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Traditional Art

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This is a community dedicated to showcasing all types of traditional medium art.

Traditional means a physical medium. This includes acrylic, pastel, encaustic, gouache, oil and watercolor paintings; Ink illustrations; Pencil and charcoal sketches; Etchings; Lithographs; Wood prints; pottery; ceramics; metal, Wire and paper sculptures; Tapestry; Weaving; Quilting; Wood carvings, Armor Crafting and more.

It EXCLUDES digital art: anything made with Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Krita, Blender, GIMP or other art programs, or AI art.


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4 - The post title should contain the title of the artwork or the name of the artist or ideally both if available. If there is further information about the artwork you want to convey, do it in the body of the post or in the comments.

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[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Scale? We don't need no scale where we're going!

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

They should have stayed with rocket nacelles and rocket cargo bay.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

This is the Kirk equivalent of buzzing the tower.

[–] artwork@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Is that oil? Ineffably marvelous...
Does anyone know the artist?
Thank you very much...

[–] timeghost@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I'm pretty sure the engines are burning coal, not oil.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i've only worked with pastels a little and it reminds me when i played with them, but i am a performing artist not a visual artist.

[–] artwork@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It may be oil pastel indeed, but then very detailed for the minimum texture! Thank you!
For comparison:

Black paper oil pastel drawing
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