Study of boats

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Great sketching Paul.

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Thu 30 Jan 11:08:34

Well done for keeping to the discipline of sketching daily, and producing interesting sketches.

Posted by Andrew Roles on Thu 30 Jan 11:27:20

A rather good quintet of boats here Paul! You’re getting really proficient and they aren’t easy!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Thu 30 Jan 11:28:56

As always , your boats are very good, Paul.

Posted by David Stevens on Thu 30 Jan 11:52:00

A very good group Paul (like that fisherman too!)

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 30 Jan 12:03:27

Thank you all for your comments , they are appreciated.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Thu 30 Jan 12:31:49

Great boats Paul!

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Thu 30 Jan 13:24:13

Love these boats and particularly they way you’ve portrayed the two figures on the top left sketch, this is something I should do more off. Great work Paul. 👍👍

Posted by William Jones on Thu 30 Jan 13:42:51

Great drawing skills Paul

Posted by Chris Scott on Thu 30 Jan 14:09:54

Good sketching Paul and well done to you for doing it every day- I have good intentions but…..!

Posted by Christine Rogan on Thu 30 Jan 14:41:37

I like your boats, brilliant as always !

Posted by valerie harper on Thu 30 Jan 15:38:47

Great sketches Paul

Posted by Russell Edwards on Thu 30 Jan 16:01:16

Thank you so much for all your kind comments. Christine I can’t claim to sketching every day as occasionally I miss a day or so ,but I do either paint or sketch each day as much as I can often doing both. I tend to paint in the day preferably morning but lately it’s afternoons and sketch in the evening as I don’t watch television and only read or watch a film occasionally these days .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Thu 30 Jan 17:06:04

These are excellent sketches Paul. I should do more boat work, I shy away from technical stuff!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 30 Jan 17:07:44

Super boats Dixie, you make it look easy , we know it isn’t!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Thu 30 Jan 18:07:23

Good boats Paul, my favourite subject for sketching

Posted by Trevor Wick on Thu 30 Jan 18:08:11

Fiona , Tessa and Trevor thank you for your kind and much appreciated comments. Fiona you have all the skills needed to sketch technical thing , proven by your recent maritime sketch, Tessa boats are like anything else you sketch or paint, take time to look at the construction and shapes , similarly with trees understand how they grow and you have the knowledge to do them justice.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Thu 30 Jan 18:20:01

Lovely sketching, Paul.

Posted by Linda Mauldon on Thu 30 Jan 18:52:01

Nice sketches Paul!

Posted by Anthony Knight on Thu 30 Jan 20:00:48

Love these boat sketches. And to be able to do them in 10 minutes!

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Thu 30 Jan 20:50:06

A lovely collection beautifully sketched!

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Thu 30 Jan 20:53:41

Many thanks, Linda , Anth , Sandra and Anne.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Thu 30 Jan 20:59:44

Super boats Paul.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 30 Jan 22:11:18

Good boats and figures Paul.

Posted by Ronald Haber on Fri 31 Jan 01:07:49

Fab shapes Paul.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Fri 31 Jan 03:22:14

Carole, Ronald and Sylvia thank you for you comments , I always appreciated that you take the time to look and comment .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Fri 31 Jan 09:38:12

Love'em

Posted by Thalia Stones on Fri 31 Jan 10:23:30

Thank you Thalia .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Fri 31 Jan 10:24:05

Great sketches Paul. I especially like the one with the single fisherman.

Posted by John Kinsella on Sat 01 Feb 00:39:15

Hang on Studio Wall

30/01/2025

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Pencil sketches of small wooden boats , B2 , 5 and 9 pencils used , roughly ten minutes or less per sketch. Part of my daily sketches that I’m trying to keep up with , sketched I’m my marine sketchbook, I must remember to put some paper under my hand to stop the smudging.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

I have sketched most of my life on and off I became interested in watercolour following a spinal injury whilst in hospital but did not follow it up. My eldest daughter bought me a beautiful wooden box set of half pans about twenty five years ago I dabbled on and off until retirement twelve years…

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