Guarding the Castle - Liquid Pencil on Watercolour NOT paper
I've had this photo of a statue from Ainwick Castle, Northumberland for quite some time and decided to try out my pots of liquid pencil. When I added water to them I found that acted very much like watercolours and I had a mini meltdown as me and watercolours have a very uneasy relationship. However, I persisted yesterday and I wasn't too unhappy with the results. The effects, when dry, are lovely as they have that graphite look. Will definitely have another go.
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Adele Elgood
When I was a young girl my parents had a large mirror which had an etching of a "crinoline lady" on. I would spend hours copying this. In the 1960's when I was at Secondary school, I was told to give up painting and drawing as I was useless and would never be any good. Following these words of…
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