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2009/07/30 18:13:09
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2009/07/30 18:15:34
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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Foolproof Falcon Pilot
Somewhere in the unknown universe.
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Some people are born great, others acheive greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
this kid's of the first kind.
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Manchu wrote:Agamemnon2 wrote:
Congratulations, that was the stupidest remark the entire wargaming community has managed to produce in a long, long time.
Congratulations, your dismissive and conclusory commentary has provided nothing to this discussion or the wider community on whose behalf you arrogantly presume to speak nor does it engage in any meaningful way the remark it lamely targets. But you did manage to gain experience points toward your next level of internet tough guy.
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2009/07/30 18:53:57
Subject: Re:This kid is SIX and does this?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Look, he did a good job...... but doesn't this reflect more of how easy impressionist painting is?
Sorry...don't mean to be the "Simon Cowel" here but just not THAT impressed.
GG
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2009/07/30 20:57:53
Subject: Re:This kid is SIX and does this?
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[MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
Cozy cockpit of an Archer ARC-5S
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I feel sorry for the kid, a lifetime of exploiting is just on the horizon.
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KILL THE MEAT - SAVE THE METAL
 Fatum Iustum Stultorum Fiat justitia ruat caelum |
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2009/07/30 21:00:33
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces
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*facepalm*
Yeah, you're not, because Simon knows the subject matter that he critiques, lol. So take our words for it...he's showing some impressive skills for that age. Just his command of color is surprising for a six-year-old.
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2009/07/30 21:08:40
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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Very good.
sA
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My Loyalist P&M Log, Irkutsk 24th
"And what is wrong with their life? What on earth is less reprehensible than the life of the Levovs?"
- American Pastoral, Philip Roth
Oh, Death was never enemy of ours!
We laughed at him, we leagued with him, old chum.
No soldier's paid to kick against His powers.
We laughed - knowing that better men would come,
And greater wars: when each proud fighter brags
He wars on Death, for lives; not men, for flags. |
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2009/07/30 21:14:07
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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It would be interesting to see his work before and after the 12 week watercolours painting class.
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2009/07/31 02:02:44
Subject: Re:This kid is SIX and does this?
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Moustache-twirling Princeps
About to eat your Avatar...
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BrookM wrote:I feel sorry for the kid, a lifetime of exploiting is just on the horizon.
With his talent he is going to be able to do whatever he wants, so I disagree with you entirely BrookM.
Even if his parents are self-conscious children themselves (this would be very assumptive) the kid will become an adult at some point, and he will yet again have free reign over his life. This is why he has these skills, and on the same note, why he will be independent if he chooses to do so.
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2009/07/31 05:17:45
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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I think you are all crazy. He's going to give up painting and go into DANCE! Or Motorcross.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2009/07/31 05:42:41
Subject: Re:This kid is SIX and does this?
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Moustache-twirling Princeps
About to eat your Avatar...
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Motocross is for wimps... he is going to be a lawyer (you can still see the painter in him)...
This is the funny part of the joke...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Wilders
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2009/07/31 05:54:25
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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Privateer
The paint dungeon, Arizona
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Im going to kidnap him and teach him how much fun miniatures are to paint.
10 painted space marines= cookie.
No painted space marines = I put the chaos daemons under your bed again ";..;"
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2009/07/31 06:08:41
Subject: Re:This kid is SIX and does this?
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Moustache-twirling Princeps
About to eat your Avatar...
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2009/07/31 11:35:38
Subject: Re:This kid is SIX and does this?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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- Mike, USA, 30/7/2009 15:17 wrote:Wow, that kid is a modern Mozart.
... idiot
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2009/07/31 11:52:12
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Very 'early Hitler'. /Godwin
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2009/07/31 11:59:24
Subject: Re:This kid is SIX and does this?
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[MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
Cozy cockpit of an Archer ARC-5S
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KILL THE MEAT - SAVE THE METAL
Fatum Iustum Stultorum Fiat justitia ruat caelum |
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2009/07/31 15:02:52
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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Lord Commander in a Plush Chair
In your base, ignoring your logic.
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Thank god I work with charcoal. But he'll have to find another skill later in life. I mean how many living successful artists do you know?
I do wonder if the lad is autistic though.
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2009/07/31 15:20:25
Subject: Re:This kid is SIX and does this?
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Rampaging Carnifex
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corpsesarefun wrote:- Mike, USA, 30/7/2009 15:17 wrote:Wow, that kid is a modern Mozart.
... idiot
Yeah it would have been more relevant to call him a modern Manet, or Monet or something... But, in any case, yes impressionism can seem easy...if you havent tried it before. To make art that can be called impressionistic is not hard, to make GOOD art of the same variety...not so easy.
For 6 years old, his light color and more impressive understanding of perspective is remarkable. If they are indeed done solely by him and this is no way some kind of farce then yes, he could be the next Manet. We shall see... Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh and yes he will get exploited, and that point was that yeah great, when hes 20 he can go off and do his own thing, but you know those 14 years of childhood arent important or anything right? Automatically Appended Next Post: -Sarcasm-
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Armies I play:
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Mechanicus -1850 pts |
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2009/07/31 16:12:45
Subject: Re:This kid is SIX and does this?
