Here are some of my other amateur paintings and drawings.

First painting ever. I was accidentally placed in an advanced art class in college when the admissions person reversed the last two numbers of the class and was stuck so I did my best. The assignment was to reproduce a Monet.

This was my attempt having never attempted anything but a stick figure and scribble in years past. Heck...I got an A in the class so it was not all that bad I guess.



Here is my second attempt at painting years later.



Here is my third painting.



Next I figured if I'm going to paint I might as well try to draw. Here are my first three drawings. Keep in mind I can't even write my name consistently or legibly.



Close up of the ladys face.



These I copied from some photos on Art .com for my son Sebastian to place in his room.

Go for it and Good Luck!

When I first started reading the post I was wondering how you were going to get your son to sit still for that long... Working from a picture gives you some advantage I guess, and that's a great one to work from!

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Based on your other paintings, I'm sure it'll be spectacular. GL!

That chair is going to KILL ME!

The chair is ridiculously complex... Substitute it for a smooth stainless steel one.

Hey brother - just saw the picture on this project that you will be doing. Your right, that chair is going to kill you. It will look awesome when it's all finish. He may have grown by then but, at least you got a picture to go by.

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Thanks...I'm drawing the outlines now and already need a break. It's been awhile and I forgot how hard it is to draw on canvas board. Nothing like paper so it makes photo-realism much harder to pull off. I've started off by defining the edges, top of the head, lowest leg and edge of the chair to give me some boundary's to work from. As they say though...The devil is in the details.

I'm estimating about 100 hours start to finish working on this about 2 hours a day.

Amazing stuff! You've definitely got a talent. I'm anxious to see the finished product.

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Whoa I'm actually impressed!

Would've thought you were kidding if you hadn't shown us your previous works.

I guess working in a lab gives you an artistic edge when it comes to drawing. From what I understand artists need a good feel of measurement and proportion. I lack in that area, so when I draw something (like stick figures) I start out fine but end up with something so bizzare even I hate my own work.

Keep us posted!