Waiting for Surgery

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Well done Denis, hope you are feeling better now. This is a great sketch.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Mon 13 Feb 15:32:23

Lovely sketch Denis, hope it was good therapy for you immersing yourself in the process.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Mon 13 Feb 15:49:03

Oh I know the feeling! This is so well portrayed here, Denis. No joke, is it...you are at their mercy! Help! I wanna go home!

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Mon 13 Feb 18:32:58

I am s big fan of your sketches and this one is wonderful. What a great way to pass the time. I hope your feeling a lot better.

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Mon 13 Feb 18:36:56

Thanks for the comments. I certainly feel much better now the job's been done. The only snag I found in sketching in the hospital is that the subject matter is somewhat limited.

Posted by Denis Pickles on Mon 13 Feb 19:31:04

It is a very good sketch. Thank goodness you had your sketchbook. What a blessing. Get well soon!

Posted by Shirley May on Mon 13 Feb 20:37:32

Excellent Denis. Good opportunity as I found when hospitalised for much longer than you. Hope you're good now.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Tue 14 Feb 10:32:54

Hang on Studio Wall

13/02/2017

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Little did I know that when I called at my local for a light lunch, that I would faint and be whipped off to be looked after by the NHS for the next week and only be allowed home after undergoing a "procedure". Lucky I guess, that I had my sketch book with me. It provided me with the means of overcoming many hours of boredom in between numerous tests. It also was a means of making friends, this sketch, - OK it's a bit rough - was the view from my bed. Not a landscape - more a bedscape!

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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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