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Buy some COMPRESSED CHARCOAL sticks.
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I like them both zorro. Nice touch with the stave in the background.
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takes about three hours each one. did them all around 2000-2001? for a example web page in college course.
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 big freakin rose |
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Great pics guys. RTB I don't think I can put my stuff up lol
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Keep drawing Hank, the more you do the better you will become. If hank Junior likes them then that's what it's all about.
Easy to see the Lichtenstein influence in your college work Zorro. Would be interested to see some of your more recent work if you still draw and paint. That pink rose would look good on a wedding card, have you done other flower drawings? I did quite a few using coloured pencils a while back and will look through my sketch books. I noticed a front garden covered in orange hawkweed the other day, it looked stunning in full flower. Why it's designated a weed is a mystery. |
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A most wholesome thread with some astonishing talent.....
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Have now had some more drawings approved.
The flowers are coloured pencil drawings on A5 sketch book paper. The Delphinium was based on a botanical drawing I saw in a book. Since this is a drawing thread I included a pencil drawing of a metal milk jug which has lots of reflections. I would like to see more from others who like to draw and paint, don't be shy!    |
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got to try and do something every day.
i gave up on canvas last year. it's hard to store, easy to rip and damage. they've got this nice thick board in the local hardware store about 7mm thick. zero chance of warping. Need a saw to cut it to size though. i always thought weeds were plants that were unwanted in a particular area? I try and walk three days a week - there's a stretch with huge daisies - amazed by them - i'm sure they are classed as weeds. i'll need to look in my saved files to dig out my new drawings? paintings. I should put them all in one disc for easy access.  |
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the man from Del monte
he say yeas! |
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Our native geranium known as Herb Robert or "stinking Bob" has beautiful tiny pink flowers and will grow anywhere. I allow it grow among the cultivars in my flower beds and it looks great at the base of golden lilies which are also in flower now. There are dozens of wild flowers such as Cornflower and Silene Dioica which grace our meadows and banks of streams and are a pleasure to see and to draw.
So much nicer to converse with you on this subject Zorro rather than the more thorny one which shall be nameless here.  |
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Just thought I would mention to anyone who might be thinking of using coloured pencils that it's really worthwhile buying artists quality pencils and don't skimp by using kiddies crayons else you will be disappointed.
I use Derwent "Coloursoft" and Faber Castell "Polychromos" pencils and use a burnisher to blend them on the page. Finding suitable greens to mimic nature isn't easy and my answer is a combination of Chrome oxide green and olive green from Polychromos blended with dark brown where necessary. |
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I'm always making Lentil soup. with Swedes/turnips, carrots, chicken.
I call it the antidote. when ever you over indulge. just make a big pot and just eat that. sometimes a swede escapes the pot and starts to sprout in the cellophane - i planted a few - they grow like sunflowers. - quite tall - beautiful yellow plumes. really surprising a swede coming up so well. i like the cornflowers too. I rescued a bunch of flowers at the supermarket a month ago selling for a reduced price just to set it up for a still life. took some photos.Flowers are easier because people always criticize portraits if they are even slightly out. 'it doesn't look like elvis?'  |
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That's a fine mess you got me into.
Swedes are brassicas related to radishes and store a lot of energy in the swollen root. Brassicas produce a mass of flowers each with four petals in a cross shape hence their older family name of "Cruciferae" For a different type of stunning display let a leek produce its flower head. It produces a large ball shaped head of flowers in a stunning violet colour similar to other alliums but much bigger. |
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can you just plant a shop bought leek?
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If you can find one with the roots still on, yes, even if cropped. Mostly they have the root plate shorn off which makes it unlikely that they would root if planted. Perhaps a farmers' market might have entire plants.
Leeks are biennials so flower the year after planting. Sow seeds in trays during January and plant out during May when the soil has warmed up. Plants will be ready for eating from Autumn onward Leave some in the ground to flower the following spring. |
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Rebel without a cause?
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Thank you kindly
dear sir..  |
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very pretty girl.
Bonne nuit Zorro. |
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sex and the single girl.
natalie wood. mention sex and the single girl will slap your face... |
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I think they are all excellent pictures. Glad people are posting them up.
From a person who couldn't even describe themselves as a novice, when Zorro says his pictures are 'ink', what does exactly does that mean? Where does the colour come from? To me they look like they are done on a computer in some way. |
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pen ink drawing, scanned into computer, used photoshop to
fill in colour. made them up for a false web page for my college course. you had to show a working web page to the tutor. the images where linked to text if you clicked on them. showed them to a guy at an graphics interview. very unimpressed. I'm not sure he recognized anyone. needed to be current stars like Adele.  |
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Here is a picture which I did in pastels (MD
 ) on Daler Rowney tinted paper.They were soft pastels from different sources but mainly Conté. I hope some of you will recognise John Everett Millais' painting of Sophy Gray as the source.  |
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I didn't recognise it but have just Googled it, that is very good indeed, Foinavon.
Like Tom Cruise, too. You guys are talented! I think my pastels were Conte. Not sure if I still have them. It is so long ago since I did any drawing. |
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I still have my pastels! They are Conte, too
 Hang on I'm going to sort them out. |
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I draw for a living.
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What do you do, Rob?
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Thanks MD, Conté are very good and have a good feel when using them. It would be a shame to let them gather dust. Why not have a go again? Start with something easy like a vase of flowers. Odilon Redon produced some fine examples which you could copy to start you off. I'm sure you will find some images of these on t'internet. Coloured pastel paper is a big help too.
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I have 20 pastels. I have two of number 54, that's a brown shade. One is nearly worn right down.
I can't remember using them that much  The colours are lovely, number 54 is a gorgeous shade of green  Getting very excited here  |
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Thanks Foinavon! I might just give it another go. Just dropped one into my cup of tea
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I am a draughtsman MD. all on computer. no art to it.
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They soften in water so hope you rescued it. I sometimes use bold strokes of pastel over watercolour then run over it with a wet brush to fix it. They are very versatile. |
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Thought that might be the caee, Rob.
My pastel is fine Foinavon Have to go out now, be back later. |
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Ok I changed my mind I will put some up. You can all have a laugh
Zorro and foinavon I really like your stuff. Zorro my grandfather got to meet Laurel and Hardy when he was a young man Mine are just cartoon sketches I copied off a youtube video. How long have you been drawing/[painting? Going on for 5 days for me lol |
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never tried pastels - my brother uses them.
does really good drawings. Degas quality. haven't got photos of them.  |
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Loving this thread
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Off out again now. Looking forward to seeing your artwork later, Hank. Is that Hank Jnr in your gallery? Cuteness overload alert!
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Thank you Hank. On and off for 50 years for me, although I only really found enough time to do things properly when I retired eleven years ago.
Everyone has to begin somewhere, as the saying goes, the longest journey begins with the first step. |
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good grief. some staggering hidden talents.
(doffs cap) hank - get the lad to draw with you and encourage him. the singular thing i regret as i get older is that no-one explained the staggering plasticity and elasticity of my child brain and that i shouldn't waste it. |
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thanks, zorro, appreciate the info
who'd have thunk we had so many artists on here (that is the set up line, I will leave someone else to do the punch line) |