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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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A5 pen and graphite pencil with a little white gel pen . Inspired by a late 1890 early 1900 photo , carrying out repairs to the nets and boat 
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George Cutter

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You are producing some excellent drawings Paul. 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thank you George , I have always sketched but in recent years watercolour has donated my artwork, getting back into sketching more now and thoroughly enjoying it.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Pen and pastel , based on sepia photo taken late 1890s .

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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A mix of pen , pastel and graphite pencil, part of a photo of a old building built into the rock on a hillside. on off white paper, I should have use the grey for better contrast etc . 

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Another very quick pen and pastel , Hastings trawler on the waters edge waiting to be towed above the waterline.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Fine  liner pen and pastel , imaginary scene old tree with a dusting of snow .

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This is a graphite sketch done with a HB. I'm happy with proportions so I will now spend a couple of hours rendering with a range of graphite. Probably using 2B, 4B 6B and maybe a F or H.  I find an F or H helps to unify the varying transitions. I really do love doing this type of tonal practice.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Superb start Denise , you are really good at these tonal sketches.

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That is a good start Denise, obviously it will start to develop more tonal depth once you’ve worked on it a bit more. I was surprised to read that you’ve been using F and H grade pencils in places…far too hard for me, B is the hardest that I would ever use - but I can’t criticise your choice because it’s looking good. I’m busy with other projects at present, so forgive me for posting an older work, I’m not sure if I have posted it mind you… I do so many of these quick sketches. Hastings Pier - pen and watercolour on grey paper A4.
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That’s impressive Alan , that’s how to do it correctly now I will show you how not to do it properly.  I’ve never used watercolour on grey paper, and was surprised how much it affected the tones , the yellow on the snow wasn’t strong enough so I added a little more, shocked how bright it became as it dried out . Bit of a mess but ok for a first try , we’ll I’m telling myself that anyway.

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Cheers Paul… on this snow scene I would have left the sky as the grey paper! I think generally, that you’ve opted for the grey but tried to cover it all up…  Sometimes less is more which equals impact! Give it another try, perhaps a reddish sun with just a bit of orangey reflection in the snow.
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