New Street, Leicester

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I like this Frank - both the colour/shading and, of course, the drawing.

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 11 May 12:33:58

Like those warm reds and browns - they bring this to life. Good drawing, too.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Mon 11 May 12:53:31

Super sketch Frank. You’ve made the slightly wobbly lines look right!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Mon 11 May 13:09:46

Love the quirkiness of this Frank and those lovely warm tones.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Mon 11 May 14:20:13

Nice to see how you have given the buildings character -fab sketch

Posted by Willie Drea on Mon 11 May 19:51:24

Thanks everyone, I used to worry about not being able to draw straight lines Tessa, but now wobbly lines don’t bother me 😀

Posted by Frank Bingley on Tue 12 May 06:57:09

I really like this Frank - beautifully done - and I have tried drawing from Google street view and found it rather difficult so I am very impressed!

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Tue 12 May 10:54:01

Hang on Studio Wall

11/05/2020

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Most of the art and painting groups and societies that I belong to are now holding exhibitions online or setting up groups on Facebook. This sketch was done from Google maps for a new virtual sketching group I’ve just joined #virtualsketchleicester This took about an hour and I’ve used pen and acrylic ink, in my A4 sketchbook.

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Frank Bingley

I've had very little tuition over the years except for a two year course during the late 1990s in watercolour. Since retirement in 2012, I now have time to pursue my love of painting. In recent years I have ventured into linoprinting, acrylics , oils and gouache. Gouache is fast becoming my…

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