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Gillian Cooke

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Hi there love your truck Dixie! I really am pretty useless at this sketching malarkey. I work in acrylics usually and tend to just get stuck in, acrylics are very forgiving! That aside I have done a five minute sketch not very great I am afraid but it does look like a windmill. I clearly need LOTS of practice! Think that the  slight tremor is a bit of a challenge too.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Don’t knock it, that quite a good sketch, and as you keep going you will get better and more confident. I would have known it was windmill , so your on the right track if we can recognise what you have sketched. Keep it coming.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Don’t knock it, that quite a good sketch, and as you keep going you will get better and more confident. I would have known it was windmill , so your on the right track if we can recognise what you have sketched. Keep it coming. Thank you for your comment.

Tessa Gwynne

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I like the way you tackle your truck painting stage by stage Dixie, this one is looking good and you get a super range of colours. Gillian that’s definitely a windmill, and not an easy subject. I had to do a birthday card for a young lady across the road who will be 12 tomorrow. This is her with  her pet rabbit, unfortunately it’s not the finished version because I forgot to photograph it before putting in the envelope!
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Just keep at it - I have a bit of tremor too, which comes on at the least appropriate moments (like having a brush dripping with paint to add a detail, and turning it into a lovely splodge-Fest).  I know she wouldn't mind if I told you her name, but on the offchance that she would - I won't!  But there's an artist here who has come on by entirely huge leaps since she sought a little guidance on drawing, which I and some others provided: she now produces marvellous drawings, full of movement, and paintings so absurdly good that she makes me jealous.  It was practice, and a bit of advice perhaps (I'd like to bask in a bit of reflected glory) that transformed her initially rather stiff drawings into the work we can see today - just keep going; try different drawing media, Mars Lumograph pencils, Derwent sketching pencils, conté crayon, charcoal, carbon pencils, pen and ink (in a structured way: not suggesting you try the lot at once) - get hold of lots of paper, and scribble all over it; doodle when you're on the 'phone; sketch everyday objects in the house and garden; buy a few dvds or books on drawing, plus there's plenty of online guidance.  Nothing is guaranteed in life, but at least you'll enjoy yourself - we all drew when we were kids, didn't we? - and you never know: you might turn into a far better artist than you could ever have suspected you'd be.   PS - that was for our new member!  And don't hesitate to employ tools like rulers, dividers, and anything else that seems useful.  

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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As usual Robert you talk a lot of sense, people don’t seem to think that you can use rulers and other tools when sketching. Pleased that you picked up on it, and passed on the advice.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Lovely. Card Tessa, sure it will be well received. My offering today is a digital pastel of a iced fruit bun from M&S,  very tasty reminds me of when the NAAFI van came around.   Not bothered about calories as I’ve lost quite a bit of weight due to not eating out so much.

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Yum yum iced bun! I’m sure a pot of people are missing their trips out for coffee and cake, but maybe soon. This is a sketch of the remains of what I think was originally a sheep dip along the river near here where I’ve been dog walking lately, a bit shadier in this hot weather!
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Gillian Cooke

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Thais for comments, advice and encouragement! Today I have had a go at a sketch in pencil and watercolour. As I live in a casacueva ( cave house ) I have done a chimney
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Gillian Cooke

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Thais for comments, advice and encouragement! Today I have had a go at a sketch in pencil and watercolour. As I live in a casacueva ( cave house ) I have done a chimney

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Tessa Gwynne

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Nice one Gillian. This is a sketch for today which is to be part of a project Of scenes from my morning walk.
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Gillian Cooke

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Loving your morning walk scenes Tessa! 
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