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Owen Lloyd

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Last one for March, drawn while 'watching' the weird end of Platoon. These were all angles and no volumes which was quite tricky.
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Marjorie Firth

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How on earth did you concentrate on that “ trickiness” while watching a film? Excellent by the way.

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Owen Lloyd

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Cheers Marjorie. It's Gillian's fault. Her thread has given me the itch to sketch every day. Whatever else I'm doing is just a backdrop.
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Owen Lloyd

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Here's one that cheered me up on Easter Monday. Good to get out in daylight. I was sat on the pavement about 3ft from the wheel so the perspective was fun.
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Marjorie Firth

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The more you sketch, the more absorbed you get - a couple of years ago I did all of Jan and Feb and really enjoyed it. I stopped because I wanted to get back to painting. Your sketch ( drawing, it’s more than a sketch) is excellent Owen.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Superb sketching Owen I would be interested to see if the sketching has an effect on your painting. I know a lot of folk on the site me included believe that regular sketching enhances your painting skill , so if you notice a difference it would be interesting to know.
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Owen Lloyd

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Paul, good question. So far it's changing my head more than my brushwork. I don't erase any more for various reasons, which is liberating. Trusting the sketching process and enjoying the result rather than needing a pretty picture. I managed my first 10 mins of this attitude painting last night before sliding back. That's good though! Marjorie. I can understand that. I'm keeping sketching for the short breaks or when I've fallen out with a painting session. How do you measure sketch Vs drawing? I'm not picking a fight, I'm honestly interested. Is it time, finish, purpose?
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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A sketch set up for a painting I’m working on it’s an imaginary scene using reference photos for the ship and tugs . The owl is white gel pen and pastel for the eye, the inspiration came from a photograph taken at night that I tweaked and then reduced the amount of feathers that caught the light . 
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Marjorie Firth

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Marjorie. I can understand that. I'm keeping sketching for the short breaks or when I've fallen out with a painting session. How do you measure sketch Vs drawing? I'm not picking a fight, I'm honestly interested. Is it time, finish, purpose? Owen, my understanding is that a sketch is maybe just that - “ sketchy”, done quickly, not too many details, something to be used for eg. as plan for further work. Of course it can stand alone as a quick aide memoire. A drawing to me is more detailed, a work in itself. I confess I find myself becoming absorbed and mostly end up with “ drawings”.
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Owen Lloyd

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Paul, your ship and tugs are very assured. It appears as if you know their forms well and can reproduce them comfortably. 
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A slippery pose. Hard finding the balance between knees, arm and head shapes. A thinner body than I'm used to drawing.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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That’s a excellent Sketch Owen , ships, tugs and sailing barges are my favourite subjects so I’ve had quite a bit of practice. I do do other things but I would happily produce maritime work all and every day .  This is how the sketch is developing .
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