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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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NNice work everyone, I really like the look of your tree Andrew . I’m trying to use dip pens , big learning curve this is a very quick one using black in and water I did use a small brush to apply the water , I’m also trying to keep it loose . It’s in a pad in using for pen work . 

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Andrew Roles

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This has a real charm Paul, I like the loose approach.
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Brett Hill

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I did this sketch then coloured it in later. I don’t usually do figures in action, so it’s a bit of a first for me, as is the whole watercolour business.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Your figures are working well -  I'll leave it to the watercolourists among us to comment on the other parts of the painting; other than to suggest you might consider changing your blue - it's a bit sombre, and pulls the mood down.  Or that's what I thought, anyway - plenty of other opinions will be available. 
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John Graham Inkson

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You are doing very well with the new figures and watercolour business as you call it Brett. So keep it up.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I agree with what both Robert and John have said , as to the blue you are using  it look a bit insipid It looks like you have use a bit of purple or a different blue to give a variation in the water . I would suggest that you use one blue and vary the tone , try it out on a bit of scrap paper, I always keep some handy , usually off cuts from an old painting . 
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Tanja Gerster

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Good morning, painters and illustrators! The early bird catches the worm :) There are so many wonderful drawings and pictures here, I love these quick sketches! At the risk of increasing the cat population, I'll show you my little morning rituals :) Léon is always working very diligently with me!!
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Leon looks like he has had a hard  working session with the pens .  Pen and white acrylic paint pen , I find the these little A6 sketches useful as it sometimes give ideas for larger pieces. I seem to have damaged the edge of the paper, probably the bit of masking tape I use to pin it down.
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Brett Hill

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Sometimes the looseness of sketches is more satisfying than carefully thought through work.

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John Graham Inkson

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This is good one of your best Brett. Such good sense of depth and variety of contrasting Greens. One for the gallery.
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John Graham Inkson

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I feel that quick sketches can say just as much as finished work.
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Tanja Gerster

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Great sketches, and yes, Brett, it turned out very well; it's beautiful to see how the colors come together in a glaze, with a lovely depth effect.
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