Warkworth Castle from the churchyard. by Marjorie Firth

Such precision with your lovely, loose, charcoal drawing. Love it Marjorie.

Nicely done indeed Marjorie.

Super drawing.

Very Nice Work!

Thanks Carole, Chris, Stephen and Skylar - it was a nice break from doing “jobs”, a bit of sun before the weather changes tomorrow!

Lovely work Marjorie!

Oh this is lovely, great composition!

Lovely charcoal Marjorie

Great drawing; very atmospheric.

So different foryou Marjorie. Like it.

Extremely good Marjorie

A very fine drawing.

I don’t like the reductive approach personally, I can’t get into it somehow… But you’ve done a good job here Marjorie, the end result was obviously worthwhile! Dare I say… lacking strong tonal values perhaps!

Thanks for looking and commenting everyone - yes Alan, I know..I thought about more work on it ( it took half an hour ) but decided to leave it as it is, a quickie.

I like this very much Majorie, I like the idea of reductive charcoal too; I haven't tried it for years but I know I enjoyed it!

Very good Marjorie and I also enjoy using the reductive approach.

Interesting technique Marjorie.

I like this technique Marjorie, I was introduced to it by Davy Brown. I found it fit very well with the subject matter……car parts on a scrap heap! Love what you have done here, it’s added a little mystery to the subject.

I don’t particularly draw in a linear way, I suppose I go straight to the forms ( although I have of course made linear drawings). I think I also paint like this on the whole. Once you establish the lights and the composition it’s a very fast method, probably why I like it.

Great drawing, I like it!

Half an hour well spent Marjorie! I like the method. It stops the fight with the white and filling in the gaps.

Not bad for a quick composition! Well done.

Very good drawing Marjorie.