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"Real" Life Artwork (No Photography)

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

Featured Work

Gwen my Daughter by Shirley Roma Charlton

Gwen I just love you so much you are such a beautiful girl . This watercolour was painted from life and with only watercolours. She was so great at just staying still. My darling daughter is now about to get married and here she was 11 years old – all the years fly by. Thank you my only Daughter for being such a wonderful person and so kind.
Day off by Sandrine Pelissier

This is a mixed media portrait I did of my daughter with watercolors, acrylic, gesso and crayons on Arches paper (300 lb cold press). / Featured in the 100% group / Top ten in “The one you love” challenge of the Real life artwork group /
Barbara by Jim Phillips

Watercolour Meet my wife Barbara. Love of my life.
"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
Sunday Afternoon by Lora Garcelon

Watercolor painting, 9×9 inches. This was a happy moment with my girls that I wanted to capture and preserve on paper. I hope they will grow up to be best friends. Painted on 140 lb Arches paper.
W. J. Browne (My Father) by Margaret Stockdale

Graphite pencil on Arches w’colour paper. This is a large pencil portrait of my father, done quite a few years ago when my Dad was still alive. / I’ve won numerous awards with this work, but have no really good photos of it (before digital). Obviously, it’s part of my private collection. My father had lost his right hand in an accident when I was 3 years old, so always sat with his arm tucked under this way, a typical pose of Dad.
Bianca On Blue by Andy Beck

Original Painting Details: / 2008 / Acrylic on Canvas / 76×61 cm
Claire by Simon Aberle

The love of my life, my heart’s desire, my greatest reward from the Gods for the hard lessons I’ve had to learn. / This young lady Claire O’Brien and I are to be wed on the 31st of October in the Australian version of Beltane (which is traditionally in May in the northern hemisphere), a Pagan time of celebration where the God and Godess are reunited finally. / A notion that couldn’t be more apt, as Claire and I met on Red Bubble in April this year, fell deeply in love, despite 10,000 miles between us. / She travelled to Australia alone and stayed with me for 5 weeks in June/July, and we knew we were born for each other, without question. / I asked her to marry me while she was here, and with immense courage we sacrificed our time with each other once again for distance, in order for her to apply for immigration, which would not have been possible without financial help from kind hearted family members, particularly Mary and Clive. She went back to England 12 weeks ago, and the visa was finally approved last week. She will arrive back in my arms in a week, a moment we have been hoping, dreaming, and begging for. / This is a true romantic story with a happy ending :) Completed 16th September, 2009 / Graphite mechanical pencils, 3H, HB, 2B, 8B on Reeves white sketch paper, A3
Wedding Couple Pencil Portrait (Commission) by Jo Holden

Graphite Pencil (2B to 8B) on A4 190gsm UPM Digi bright white paper. Featured in “Works on Paper” and “Real Life Artwork (No Photography)” October 09.
amber eyes by koop27

A colour pencil portrait of a young tiger. / 12.5” x 18” in size, I have drawn it on smooth 180gm paper and used Derwent “Cumberland” coloured pencils.
Grizzly Bear by Texaslady60

I have been wanting to paint this big bear for a long time , and to get back to Oils again .. Watercolors have been pretty much my main medium for so long I missed slapping paint on a Canvas.. This week was a good one.. / 30X40 Oil on Canvas.
Crimson Rosella by Philip Holley

Acrylic, watercolour pencil and pastel on watercolour board. Original SOLD!

Recent Work

Gwen my Daughter by Shirley Roma Charlton

Gwen I just love you so much you are such a beautiful girl . This watercolour was painted from life and with only watercolours. She was so great at just staying still. My darling daughter is now about to get married and here she was 11 years old – all the years fly by. Thank you my only Daughter for being such a wonderful person and so kind.
Oop's by Shirley Roma Charlton

This Soft Pastel painting was painted on half a sheet of black colourfix paper, and with top quality German pastels. From Steve’s photo see his photostream on Flickr stevebaba - / This painting is for sale as prints on canvas I am painting for Malawi see www.shirleycharlton.com and all paintings can be posted anywhere in the world. Oop’s is Just for Africa and my love for the kids there that soon we will be able to afford a borehole for these Malawian kids.
Caroline & Ben (Caroline's Wedding present to Ben!) by SherrieLaryse

from Caroline (Australia): / I wanted something unique, something that would symbolise our unity and mark this special time in our lives. Both our relationship and our marriage were far from traditional, so I wanted a gift that was unusual and distinctive and would stand out from more traditional wedding gifts. It was quite tricky getting a picture of our hands without Ben suspecting something, but we concocted a story and manage to pull it off! Ben and I were both blown away by the final drawing. It is so intricate and detailed, and captures a moment that represents our togetherness so perfectly. It is lovely that the picture also captures my beautiful engagement ring, that was a family heirloom on Ben’s side. We have the picture hung in our living room, where we have a constant reminder of our commitment to each other. It is something that we will always treasure and it will be an everlasting symbol of our unity.
Leif & Anke, Germany by SherrieLaryse

Hi Sherrie, thank you soooo much for the incredible drawing of our hands! Anke and I just love the picture and I adore your skills since I as a graphically medium talented architect think that drawing hands and faces are the premium class!! I think you are member of the champions league!! All the very best wishes from Germany / Anke & Leif Niklas
Cement Worker by Joyce Ann Burton-Sousa

The idea for this painting came from a guy I saw on the street. 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.
My niece by Duncan Morgan

An old drawing I did a while back…reminds me of how difficult and frustrating drawing can be!!
Lady in Red by deborah zaragoza

/ Lady in Red FEATURED in the following groups: Freedom to Shine Nov. 08, 2009 / Art For The World Nov. 09,2009 My daughter-in-law was my model for this traditional painting on canvas…. I mixed paint and sand for the canvas background, then took paints and thinned them and used a spray bottle to create the drippy lines. Then finished the painting as a mulit-cultural woman. Painting is 4’ x 2’
Street Life by Duncan Morgan

Spray painted stencil on ply. Perhaps my favorite work to date…hope you enjoy. She is a child surviving life in the slums of Mumbai. Credit for the original photograph used as inspiration for this piece belongs to Cameron MacMaster (www.froznmotion.com).
Diggin' In Rodeo Calf Roper by graphiteaz

Original art done in 2b pencil on illustration board.
the horned one by secretplanet

8B pencil drawing on drawing paper (220 gsm). It’s Pan, or the Horned God, & his friend. / this is my favorite piece i’ve ever done so far: it took 23 hours all up!
Jared and Great-Grandma Long by David J. Vanderpool

11” x 14” graphite drawing on paper. / copyright 2000. David J. Vanderpool NOTE: This is one of the first drawings I complete, back in 2000, after having given up drawing for 6 years. As you can see my style has changes since then. This is my youngest son when he was about 1 year old, sitting on his great grandmother’s lap. This was recently scanned and a printed copy on drawing paper was given to my father-in-law. This is his mother.

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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.

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