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Tessa Gwynne

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Good to see more figure work Denise, and I like your French scene Linda. I think it would go well as pen and wash. As it’s the start of the Six Nations Rugby this weekend I did this pen sketch.

Denise Cat

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That sketch is brilliant Tessa. Lot's of movement going on there.Mine are like stiff boards at the moment but with practice, maybe I can get a more natural looking figure.

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Tessa Gwynne

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It’s all practice, practice, practice Denise, and it will come. When you’re out and about it’s good to observe how people walk, sit and stand, or even on the tv. I was told to look ,look look, and then look some more! And daily sketching really does help.
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Linda Wilson

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Good sketches Tessa.  You are right, practice, practice, practice.  Best from life and photos,  or you could get an artist’s wooden model.

Margaret Nisbet

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Lovely action rugby sketch, Tessa.   Denise, as Tessa and Linda said, "practice, practice, practice"!!  I would also suggest keeping early paintings for a few years so you can look back at them and see your improvement.

Denise Cat

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All great advice to follow, thanks everyone. I've just finished a watercolour that took a lot longer than I expected and I have just glanced at my sketch book and don't have the energy to reach for it tonight although I really want to. I might get a second wind after a rest. 

Tessa Gwynne

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Wasn’t sure what to do this evening so looked through some photos from last summer, and did this roadside sketch of a group of trees in pen and brush pens.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Some very nice figures drawn over the last day or so , l like your pen and wash Tessa. I by coincidence have done a rare pen and wash, looking up in the Chedder gorge. I original did the watercolours and with no details then added the pen to show the crags and strata . 
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Gillian Cooke

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Great to see so many figures and like your watercolour sketches Tessa and Paul. Here’s a quick sketch of a Japanese garden, inspired by a gardening programme I have just watched! 

Sylvia Evans

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F This is decidedly not for the gallery . I’ve posted it to make you laugh.  This is Sam  our rescue chap from a year ago.  He came in what looks like this babygro  ,the rescue place had snipped his bits before he was adopted and because he is so very small ( a JackChi , a posh mongrel a cross between a JR and Chihuahua ) .  Instead of a lampshade around his neck he had this.  He had a tour of the garden then leapt into our very large pond ,swam the length of it and scrambled out . He looked like a very small Edwardian bather . I immediately had to undress him and wash it.  

Sylvia Evans

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A friend who saw it thinks he looks as though he plays for Everton.  I should have coloured it red. 

Sylvia Evans

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Grrrrrrrr stupid double post 

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