Muker, N. Yorks

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Predictive text I can well do without! This is Muker, not Maker!

Posted by Denis Pickles on Thu 05 Apr 12:09:38

Lovely sketch Dennis.

Posted by Rachel Mansell on Thu 05 Apr 13:07:16

Lovely work Dennis.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Thu 05 Apr 15:10:20

Great sketch Denis, has that sense of wanting to know what's around that bend!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Thu 05 Apr 15:23:44

Really good Dennis.

Posted by Richard Cooper on Thu 05 Apr 15:26:02

Really good Denis.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 05 Apr 15:29:49

Well done, Dennis

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Thu 05 Apr 16:05:01

A good clean etching Dennis - what metal are you using - copper , zinc , ?

Posted by Mike Capenerhurst on Thu 05 Apr 22:02:20

A pleasure to look at work like this.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 06 Apr 06:03:30

Mike. Thanks for your comments. I used a zinc plate when I made this etching. As I have mentioned previously, I have done very little etching - I do not have the equipment. But there is no doubt that I enjoy this type of work. It’s strange really. When I use my sketch book, which is my constant companion, I tend to work quickly and loosely - impatience I guess. Get down an impression and move on to the next subject which waits round the corner. When i’m Involved with an etching, i’m far more meticulous. Each mark tends to be carefully considered before it’s made. What is in my sketch book is mine but the finished etching is open to the gaze of scores of people.l

Posted by Denis Pickles on Fri 06 Apr 09:49:22

Hang on Studio Wall

05/04/2018

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I used a sketch which I had done in the village on a cold October morning to produce this etching. Muker, Hawes, Askrigg and the area around Richmond are all favourite painting locations for me.

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Denis Pickles

I’ve been drawing and painting for a long, long time. The first picture I have still in my possession is dated November 1939 and 83 years on I’m still at it! Keen on art at school and would have dearly liked a job with an art connection- I had hoped to get into architecture, but it did not happen.…

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