I want to be in America

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Great image from a great movie. I like water soluble pencils, they've worked well here.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Sat 06 Aug 17:19:37

Brilliant! Really caught my eye!

Posted by Janet Moloney on Sat 06 Aug 17:29:26

Full of the joy of dancing!

Posted by Heather Love on Sat 06 Aug 17:59:34

This is a brilliant image. There is real movement throughout it and great use of colour.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sat 06 Aug 19:15:37

The great Rita Moreno dancing Mambo in the film. Loved it.

Posted by Jim Morris on Sat 06 Aug 19:19:05

Thanks for the positive input. I haven't yet seen the new version but I remember Natalie Wood with affection (and Rita Moreno is still going strong).

Posted by Mark Annison on Sat 06 Aug 21:46:21

Hang on Studio Wall

06/08/2022

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Water soluble pencil on A4 Strathmore paper. West Side Story is one of my favourite musicals. I rarely use coloured pencils, but I thought they might lend something to the picture.

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Mark Annison

I think I started drawing and painting when I was nine or ten, trying to emulate my father. I still sketch, draw and paint in watercolour, pastel and acrylics sixty years later. I taught for many years but am now comfortably retired and follow an endless journey in art, excited by the exploration…

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