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Thread: Watkins Glen 6 Hour 1971 finished painting

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    Watkins Glen 6 Hour 1971 finished painting

    Finished this piece, done with ArtRage 4.5.10 and an Intuos tablet. Done from photos that I took at the race and it only took me 45 years to get around to it.
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    D. Feeley

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    Beautiful! Really first rate.

    Love the way you blurred the crowd. Very effective.

    But who won? I've heard of a photo finish in racing, but not an illustrated one.

    "Not a bit is wasted and the best is yet to come. . ." -- remembered from a dream

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    Thanks, D Akey. Sad to say neither won. The Ferrari had qualified on pole with Mark Donohue at the wheel, but didn't finish due to a failure in the steering gear. The Porsche driven by Jo Siffert ended up second to the winning Alfa Romeo. They put on a good race though and these were 2 car/driver combinations that were giants of their era.
    D. Feeley

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    Wow, that's a great picture. Must very satisfying after all these years to finally get it down on 'canvas' and re-live the moment.
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    Wow this is really a nice work. you have so expertly blended a painterly background with the sharp work around the F1 racers
    really excellent work!..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jono View Post
    Wow, that's a great picture. Must very satisfying after all these years to finally get it down on 'canvas' and re-live the moment.
    Thanks Jono, very satisfying indeed.
    D. Feeley

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    Quote Originally Posted by kenmo View Post
    Beautiful painting....Love this very much....
    Thanks Kenmo, much apprectiated
    D. Feeley

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    Quote Originally Posted by [email protected] View Post
    Wow this is really a nice work. you have so expertly blended a painterly background with the sharp work around the F1 racers
    really excellent work!..
    Thanks very much, I'm trying to get a bit looser with less important elements of compositions. For this painting, I tried taking a cue from two of my favorite illustrators, Michael Turner and Wilf Hardy.
    D. Feeley

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    First off, I love Watkins Glenn. Second--- in a word-- fabulous!

    Really, I love this. From the cars to the people in the background, this is wonderful.

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