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Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings)
Jun 1^st, 2008 at 8:08pm

Ellen finished her piece on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. She used as inspiration medieval images of the same subject, along with her interpretation of the Revelation of St. John the Divine.

It's arranged to represent a shield. The panel on the upper left is "War", the one on the upper right is "Plague", the central panel is "Death", and the bottom panel is "Famine".

The media she used were colored pencil, gouache, and black and metallic ink.

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This last one is a charcoal drawing she did as a class assignment. From a photograph.

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Thanks for looking, folks. She really enjoys showing her work to my CH family.

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Charlotte CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 2385 Patterson,California Gender:	Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings) Reply #1 - Jun 1^st, 2008 at 8:40pm Very nice, very interesting. Charlotte
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Grandma_Sweet_Boy CH.com Alumnus Offline What Goes Around Comes Around! Posts: 4496 Georgetown,Ontario Gender:	Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings) Reply #2 - Jun 1^st, 2008 at 8:41pm This young woman's talent is mind blowing. I love the charcoal. She certainly has a bright future. Carol
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Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings)
Reply #3 - Jun 1^st, 2008 at 9:28pm

Beautiful work! The portrait shows diversity in her abilities from other work you have posted. I can't wait to see where she goes with this talent. How do you think she got so good??? Inherited talent, someone in your family a great artist?? Good teachers? Lots of practice? All of the above? I love to figure what makes talented kids so good. My expereience with my students is it's often genetic. Keep posting her work!

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Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings)
Reply #4 - Jun 1^st, 2008 at 10:33pm

El's had some very, very good teachers. And lots of practice.

Don't know whether or not it's genetic, Charlotte--neither Liz nor I have a lick of drawing talent.

My mother paints, though--and Liz's uncle Alden was an artist by profession.

An oil painting by my mother of Ellen when she was small:

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An ink drawing by EJ's uncle Alden:

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So...who can say, eh?

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Mosaicwench CH.com Sponsor Offline www.mosaicwench.com Posts: 3507 Near Milwaukee WI, USA Gender:	Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings) Reply #5 - Jun 1^st, 2008 at 10:42pm Oh yeah, there's talent in that family all right!!! Lovely work.
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cash5542 CH.com Hall of Famer Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1243 x1\|Ocean Pines\|USA\|usa\|498\|141\|MD,Maryland Gender:	Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings) Reply #6 - Jun 1^st, 2008 at 10:56pm Yup! I see those artsy genes in the family. Such beautiful work from all 3 of them! Charlotte
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Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings)
Reply #8 - Jun 2^nd, 2008 at 2:19am

Wow. Would it be wrong to say I like War, Plague, Death, and Famine. Sound really weird anyway. That first War part is still my favorite in the shield. The charcoal is terrific.

Very nice talent in the family past too, George. The portrait is a beautiful one capturing that smile but I'm drawn to the way sunlight is done so well in what looks like an entrance to an inner courtyard in the detailed ink drawing. Very good!

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sandie99 CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Wish it, dream it, do it - inspite the pain! Posts: 11975 Finland Gender:	Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings) Reply #9 - Jun 2^nd, 2008 at 8:21am Well done, Ellen! One talented family. Sanna
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nani CH.com Alumnus Offline Clusterbusters Posts: 8356 Los Lunas NM USA Gender:	Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings) Reply #10 - Jun 2^nd, 2008 at 9:30am Great work, El!! mooshie and my oldest kid got art talent from my Dad. I didn't, LOL.
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artonio7 Ex Member	Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings) Reply #11 - Jun 2^nd, 2008 at 11:16am Beautiful... Ellen's work just keeps getting better and better George!!! Thanks for sharing. with warm regards, Tony
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Jackie CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Go For It!!! Posts: 5903 Goshen, IN Gender:	Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings) Reply #12 - Jun 3^rd, 2008 at 7:18pm How did I miss this....? WOW!!! Beautiful work....certainly a talented family Thanks George Much Love, Jackie modified cause I can't type
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barry_sword CH.com Alumnus Offline Mountain Biking Keeps Me Sane Posts: 3947 Bracebridge, Canada Gender:	Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings) Reply #13 - Jun 3^rd, 2008 at 8:07pm George, please say thanks once again to Ellen's amazing talent that she shares with all of us. STUNNING!!!!!!
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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Apocalypse Redux (New Ellen Drawings) Reply #14 - Jun 4^th, 2008 at 12:06pm Gorgeous! Oh and George, I'm pretty sure that artistic ability IS genetic. Seriously!
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