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Crafty Bray Shaman
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generalgrog wrote:Look, he did a good job...... but doesn't this reflect more of how easy impressionist painting is?
Sorry...don't mean to be the "Simon Cowel" here but just not THAT impressed.
GG
I don't know if you have a background as a painter but I work with oils, and find watercolors very intimidating for how unforgiving they are. To be able to paint as good as this young man does at six, he has a gift, which can only get better.
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Jean-luke Pee-card, of thee YOU ES ES Enter-prize
Make it so!
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2009/07/31 16:16:39
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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[DCM]
Chief Deputy Sub Assistant Trainee Squig Handling Intern
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If that kid painted those, then I'm a Monkey's Uncle.
Why do I say this?
Kid paints like a normal 6 year old.
Kid goes on Watercolour Course.
Kid suddenly develops impressive skills.
Kid's Dad.... is an Art dealer An art dealer pulling an audacious scam by taking otherwise utterly 'meh' Watercolours, claim his Son painted them tell the Papers, and then? KERCHING!
Reminds me of a certain other child protege who was a scam.... Little Lord Fauntelroy
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2009/07/31 17:44:50
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces
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I never felt comfortable with watercolor. My stuff tended to be on the tight side, and the loosey-gooseyness of watercolor took me out of my comfort zone. Although as an artist pointed out to me once when we had this exact conversation, you can be tight with watercolor...it's just that the typical landscapes, etc. you see in watercolor are of the looser variety.
I wonder about the compositions...did he pick them? Is he painting from photos? Are any of these something he's doing while watching an instructional video or something? Technique becomes a lot easier if you're just duplicating someone else's movements. And is all of the (what looks like) black pen work his as well, or was that added by someone else to give shape and perspective to the underlying watercolor?
Although it also has to be said that if his parents are art dealers, they're really endangering their careers if this is all a hoax. And it's not like it's that hard to test the kid.
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2009/07/31 21:35:31
Subject: Re:This kid is SIX and does this?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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VermGho5t wrote:generalgrog wrote:Look, he did a good job...... but doesn't this reflect more of how easy impressionist painting is?
Sorry...don't mean to be the "Simon Cowel" here but just not THAT impressed.
GG
I don't know if you have a background as a painter but I work with oils, and find watercolors very intimidating for how unforgiving they are. To be able to paint as good as this young man does at six, he has a gift, which can only get better.
I admit to ignorance when it comes to any type of painting other than minis.
GG
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2009/07/31 21:42:23
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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Committed Chaos Cult Marine
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If you look at some photo/painting comparisons it looks like he added something, that wasn't there, like he got bored.
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95% of teens would go into a panic attack if the jonas brothers were about to jump off the empire state building copy and paste this if you are the 5% who would pull up a lawn chair grab some popcorn and yell JUMP BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mekboy wrote:Tzeentch: Full house! Yay!
Deciver: Straight Flush! Yay!
Eldrad: Four of a kind! Awww!
Creed: Warhound titan. Die, xenos scum!
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2009/07/31 22:21:35
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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Executing Exarch
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This happens from time to time and most always turns out to be a scam. For instance Marla Olmstead lives close to me. Long story short is that they can not reproduce the quality of work while being filmed by hidden cameras.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Olmstead
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2009/08/01 00:43:20
Subject: Re:This kid is SIX and does this?
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[DCM]
Chief Deputy Sub Assistant Trainee Squig Handling Intern
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generalgrog wrote:VermGho5t wrote:generalgrog wrote:Look, he did a good job...... but doesn't this reflect more of how easy impressionist painting is?
Sorry...don't mean to be the "Simon Cowel" here but just not THAT impressed.
GG
I don't know if you have a background as a painter but I work with oils, and find watercolors very intimidating for how unforgiving they are. To be able to paint as good as this young man does at six, he has a gift, which can only get better.
I admit to ignorance when it comes to any type of painting other than minis.
GG
Dude, panic not. Like I said. Kid sits art lesson, and apparently produces this. Kids Dad also happens to be an Art Dealer.
Convenient no? Especially in a time of global recession.
Scamalicious!
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2009/08/01 01:27:04
Subject: This kid is SIX and does this?
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Moustache-twirling Princeps
About to eat your Avatar...
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Clthomps wrote:This happens from time to time and most always turns out to be a scam. For instance Marla Olmstead lives close to me. Long story short is that they can not reproduce the quality of work while being filmed by hidden cameras.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Olmstead
Yep, and a shame it was, beside being not that impressive quite frankly. Oh, damn did I hurt the toddlers feelings?
It is very true that this kind of talent is very rare indeed, but I won't jump to conclusions. Besides the fact that most of the art community doesn't know their ass from their head when it comes to abstract art... don't get me started on found object art, which happens to be my favorite... two spoons and a soda can stuck together is not a piece of art, it is a statement of being bored. "Oh, wow, how relevant to the recession, and blablablank stare..."
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