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Simon_C

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I've decided to up my game by following up one of my daily sketches in charcoal. 

Bari Marsh

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Pencil sketch of an old master...
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Some nice sketch posted . Just a page from my pad today , practice hand  and eyes etc .

Denise Cat

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Some smashing sketches over the past few days everyone. I find I really like working with charcoal, so on my next trip out I am going to get some charcoal pencils, I've been using the sticks up till now.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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That’s really good Denice like it a lot .
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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You're making progress in leaps and bounds.  As well as charcoal pencils, which I use but do get the stuff smudged and all over the place, you could try (not all at once - over time!) carbon pencils - they don't work on any hint of grease, but are harder and less inclined to smudge than charcoal, and conté crayons - sticks of hard pastel, traditionally available in black, white, sepia, and bistre (a red-brown) but available now in a wide range of colours.  If you like charcoal, you'll like those.  And did you know you can use water with charcoal - plus actual watercolour, and Indian or Chinese ink?  The possibilities are endless, and all without needing to try every new (and expensive) thing on the market.  

Denise Cat

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I didn't know that charcoal was so versatile Robert, it certainly gives me something further to explore. I just use a cheap sketch pad but I would like to get some decent paper to use with charcoal but I'm not quite sure what would be best to get. I will have a look at the carbon pencils and crayons. Thanks.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Pencil sketch of fishermen on a sidewinder trawler in rough sea.

Bari Marsh

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Fiddlers Ferry powerstation from West Bank.

Denise Cat

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You should paint that power station Bari. Nice sketch of the fishermen. My sketch this evening, I would like to carry on all evening but my shoulder is giving me gyp.

Bari Marsh

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Thanks Denise like your spooky wood..just flicking through an old Venice holiday journal and found this sketch.
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Ron Goodwin

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Denise, your sketching is getting better all the time and charcoal seems like a niche. I really like the woods (and the Easter bunny). Very nice sketch of Venice, Bari, and one of the reasons why it's off my bucket list - the crowds. It keeps me looking around the scene to see what's happening. I've been very lax with sketching this month and just busy with other things now Autumn is here in the southern hemisphere. I've just finished another painting and, recently, did a simple tonal sketch at a local beach. It has a massive rock outcrop that curtains off a very nice spot for swimming. Looking at seascapes to do a large painting for my daughter's lounge room wall.
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