Ontos's Photos

[Vic Balshaw]

Great pictures once again Merv.

We have a guy who drives his Alpaca around in the back of a van to old folks homes and the Hospice. He used to have it riding in the back of his car with the head and long neck sticking out the back window, the Alpaca was quite happy and used to it but the police weren't.

 

[evangilder]

Great stuff, Merv.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots Merv!

 

[ontos]

Thank all for your kind comments, I got to where I actually enjoy going to these quilt shows, you never know what you are going to find

Shinpachi, thank you, our nation has a long history of great quilt making, from our founding fathers to present. Women have been making quilts for our troops in combat from the Revolution to Afghanistan. There are some really beautiful quilts out there. 8)

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent shots Merv!! Love the water tank shot and the shots of the street rod. The quilts are gorgeous and the Alpakas look like Alpakas.

 

[GrauGeist]

cool pix, Merv...it's kind of neat how they've kept Temecula unchanged.

 

[Wayne Little]

great series of shots Merv!

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

I am going to have to go to Temcula and stop instead of driving through on my way to somewhere else.


Wheels

 

[GrauGeist]

I am going to have to go to Temcula and stop instead of driving through on my way to somewhere else.
Wheels

Used to be a nice place to eat there, called Penfold's...there was also a huge classic car street rod cruise there back in the day, too...

 

[ontos]

Hey wheels, haven't seen you around in awhile. You do have to stop and just walk around, allot of antiques etc. Dave they just had their big car show last month I believe, so it's still an ongoing event. We could not make it we had other commitments

Just thought I would share a drawing I made taken from a picture I had from my Nam days. I still have a lot to learn on making skin tones Hope you like it.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Very cool Merv! What program are you using to do this?

 

[GrauGeist]

Merv, I used to have fun cruising my '55 Buick CHP cruiser down there (or my '62 Chevy Nova)...had alot of fun! Glad to see some of the traditions still survive after all these years.

Really cool job on that image, skin tones can be really frustrating...even with all the practice I've had, it still drives me nuts trying to get the tones down pat...

 

[ontos]

Thank you for viewing my art and the gracious comments, Aaron and Dave. Aaron the program I use is called Xara Designer Pro 6. Here are a couple of pieces I did from pin ink drawings I did in 1978.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Well done!

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff Merv!

 

[ontos]

Here are some shots my wife took from the car window traveling from Vegas to Needles on Route 66, the last shots were taken between Primm and Baker, we call it Cat Mountain. The last one is coming down through Cajon Pass on the 215.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Tell your wife the first shot ROCKS!!!!! They are all excellent but the first one is on the money as far as I'm concerned.

 

[evangilder]

Can't beat sunset cloud shots. They are all nice stuff, Merv!

 

[GrauGeist]

Gonna have to say #7 is my fav...though all are great Pics!

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff Merv!