TerryJones Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Described as the 'most elegant airplane of the First World War' the Nieuport 28 was rejected by the French Air Service as a front line fighter but as it was readly available it was supplied to the American Expeditionary Air Force. With 26 kills Eddie Rickenbacker was America's most successful fighter ace of the war scoring the first 6 with the Nieuport 28. The painting depicts Rickenbacker and 94th Aero Squadron "Hat In The Ring" in combat with the Pfalz DII. Rickenbacker survived the war and died in 1973."Rickenbacker" oil on canvas 22" x 18" Cheers, Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryJones Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Thank you Black Knight Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeart Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Terry Jones strikes one more time!!! Seems that your images are getting better and better Terry! I am not very much fan of WW1 airplanes, but surelly this image is one of the great paintings i 've ever seen!! Good work!! Carry on!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryJones Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Thank you very much for your encouraging words planeart, I appreciate it very much. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 That's really nice, Terry. The composition works well and the cloudscape, especially its perspective, looks spot on. Out of interest, how do you work out the angles of your subjects? Do you base them on photos, use models, or a bit of both (or neither)? I occasionally (very occasionally) try a bit of pencil drawing - I must post one - and might as well learn from the experts! Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Terry, fantastic work as always. However, I think you may have made a spelling mistake with the word aeroplane! Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcap Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Terry, that evoks all the thoughts of how WW1 dogfights were. A quite superb painting and the clouds effects in particular are very well rendered. Well done indeed. Gary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryJones Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 That's really nice, Terry. The composition works well and the cloudscape, especially its perspective, looks spot on. Out of interest, how do you work out the angles of your subjects? Do you base them on photos, use models, or a bit of both (or neither)? I occasionally (very occasionally) try a bit of pencil drawing - I must post one - and might as well learn from the experts! Jon Thanks Jon I use models quite a lot. The Nieuport is a very nice 1/32 scale model I bought off ebay, the Pfalz is a rather battered 1/48 kit that I also got off ebay a few years back, I used it in another painting. I have a couple of mic stands from a time I used to play in a band and mount the models on them with screws inserted into the underside of the fuselage. Once set up indoors or out I snap away with my camera and pick the ones I like. I have an old program called Ulead that allows me to cut and paste images and move them around etc. so after choosing a suitable sky it's a case of mucking around until I get a composition I like. Other paintings may be based on photographs and others using APM a perspective drawing aid developed by the late Joe De Marco (unfortunately his website is down at the moment) ,sometimes I use a combination,whatever works Hope that helps Jon. Cheers, Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryJones Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 Terry, that evoks all the thoughts of how WW1 dogfights were. A quite superb painting and the clouds effects in particular are very well rendered. Well done indeed. Gary Thanks for taking a look and leaving such kind comments Gary, much appreciated Cheers, Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryJones Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 Terry, fantastic work as always. However, I think you may have made a spelling mistake with the word aeroplane! Colin Airplane!!!! That's what you get for being lazy and pasting straight from wikki Thanks for you comments mate, much appreciated. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Thanks Jon I use models quite a lot. The Nieuport is a very nice 1/32 scale model I bought off ebay, the Pfalz is a rather battered 1/48 kit that I also got off ebay a few years back, I used it in another painting. I have a couple of mic stands from a time I used to play in a band and mount the models on them with screws inserted into the underside of the fuselage. Once set up indoors or out I snap away with my camera and pick the ones I like. I have an old program called Ulead that allows me to cut and paste images and move them around etc. so after choosing a suitable sky it's a case of mucking around until I get a composition I like. Other paintings may be based on photographs and others using APM a perspective drawing aid developed by the late Joe De Marco (unfortunately his website is down at the moment) ,sometimes I use a combination,whatever works Hope that helps Jon. It certainly does - very interesting, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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