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On 18 Feb 2005 19:21:34 -0800,
(cyberanon) wrote:
Any ideas...? Is this even a
good idea itself?
Thanks,
D
I think it's a good idea if your draughtsmanship is up to it. "Naval
art" is an unusual combination of the realistic and the
impressionistic in that you usually have to accurately replicate the
look of the boat, the proportions and the rigging and so on, but you
can take a lot of liberties with the sea and sky and other elements.
Sailors are a weird combination of dreamers and realists, and their
choice in art tends to reflect this."War art", like oils of WWII
fighter aircraft, is quite similar, particularly when famous
encounters are depicted. Better get those serial numbers correct, but
go nuts with the clouds and sunbeams G
Same with that marine artist who did a few oils of Ted Turner's
"Tenacious"...it was good enough that I could study the painting and
figure out where all the gear on board was, but the sea state and sky
could have been completely made up!
Lastly, if there's a market for scale-model half-hulls, and there is,
I would imagine custom images of people's beloved boats would do well.
I know sailors who frame line drawings and out-of-date charts...this
should go over well.
R.
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