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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Same as above but with more pastel added , it’s come out a bit lighter than the actual drawing.
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George Cutter

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Another quick pen and ink
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Pen , pencil and watercolour, old tow truck .
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Bobbie Matulja

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About 3 years ago I decided I was done with watercolour.  I was forced to paint watercolour flowers at high school - and although I love plants and really enjoy botanical art painted by other people, that level of precision and attention to fine detail is not for me!   Catherine Beale's "Watercolour freed!" series in recent issues of The Artist inspired me to see if I could find a way of using watercolour that suits my style.  I've been taking time out this week to sit in at my once a year solo exhibition at h.Art (Herefordshire Art Week), which gave me the time to play with a set of water soluble brush pens that have been gathering dust for the last couple of years.  I wanted to see how much the ink would move when water was added.  The answer is a bit, but not very much - although you can get some interesting effects by working on wetted paper!    I thought one of my own photos of hydrangeas at would be a good subject.  I began with the brush pens, then added some watercolour into the background and and used the fine tip on some of the brush pens to outline some of the key details.  This sketch is the result.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Definitely worth the time and effort Bobbie , I’m a watercolour fan just love how it move and blends etc.
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Bobbie Matulja

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A pencil sketch of the lectern at St John the Baptist Church, Nash, in South Shropshire - one of the two churches I look after as Churchwarden.  I've signed up for a City and Guilds Level 2 Printmaking Course which starts in January, and I hope this will be a preparatory sketch for something that ends up in my portfolio.  Sorry about the previous watercolour which has bled through on the left hand page.

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Gillian Cooke

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Loved the hydrangeas Bobby also print making course sounds interesting it’s good to try new things keeps you on your toes!
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Gillian Cooke

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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A pen and pastel sketch , still experimental with pen , pastel, etc , quite enjoyable.

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I missed this yesterday, but just spotted it on the gallery and made a comment there. I think it’s lovely, also the two pieces from Bobbie above. The lectern sketch looks a great challenge and very well drawn.
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Lewis Cooper

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It would be good to see Bobby’s portfolio piece from the preparatory sketch above. Paul I think your pastel sparrow is one of your best pieces.  Great little birds.  They aren’t so prevalent these days it seems.  When I was growing up up in London they were everywhere.  I used to think of them as cockney birds, dapper little working class birds.  Not so flashy as others but still beautiful.  This year I’ve seen about three in my garden.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thanks Tessa and Lew , I agree  not so many around these day like a lot of our so call natures birds there are far less . I have about half a dozen of so who visit the garden most day , but I can remember large flocks of sparrows grubbing around the garden most days . I think most people see the scruffy little sparrow as the working class of birds, my grandfather loved them ,never mentioned other birds but always said something about the sparrows in the garden. 
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