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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Pencil and graphite stick, did this last night specifically for this thread .

Alan Bickley

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Great job done here Paul…
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Andrew Roles

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Great thread. I always enjoy doing pencil work, but don’t do enough. Here’s my avatar shown large. It’s a grotesque from Waddesdon:
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Lewis Cooper

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Well done Paul.  You draw trees so well, and this is a beauty.  And a fine pencil sketch from George.   Some more charcoal and graphite drawings, a mix of artists showing work on POL and art found elsewhere. Romila Datta, a POL artist,  a pencil sketch.  I think sketches like this, as with Paul's and George's, have a lively sense of immediacy about them, which I admire. S. Goldberg - charcoal.  This medium lends itself to gritty, moody drawings like this. Paul's pencil drawing.  Impressed by this when I saw it in the gallery. Josh Hernandez - Charcoal.  This artist is on you tube under 'Mad Charcoal', he hurls a lot of charcoal dust at his paper and then 'modifies' it. Thea Penna, here on POL.  A gem of a pencil drawing. Daniel Wilson - charcoal (with what looks like gold leaf flecks.) Michele Ashby- a postcard size graphite drawing.  (Another artist showing work on POL) Douglas McDougal using charcoal, and a scalpel to scratch out the lights.) A picture of Daniel with another charcoal drawing.  It seems charcoal artists tend to make pretty large pictures. A beautiful pencil drawing by POL's Fiona Phipps. Susan Grossman uses mostly charcoal but adds touches of colour with pastel. I'll end for now with Michael Hanrahan's charcoal drawing.  Super.  (a POL artist).
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George Cutter

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HB, 2B and 4B Graphite drawing. This one on the Somerset Levels.
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Russell Edwards

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'All hail the mighty pencil' of Mr Lewis Cooper. An artist we all admire for his humour and amusing anecdotes but perhaps we sometime overlook his brilliant drawing skills as a result. His portfolio is full of wonderful drawings.

Jenny Harris

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One more charcoal drawing from me, another old art class exercise, haven’t used charcoal since then, although I do like monochrome work.
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Marjorie Firth

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Impressed by all the pencil / charcoal work. Was aiming to do some but got out the paints again! ( I do love painting). I’m going to hunt for another oldie in the meantime.
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Lewis Cooper

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It's good to see your postings, I'm sure most of you have graphite and/or charcoal drawings.  I use pencils all the time, but seldom do 'finished' pencil drawings.  These days most of my pictures are a mix of pencil, pen, coloured pencils, gouache and watercolour...which doesn't fit this thread theme.  I have some Derwent graphite water-soluble pencils, mostly I use them for black monochrome drawings,  there are some colours in the set, chiefly earth colours, they don't have bright colours you get in coloured pencils. This is a drawing done with Derwent Black water-soluble pencils.  The greys produced by blending with a wet brush... ...this is a drawing done with Faber-Castell water-soluble pencils, like the Derwent, I've used the pencils wet and dry... ...they look pretty much the same.  The Derwent ARE graphite, the Fabers AREN'T.  But they are all pencils.  Maybe I shouldn't have fussed with leaving coloured pencils out of this thread.
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Marjorie Firth

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Lewis Cooper

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Super Marjorie, especially the child on the phone.

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I do a lot of drawing and probably balance it with the same amount of painting. I came across this oldie. Charcoal. I liked using the intense colour of the paper for the highlights, of course a little white was used on the eyes and collar. I may do a couple more on this paper.

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