Church Street, Whitby - circa 1880 - Pencil.

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You do buildings very well Adele, and the perspective works in this piece as well.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Sat 30 Jul 20:50:55

Great sketch Adele.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 30 Jul 20:53:41

Is that near"arguements yard"........The stage for York used to leave the pub on the left around that time.. Cheers. Peter

Posted by Peter Loft on Sat 30 Jul 21:09:48

A stunning drawing, Adele. I admire your skill to add all the details. It certainly is o.k.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Sat 30 Jul 21:39:57

Lovely work adele.

Posted by Russ Willco on Sat 30 Jul 21:40:28

Gosh this fantastic Adele well done - a place I have always wanted to visit

Posted by Donna Crane on Sat 30 Jul 21:43:13

I do envy your ability to draw and get correct perspectives Adele....this is wonderful in all areas.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 30 Jul 21:45:43

Good drawing of a tricky subject Adele!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Sat 30 Jul 21:49:34

Lovely pencil work here Adele, a tricky subject but you have pulled it off.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Sat 30 Jul 22:35:05

Beautifully done Adele.

Posted by Henry Martin on Sun 31 Jul 06:03:48

Lovely piece of work, Adele, and a lot of detail. Always nice to see a bit of life. I particularly like the fourth figure on the left, looks as if she's dancing down the road :) super work.

Posted by Anonymous User on Sun 31 Jul 07:09:24

Textures are really good; great picture.

Posted by Alan Green on Sun 31 Jul 08:59:29

Brilliant drawing Adele, lots of interesting detail in it.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sun 31 Jul 10:03:36

Thank you all for the lovely comments. CA - I think that figure was a young girl probably playing. I think Arguments Yard is off that street because Church Street is in the old town where all the jet shops are now. We were walking down there a couple of months ago and found an alley which opened out to the Yard - of course it is very pretty now, but absolutely no real character!

Posted by Adele Elgood on Sun 31 Jul 10:13:41

great exercise with pencil Adele love the buildings,perspective and the figures are very well done

Posted by David Harrison on Sun 31 Jul 12:25:24

Great drawing Adele. perspective is spot on and plenty of detail for interest.

Posted by Syd Edward on Sun 31 Jul 12:25:41

Super work, Adele. Really good work on the perspective and lovely, subtle tones.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Sun 31 Jul 13:51:27

Super drawing Adele, your perspective is great, I'm hopeless at drawing!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Sun 31 Jul 15:01:37

Well, you certainly have the patience that I don't possess Adele, a really good piece of drawing.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Sun 31 Jul 15:39:13

Thank you David, Syd, Seok, Margaret and Alan for your comments. It takes me an awful long time to draw with lots of erasing and that's maybe why I am hopeless at quick sketches.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Sun 31 Jul 19:46:29

Some good drawing in there Adele

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Sun 31 Jul 21:42:14

Thank you Derek.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Sun 31 Jul 22:08:23

Fabulpus detail Adele.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Mon 01 Aug 14:20:02

Oops a slight typo!!! it should have read... Fabulous detail Adele. I wouldn't have the patience to draw all those windows.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Mon 01 Aug 14:22:40

Thanks Ellen - I think "fabulpus" is a great word!

Posted by Adele Elgood on Mon 01 Aug 19:47:43

Hang on Studio Wall

30/07/2016

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This was copied from a book of Victorian photos. Hope you can see it o.k.

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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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