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Waddesdon Grotesque

Andrew Roles

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A steady flow of good sketches from everyone. Here's two from the last few days - still trying to do at least one a day. I've developed a liking for views through windows. Looking out of a café window (fountain pen):   Looking out of the shoebox laughably called my 'studio' to a rather ancient tree and the buildings beyond (fountain pen, brush pens and chalk). I shall probably do a more formal painting based on both of these.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Two nice sketches Andrew my so shed where I paint in decent weather is jokingly called the  Shedio . Messing about with single colour paintings straight in with the brush , the smaller two Paynes grey ten and fifteen minutes each , the Prussian blue one took about twenty five minutes as I struggle with figures . I wasn’t looking for details or accuracy just wanted to use the single colour and enjoy p,suing around.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Your Prussian blue one has a French fisherman look - I like the middle sketch: it's quite bare but effective.  
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Liking Andrew's view through windows, too - safely on the warm side of the window is the place to be right now...  
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thank you Robert , the fishermen were based on a 1900 photograph with  location given my first thought was France .  I do love trees to look at, paint and sketch they are one of may favourite subjects I’m attracted by the shapes , size colours well everything about them . I have several sketchbook for different subjects m Trees , Marine , Horses , and Figure plus general sketches along with a scribble pad  this is in my tree pad . I became so absorbed working on it that it occupied me for a quite a while with a tea brake .
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Tony Auffret

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Paul, your snow scene, middle sketch above reminds me very much of Caspar David Friedrich (see below).  That's meant by way of praise and certainly not a criticism

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thank you Tony I take it as a compliment, I was looking at his work last week and the one you posted is one that I particularly liked. 

Denise Cat

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Some of my life drawing sketches from Monday. I think a lot of the poses have been very difficult. Foreshortening, slight twist to the bodies, forward and backward leans. These particular two poses, we had twenty minutes to draw the nude, then another twenty minutes to complete with the model having put some sort of drapery over. There is no time to draw the chairs or do any type of detail. You are lucky if you even finish the basic lines of a sketch because the time goes so quickly. We have a male model next week.

Sylvia Evans

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A  good way to start a LD session Denise is to have really quick poses 5 mins or less…even have your model walking in a circle.stop concentrating on facial features and hair.  Try charcoal  or conte and A2 minimum.  Let your eyes go all squinty and just go for basic shape.   Try to mentally measure as you go along lrnghth of leg … Look at your drawing and mentally stand her up.  But otherwise well done. .

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. So good you got it twice ….lol

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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There  a lovely sketches Denise and Sylvia, a couple from me a pencil sketch of a old lady returning her deckchair and a quick ink sketch of a fishing boat . Don’t know why I do so few ink sketches as I really enjoy them when I can  bother to getting stuff out . 

Denise Cat

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Thanks Sylvia and Paul. The tutor makes the decision about the pose Sylvia but we often do quick 10 minute sketches they are rarely standing up. I am looking forward to carrying on with life drawing after the course has finished. Great sketching everyone.
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