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Bari Marsh

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Start  of a 20x30cm pen and ink drawing of Harrison's Tea Rooms Warrington..

Bari Marsh

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Counting bricks again Robert....
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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What amazes me is the speed with which you seem able to do them, without having some grossly disproportionate to the others .... practice making perfect, I imagine.   As ever - good to see these step-by-steps: an art lesson with no need of words.  

Bari Marsh

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Once I have counted the bricks and worked out how  many courses given my self a few pencil guide lines.....and just go with the flow.. usually sat in front of the TV, it stops me falling asleep as most of the programs are repeats or boring..

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You count them ? 

Bari Marsh

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Yes Sylvia I count them 4 bricks + joints = 1ft victorian house 10ft rooms 3 stories 120 bricks high....anything less wouldn't look right......

Sylvia Evans

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Gosh ! .
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Now that’s attention to detail! 😵‍💫
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I would go cross eyed trying to do that much detailing, I do admire you determination to get it looking so good Barry .  Do you count bricks instead of sheep when it difficult to sleep, I tried the sheep counting lark , bloody rubbish , I worried I’d missed one.  

Bari Marsh

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It's just so obvious when a building has the wrong amount of bricks or roof tiles and bad perspective...I painted a life size old village for a Garden Centre Christmas spectacular some  years ago it took me 3 months and I had lots of comments from bricklayers..

Sylvia Evans

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Comments from Brickiesi love it.  I do admire your tenacity Bari.   No window tax on this building then.     My lovely husband did his apprenticeship as a stone mason when he left school.  So I have had a life time of looking at building construction literally all over the world .  Plus big family connections to  Paddys Wigwam and the Giles Gilbert Scott  Anglican Cathedral.  

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Bari Marsh

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Making a start on the next wall this is in shade so I'm up a size in my pen but will also cross hatch when it's completed 
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