Michael Chomse's Comments

I am working from different photographs and objects and then create my own composition like you do... If there was something that was successful in one painting, l curry it over in another painting with something new  in the new painting.

Thanks Micheal, I am glad to be part of this community. I want to improve my paintings and I think I am at the right place now. Look and learn - that is what I must do. 

Hi Michael. Nice, now I have friends all over :)

No I’m not an illustrator, but if the opportunity comes nocking I’ll sourly accept. You say tomorrow morning? I’ll rise bright and early to watch. Have a nice evening and a blessed Sunday

I gladly accept your friend request. Also thanks’ for liking my work. I am currently working hard to have an exhibition in October here at my home in the garden. I have finished 21 paintings but I am aiming to exhibit at least 30 paintings. I truly hope my labours will be fruitful. By the way I like your self-portrait 

Thank you Michael, your comments are much appreciated. You have a unique and skillful style of painting and no stranger to darks yourself :-)

Welcome! Nice to see a fellow South African, hope you enjoy “The Complete Artist”

Very happy to be your friend Michael! I greatly appreciate you stopping by and commenting and helping me out with my painting! I like painting a lot, but I am quite new at this... Liked it all my life, but never got my brushes wet... I didn't even have brushes! I have learnt SOOOO much in these past months that I am quite addicted now! I even know names of colours which I totally ignored.... Sometimes the translations don't work... but little by little... You have really landed on an excellent site Michael! Welcome!

Michael, I started painting in oils at age 9, with a professional artist as my instructor, but did not stay with this after a couple of years.  However, I continued to sketch, draw in pen and ink and pursue a number of other crafts.   I did not pick up a paintbrush again until I started my internship the first year after graduating from medical school.  This was an incredibly busy year and I began painting in acrylics for relaxation.   I kept this up, but on a sporadic basis until about 15 years ago when I started taking some classes and painting more.   I moved back into oils about 13 years ago and started painting outdoors about 6 years ago.  Now I have taken a lot more classes and workshops.   I am a general surgeon and very much a visual learner.   I found Richard through his free lessons, then his DVDs and now his competitions.   It is all about "brush miles" to get your painting where you want it.  Just a lot of practice.   These monthly challenges and painting outdoors with a group that paints together, along with the input I receive from other artists on this site that have made my work improve.   If I could take all I know about how to paint better and have it flow out through my brush onto the canvas without passing through my brain first, my art would be incredible; but of course, that's not how it works.   Your years of keen observation as a visual artist in the film industry will serve you very well, indeed.   Push yourself outside your comfort zone and your art will steadily progress.    Looking forward to more conversations.    Stu

Hello and welcome Michael.  I am quite pleased to accept your offer of friendship.  You have come to the right place if you want to improve your painting.   Richard has set up an incredible site with a lot of interaction between artists.   Ask for any help you feel that you need.  And if you are so inclined, try some of Richard's monthly workshops.   You might check out Michael Severin's blog on step by step painting of a larger canvas in oils and Richard Roger's blog on professional versus amateur artists.  Richard's DVD color course is incredibly good.   Thanks for your insightful comments on my "Judah Street Sunset" painting.  Not many people understand why I put things like overhead wires into a painting.  Stu