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Tessa Gwynne

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Grand drawings all round. Here’s a drawing I did yesterday with a view to a possible painting.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Be nice to see that develop into a painting Tessa . Thank you Lew , I’m just experimenting with the pens as I find then very different to pencil obviously, though the added greys from the pastel would have a nice effect. Just done this one as you will see from the photo I haven even removed the dust from the pastes , used various greys and white to contrast the black , done in my marine sketch pad . 
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Gillian Cooke

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I think you are well suited to te pens and pastel Paul! It was suddenly very calm this afternoon and very warm for a few hours but it’s getting windy again!

Tessa Gwynne

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You’ve captured the feel of the strong winds Gillian! My friend in Tillicoultry said they were told to stay in all day, and the winds were quite scary but I think the worst is past hopefully.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I’ve been fooling around with pens this evening, used a dip pen with an italic nip and then a roller ball ink pen . I also added a bit of colour pastel to the sketch I did earlier as an experiment. Interesting but I think I prefer the mono version. 

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Pencil sketches from my landscape pad , I have a pad for each of my favourite subjects and a couple of rough pads on the go . 
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Tessa Gwynne

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Rather sketchy sketches from me today- Plein air - on a walk of two llamas in the fields. Also a roadside view on way back. Biro and felt pen.

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Gillian Cooke

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Love those Llamas!! I am afraid there’s no sketch from me today as been busy still got Floris with us , we had gusts of 99 mph recorded here in Orkney last night!

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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A couple of sketches today both using fine liners and pastel in one , I’ve been playing around with pen and pastel and quite like the effect . This one was inspired by a sepia photo taken in the late 1800s it of a steam barge loading cargo use a brown/ tan coloured paper.

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Lewis Cooper

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Paul, I know you won’t forsake your watercolour painting, but I think your pen work is bringing an extra dimension to your art.  So it’s worth spending some of your art-time in persisting with it.   If only there were more hours in the day.
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