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Gillian Cooke

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Great painting Lewis! This subject really suits your style!
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Lewis Cooper

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Thanks Katy, Hillary and Gillian.  Just remembered I was going to do something in gouache...still plenty of time yet.

Jenny Harris

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Great sketch, Lewis, ideal challenge for you!

Hilary Pearce

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Thank you CJ.  No, I haven't tried gouache on black paper.   I'll have to get some.  I'm still finding out what I can and can't do with gouache. That teacher sounds like a full-bore martinet.  What a thing to scold you over!  I enjoyed the last two or three years of schooling, the rest was a bit iffey.
Lewis Cooper on 27/08/2020 10:25:45
I have painted with gouache on black paper as part of my art class earlier in the year, I really liked the effects, see attached. Now I know its not your subject(flowery) but I can imagine some of your characters on the dark background
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Lewis Cooper

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That's excellent Hilary.  Love the way you have some leaves fading into the background.  I have to get more sketchbooks, I'll try a black one.

Tessa Gwynne

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That’s super use of the black background Hilary, lovely effect.
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Nice work, Lewis, and a smashing bit of humour. Your flower painting is 'eye catching' Hilary, a beautiful rendition of gouache on black paper. I found an old school photo of a small group of us before we performed our interpretation of a 'broom dance' for a Noson Lawen, we're in welsh costume, must have been about 14yrs of age. I'll try a manga style, good or bad, I'll post the result whether good or bad.

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Just like to add, I've not done Manga images before, so, I have a book or two arriving Monday, for beginners. This will certainly be a challenge :) 
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Thought I'd remove the image, as I'm not too sure about copyright. I know many books invite us to learn, but to then post the resulting effort into a public forum, not sure how this works, best to be on the safe side. .

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Jenny Harris

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My effort for this challenge (hardly any entries so far) - ‘getting ready for big school’ - probably the most daunting time of my schooldays, moving on to grammar school. 

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Katy Dean

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Thought I’d do this quick sketch of my school days before the month is out (In the days before health and safety and riding hats were invented!)
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