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Steve Gathercole

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Hi, I am an armature artist having taken up art as a hobby about 8 years ago as something to keep me busy during early retirement. Initially I started off with Airbrush but have since expanded my skillset to Oils, Pastels, Coloured pencil , Pyrography and lately Watercolors. I don't have on favourite medium, sometimes the subject matter may lend itself to one type of medium, I am however really enjoying watercolours at the moment. Mt subject matter is predominately wildlife and tens to include a lot of birds or big cats.  Looks like this is a lovely place to share and learn .. Airbrush Coloured Pencil

Sylvia Evans

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Hi Steve welcome.  Your puss cats are great.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Hi Steve , welcome to the forum and POL. Your two  paintings are superb can I suggest thst you put them in the gallery if you haven’t already done do. It is a good place to be with plenty of interesting people, information and really good for advice and feedback. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. 
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Marjorie Firth

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Steve, I’ve just commented on your swans in the gallery…can I ask? ….what exactly is “ airbrush” and how does it work?

Alan Bickley

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It’s that object at the bottom of the painting Marjorie. You fill the cup or reservoir with ink, couple it up to a small compressor via a hose and spray a controlled fine jet of ink onto your design or whatever your working on. It’s tedious but skilled work, you need to repeatedly mask areas off, change colours etc. I’ve got a Devilbiss airbrush and compressor but haven’t used it for a decade at least.

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Marjorie Firth

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Oh, thanks Alan. It doesn’t attract me but I’m sure there are some lovely results about.
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Gillian Cooke

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Hi Steve! Welcome to POL and forum. Great pictures of the big cats!  Super detail 
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Heather Love

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Hi Steve, welcome from me too.  Deep admiration for your big cats, look forward to seeing more of your work

Steve Gathercole

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Steve, I’ve just commented on your swans in the gallery…can I ask? ….what exactly is “ airbrush” and how does it work?
Marjorie Firth on 31/01/2022 18:27:47
Hi, Thank you for the enquiry , looks like Alan ha already answered , yes it can be tedious work but very therapeutic :-)  

Steve Gathercole

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Hi Steve, welcome from me too.  Deep admiration for your big cats, look forward to seeing more of your work
Heather Love on 01/02/2022 08:14:25
Thank you.

Steve Gathercole

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Hi Steve , welcome to the forum and POL. Your two  paintings are superb can I suggest thst you put them in the gallery if you haven’t already done do. It is a good place to be with plenty of interesting people, information and really good for advice and feedback. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. 
Paul  (Dixie) Dean on 31/01/2022 17:04:35
Thank you, I have now found the gallery and started posting some of my works in different media.

Denise Cat

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Welcome Steve, you have some lovely work.
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