Florence

Florence
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And a great sketch it is to be sure - full of bustle and character.

Another beautiful sketch, Denis.

I would so love to be able to sketch like this. Also enjoyed reading your background of the day

Posted by Karen D on Sat 25 Mar 10:36:01

Did he really eat a fellow artist or did you mean "be a fellow artist" Tremendous sketch Denis.

It's predictive text - it runs away with me sometimes!

I love your lively clever sketch.

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24/03/2017
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This must be one of the .busiest sketches I have ever done - and one full of memories. It was drizzling, a gentle warm drizzle but enough to make me look for a place undercover where I could work. I found it near the Uffitzi. Lots of people eager to see what you was up to non more so than a fellow from Illinois who watched me over my shoulders or a little while then kept coming back to check on progress made. He turned out to eat fellow artist, said he was intrigued by the way I worked and shortly after I got back home I received from him,a photograph of me at work

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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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