British Rail 9F Locomotive

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Wow, this is good.. I love the steam trains, Lovely David, so much detail. :)

Posted by Maria Hughes on Tue 11 Aug 21:13:54

Thank you Maria - that's really kind of you!

Posted by David Clark on Tue 11 Aug 21:26:34

Great drawing David and I'm with you on steam, rail and road.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Wed 12 Aug 09:38:58

Thanks Derek! I love your work, so this means a lot to me.

Posted by David Clark on Wed 12 Aug 12:55:24

Great drawing, especially seeing that it is in charcoal and it must have been difficult to achieve all the precise detail required.

Posted by Thea Cable on Thu 13 Aug 13:56:29

Thanks Thea - it took a bit of time and trouble, but I enjoyed every minute of it.

Posted by David Clark on Thu 13 Aug 15:12:34

lovely. drawing. david. Now. make. them. come. to. life. Paint. them. Running. Im,e. sure. you. will. make. a. good. job

Posted by john gould on Sun 16 Aug 11:45:25

Thanks John, I should give it a go, you're right.

Posted by David Clark on Sun 16 Aug 13:37:07

What a wonderful drawing - you have a lot of talent David.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Mon 09 May 21:22:47

Hang on Studio Wall

11/08/2015

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Charcoal on paper. This is only the second time I ever tried a picture with charcoal - always just used an ordinary HB pencil before. Going back to my boyhood love of steam railways, this is a British Rail 9F locomotive - that was the last class of stem locomotives commissioned by British Rail prior to deciding to do away with steam. What I love about steam engines as a subject for drawing is that even with such a sophisticated and technologically advanced bit of kit as this one, there's so many interesting lumps and bumps. While with a diesel engine it's just a box with some wheels.

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David Clark

I've always drawn, but I never took Art as a subject at school, and I've never had any lessons or tuition. I've always doodled in idle moments, and sketched for my own amusement, but I never had the guts to try painting before 2015. I joined the Afan Nedd artists' group that summer, finally plucking…

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