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Old 4th January 2005, 21:40
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New Bf109e aviation art, comments?

Hi everyone. I'm an aviation artist from the uk and I'm hopefully going to submit a few paintings to the Guild of Aviation Artists annual exhibition this year for the first time. I was wondering if anyone could give me some feedback on one of my paintings? Any comments would be great!

http://www.mattcurtisgallery.com/pag...raden_page.htm

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Old 4th January 2005, 22:01
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Imho the plane in front is the Bf 109 E-4 from Hans "Gockel" von Hahn.
More you can read here on Petr Kacha's good website:
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/hahn3.html
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Old 4th January 2005, 23:48
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Aviation Art - Bf 109Es in Flight

There is only one word to describe the question of coloration and physical appearance of Bf 109Es in Luftwaffe service during 1940. That word is "swamp." I would not want to go there, particularly in a critical mode dealing with artwork.

I would like to say, though, that there is one element of aviation art like yours that is often glaringly overlooked, and that is the appearance of the ground, topography, or earth's surface underneath the flying machines.
In other words, if the subject airplanes are flying over Brittany, then the field patterns and terrain ought to look like Brittany. If the County of Kent, then it ought to look like Kent from the air. These are hardly the same. As that titanic scholar of French rural history Marc Bloch taught us in the 1930s, there was and is a vast diversity of land usage from the Irish Channel to the Urals. And it ain't always easy to create a convincing impression of the "bird's eye view" just where the birds are.

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I love it

I like the way the land rolls away to a hazy horizon. The aircraft 'sit' nicely in the sky, and I don't know how you guys do it, but there is a nice impression of speed.

The Guild's website is one of my favourite's - I look forward to seeing your painting there Mat.

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Old 6th January 2005, 18:39
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Thanks everyone so far!




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Your work is very good. The lighting is convincing. The point about the appearance of the ground being location specific is a valid one.

I do not know if you have been in an airplane yourself, but if not, I am sure there are magazines with bird's eye view photos.


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