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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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A watercolour eventually of a old style wooden fishing boat dockside unloading its catch , I inspired by my love of boats and I wanted to do something complex fir a change and a challenge. I won’t include every plank in the boats hull there for my guidance , added some masking fluid to keep areas white and started with the darker interior of the shed. I do like to start  with the shadow areas sometimes as it enables me to see the rigging and masts etc more clearly.

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Looks like you are off to a good start Paul and it's always good to challenge yourself.

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Excellent start Dixie with great detail. You are so good at this sort of maritime scene.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thank you Denise and Tessa , I’ve added some more base colour and used the masking pen to mart the white tops of the waves etc. 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Completed some base colours and a start on the basic detail, it’s got that ugly look about at a screaming do something with me for goodness sake . It’s around this stage that I look and think oh hell what am I doing here, but then suddenly it seems to come together.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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A little more colour added and starting to build up the detailing, getting the different colours in the wooden hull is the challenge at the moment. 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Not a great deal more to do , just tidy up complete the figure and sort out where I used masking fluid on the hull. I will also add some more colour to the sea around the boat . 
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Robert Jones, Napa

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I still hate masking fluid! Though I can see where it would have been useful in this.  I'd like to see the final result, will you soften up some of the harsher lines, where the fluid was used?  I think that'd help a lot, but good work: a lot in the picture, but it doesn't feel crowded. 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I on,y used it to try out the fine pen , to be honest I think it’s created more work as I will have to blend in the lines and get them to look like metal inserts. It’s ok for when I want light foliage  grass etc over a dark area but I will do it the old way and paint around the white areas etc.  I think it had a use as said but definitely not for precision work it was also a bit of a pig to get off after a couple of days , if we don’t try we don’t learn . 
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Robert Jones, Napa

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True (if we don't try, etc).  Yeah, I don't think masking fluid really helps with fine detail, because when you take it off (if it'll COME off!) it leaves hard lines which you then have to soften; so - you might have been just as well off taking a stab at them without worrying about precision.  That's one reason why I hate the stuff, and the other reason is the pair of corduroy trousers I ruined when I spilt it on them. I also think you can always tell when masking has been used - and why not, it's not cheating; but I don't like the look it gives to work - reserving your whites just by leaving the paper unpainted IS a fag, but it just looks better when you do: plus, a tiny bit of white, or opaque paint like Light Red or Naples Yellow, can help a lot with those areas you inevitably paint into but hadn't intended to.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Yes definite best to use the white of the paper for detail I think . I think I have done enough but will” eave it a day or so before deciding on if I should post it on the gallery.  I alway see the mistake before I see the rest of the painting , they stand out like a sore thumb. 
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Dixie me boy - I should think we're all the same: not only do I see the mistakes, I tend (unless I give myself a good talking to) to worry away at them: and what does that do?  It makes 'em worse.  Good idea to stop - clean the palette, wash out your brushes, walk away before you get tired and irritable, and come back to it later.  That seems to be true across all media.  
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