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"Real" Life Artwork (No Photography)

Real Life Art - Paintings, Sketches, Drawings, etc.

Featured Work

Outdoor Cafe by Mrswillow

Oil on canvas board. / The play of light and shade and the Coca Cola umbrellas was the motivating factor for this painting. t
Lake Chirwa Malawi by Shirley Roma Charlton

Acrylic painting artist owned, of Lake Chirwa in Malawi a smaller shallow lake before Lake Malawi where storms come so fast and strong winds bringing waves to this very shallow lake. / Painted on canvas. With top quality artist acrylic paints.
Winter Reflections by Mikki Alhart

This oil painting was inspired by traveling in Portland, Oregon last Christmas during the worst white out in 40 years. The awesome quite and stillness of winter with it’s snow blanket drifitng in the breeze and the nightly shawdows on the water invites mystery and quiet contemplation.
Avril by marcgrant

Pencil Drawing
Clear Lake Morning by A. F. Branco

Painting of a lake near my home. Acrylic paint on 24×20 canvas. Copyright 2009 by A.F.Branco
Misty Morning by Diko

Oil on Canvas, 40.6cm x 50.8cm The original artwork is for sale, please contact me for details
Frosty Morning Ride by Laura Barber-Riley

35cm x 40cm / Oil on box canvas. / 2008 This year I decided to paint something that I could have printed as Christmas cards for my friends and family- this was the result! It is my first attempt at a landscape piece in oils, I’m not completely happy with it but I think it will make a pretty card.
Stormy Night by Marilyn Brown

Gouche on smooth cartridge 180gsm. Original sold at; Website ~ Printed Reproductions available by taking the image link Large Black Box Framed Print shown / 406mm x 410mm / AU$189.00
Bluebell walk'... by valzart

“In the depths of the dark Woods / awaits a surprise of pure delight / as you meander through coming across / a patch of blue in a shaft of spring sunlight ”. by V.Kelly .....
wategos by maria paterson

seascape pastel by Maria Paterson / scene is one of Byron Bays beautiful beaches, Wategos beach / 2m x 1.6m the was one of my largest pastel paintings, which ended up in Okinawa resort Japan Top 10 seascape challenge Impressionist Cafe see this image in 2010 calendar, art of the northern rivers see my bubblesite
"A Man of the Land" by Lynda Robinson

Pastel on Sanded Paper (Burgundy Colourfix) 35cm x 50cm A portrait of a ‘true blue’ Aussie! (He also happens to be my husband, Peter)! I particularly enjoyed the colours in the ‘Drizabone’ coat, and the light and shade on the face. Top 10 of the ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ Challenge (January 2009) in the 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture group / Featured in the ‘Accentuate the Eyes’ group – January 2009 / Featured in the ‘Mature Men’ group – March 2009 / One of the 50 Finalists in the Australian Guild of Realist Artists ‘Australia At Large’ art competition, and ‘Commended’ – May 2009 / Finished in the Top 10 of the Portrait Challenge in the Contemporary Pastel Painters group – May 2009 / Finished in the Top 10 of the ‘Art Inspired by the one you Love’ challenge in the Inspired Art group – July 2009 / Featured in the Australia! You’re Standing in it! group – June 2009 / Featured in Buyers Club – August 2009 / 2nd Place in the ‘Lost in Thought’ challenge in the Buyer’s Club / Top 10 in the Portrait of the One you Love challenge in the Real Life Art group – November 2009
Bianca On Blue by Andy Beck

Original Painting Details: / 2008 / Acrylic on Canvas / 76×61 cm

Recent Work

Outdoor Cafe by Mrswillow

Oil on canvas board. / The play of light and shade and the Coca Cola umbrellas was the motivating factor for this painting. t
Pencil Portrait - Little Lady by Jo Holden

Graphite (2b to 8b) on A3 UPM Digi 190gsm white paper. I donated a portrait as a fundraiser for my son’s kindy. I’m so pleased that this family won the raffle – the little girl, aged 4, is just adorable and her Mum has done lots for the kindy. It was a huge undertaking though – took me ages. I’m not really happy with the scan as I think you lose detail (but this always seems to be the case!). Featured in Graphite Pencil Artists and Love For Your Children, Nov 09. Top Ten in “Best Works on Paper” Challenge Nov 09.
Frozen River by Caroline Lembke

watercolor on aquarelle paper,rough,18×24cm,original sold, the painting shows the frozen river Havel in Berlin,Germany
Purple Defiance by Constance Widen

“A thing of beauty is a joy forever: / It’s loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness…. / An endless fountain of immortal drink, / Pouring unto us from heaven’s brink.” / JOHN KEATS This painting of Jacarandas lining the road along the wine farms in South Africa has been so named because of the call to rid the country of these beautiful trees. They remain part of the South African scenery and are deeply embedded in the peoples’ psyche. I used A4 sized Canson paper, with Schmincke, Sennelier and Unison pastels.
Swallowtail 3 by Constance Widen

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” MAYA ANGELOU. 3/5 Swallowtail butterfly drawings. I’ve used 5” x 7” Bienfang paper and Prismacolor Verithin Coloured pencils.
Water Vendor by Joyce Ann Burton-Sousa

I saw a photo in a book somewhere and used it as the basis for this painting. The medium is watercolor, I use Arches cold pressed 100% cotton paper, and the dimensions of the original painting are 14 inches x 20 inches.
ghost ships by wendy mcwilliams

was really winging this, dont know ANYTHING about ships, so just relied on my imagination… / which can be vivid:)
Avril by marcgrant

Pencil Drawing
Wishing Well by BenPotter

Acrylic on Panel / Featured in First Things Group / 223 views
Lost In The Land of Dreams 1 by Patricia Howitt

About The Giclee Prints About The Framed and Matted Prints About This Drawing / A sketch of my elderly Staffy cross dog, Flynn, lying betwen my feet during a break. Flynn was a survivor with a mangled face (car accidents) and pus coming out of one eye, and when I took him on over 11 years ago, the vets estimated he was 9 years old. Whatever his age, he is a very old dog and I don’t know how much longer he will be with me, as he is getting frailer by the day. The thought of having him put down is incredibly painful – and having handled stock on my 10 acre block for years, I am no stranger to death. But this dog is my love. I am putting this up as a tribute to him Drawn 1 Nov 2009 with ballpoint pen on notepaper, enhanced in Fireworks.
Clownfish by Andrew Patsalou

Clownfish painted in water colour. From my Wildlife Series.

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About This Group

The group has been formed to encourage “real” life Artwork like, Paintings, Sketches, drawings, Pastel sketches etc. The painting should not be enhanced or modified using digital techniques.

Please ensure that all the artworks being entered into the group challenges are submitted for moderations to the group. As noted in the rules, Digital Art will be rejected without notice. We believe there are other groups for this work.

This is a sister group to “Real” Life Photography.

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