a life on the ocean waves

**parahandy** · 17 March 2006, 08:11 PM

Not to hot on sea fill. took me all of the day to draw ship. hope you like it.
Norman feeling slightly seasick.

**parahandy** · 17 March 2006, 08:16 PM

original was faulty.

**parahandy** · 17 March 2006, 08:17 PM

another senior moment.

**-=Drifter=-** · 17 March 2006, 09:17 PM

WOW!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!! I LOVE ships. One of these days I think I'll try drawing one...
but I don't want to do it from a picture. I guess I'll just bring a full-blown ship down here in the basement and do it by looking at it.....

**parahandy** · 17 March 2006, 09:44 PM

Thanks Bob, that must be some basement you have. You will also have to make room for all those boxes we sent to you on another thread. Ha HA

**Simon Beck** · 18 March 2006, 12:01 AM

Glad you hosed down the deck - looked as if you'd been flensing a whale...

That's a lovely-looking ship. One piece of advice I would give is to try and avoid thin black outlines - they make otherwise excellent pictures look like clip-art in my opinion.

Simon

**Soquili** · 18 March 2006, 12:55 AM

Fine sailing ship, Norman. Have you been a professional sailor, or just a love of the sea?

**Albacore** · 18 March 2006, 09:33 AM

Hi Parahandy,
Here is one for you to go with you forum handle. Did this one about 3years ago, hope you like it

**parahandy** · 18 March 2006, 11:11 AM

Albacore, thank you for your picture. I wonder if art was your speciallity when you were teaching? that's a very nice picture of the Vital Spark. To the other members of the forum "Parahandy" was the name of the Vital Spark's skipper (he was a comical character) it was featured in a television series for many years.
It would be nice to see some entries about ships from other members of the forum.

Bill to answer your question no, I was a wartime soldier and while I was for about 2 1/2 years stationed at sea on a seafort (Nomansland Fort) 5 miles off the coast of Portsmouth (Coastal defense) and had to sail quite often I was never a good sailor, like Nelson I was seasick a lot.

Simon thank you for the advice about the outlines. The reason I put them in was because when I was drawing it, the sails were white against a white background, so it's good to learn these points I still have a lot to learn.
Thank you all for your kind remarks. Norman

**panfer** · 18 March 2006, 03:01 PM

Nice work.
the 3 white surfs bother me a bit. what if you fade them slightly or apply trans. at the edges. The waves in front of the ship are beautiful.