #48 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) I use white Gouache straight from the tube. It acts almost the same as real foam, thick, it is white, thinned it takes on the under colour. The main colour for the sea, I use Indigo, with a touch of other colours as I think necessary. I use the same painting technique whatever the medium. Oil Acrylic or W/C Jim this is what I am doing right now although I have stopped for lunch North Cape again Edited October 27, 2017 by Vegaskip Beef Wellington, Duanelaker, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share #49 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) Now 1410, most of the Destroyer in. jim Edited October 27, 2017 by Vegaskip GrandpaPhil, Captain Poison, CaptainSteve and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share #50 Posted October 27, 2017 Getting there, Canute, GrandpaPhil, lmagna and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share #51 Posted October 27, 2017 Finished. Battle of North Cape from a Destroyer's view point. Jim GrandpaPhil, Beef Wellington, BANYAN and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share #52 Posted October 29, 2017 (edited) Something different, I did this a few years ago. ' The Burning of Fort Washington' I can't vouch for accuracy it was mostly done from narrative discriptions of the event. 27 August,1814 Fort Washington on the Potomac River.A small force of Royal Navy ships Commanded by Commodore James Alexander Gordon consisting of the Frigates Seahorse 38Guns and Euryalus 36. Bomb ships Devastation, Aetna, and Meteor each with 1 X 10" & 1 X 13" mortar and the Rocket vessel Erebus. The Ships are seen here preparing to bombard the fort. after the Ships opened fire the forts Commander Capt Samuel Dyson, spiked his guns and blew up the Fort's MagazineAcrylic on canvas 31 X 15 inches Edited October 29, 2017 by Vegaskip GrandpaPhil, lmagna, Landrotten Highlander and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share #53 Posted October 29, 2017 (edited) Did this one this afternoon wanderers Albatross and Square rigger in the South Atlantic W/C 23" X 12" Edited October 30, 2017 by Vegaskip Srodbro, GrandpaPhil, Mirabell61 and 16 others 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippwj Posted October 30, 2017 Share #54 Posted October 30, 2017 Beautiful work, and a wide variety of subject matter to boot! Thank you for sharing these with us. All the best - BETAQDAVE, mtaylor, MEDDO and 1 other 4 Quote WayneNeither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.Epictetus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted October 30, 2017 Share #55 Posted October 30, 2017 What a fantastic portfolio of maritime and related art. You certainly have a talent for this. cheers Pat Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch) Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350) Built: Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share #56 Posted October 31, 2017 Pat and Wain, thanks for commenting, it makes a world of difference. Here are some more pics. Mauritania in dazzle Camoflague USS O'Brien , USS Chickopee and HMS Shah jim CaptainSteve, BANYAN, Mirabell61 and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnE Posted October 31, 2017 Share #57 Posted October 31, 2017 Oh, yes Sir, you have been to sea and obviously love her as much as the ships. Your paintings are evocative and profoundly moving in many ways. Thank you for sharing them. You have created a new admirer and customer. I very like your appreciation of service craft and the oft neglected, lonesome and forlorn, patrol boats. My heart has a warm place for Castle class trawlers. John mtaylor, Mirabell61, CaptainSteve and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share #58 Posted October 31, 2017 Thank you John, you are very kind. here is HM Trawler North Coates, if I remember right she was a castle class. A very successful design more than 150 built. Jim Captain Poison, el cid, Duanelaker and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share #59 Posted November 1, 2017 (edited) If you have been at sea, especially in the Royal Navy, some of these people may be familiar to you!. Or heaven forbid, recognise your self! Jim 1. Deck and Engineroom 2. Sickbay and Galley 3. Lady Stoker! And me ! 4. Skipper. Jimmy the 1 or Chief Office, Exec. Or just an 'Osifer'. Edited November 1, 2017 by Vegaskip paulsutcliffe, mtaylor, lmagna and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share #60 Posted November 2, 2017 A whaling painting The Chase jim lmagna, mtaylor, GrandpaPhil and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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