Bee Happy

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A lot of work in this Linda, especially the foliage.....painting all those negative spaces. Lovely piece.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 24 Mar 15:22:36

So good Linda!

Posted by Heather Love on Wed 24 Mar 15:40:59

Well Bristol board is smooth and shiny Linda, and generally reserved for pen and ink, so it’s not ideal for pencil drawing. Something with a fine tooth like Fabriano Artistico HP would work better. However, you’ve made a cracking job here, and it’s immediately obvious that you have far more patience than I have!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Wed 24 Mar 20:41:19

That bee is just perfect as is the foliage. Lovely.

Posted by Judith Taylor on Thu 25 Mar 07:01:41

Many thanks, Fiona, Heather, Alan and Judith. I had used Bristol board as I had noticed that some cp artists have achieved great results with it. There were times when I wished I had not started it and could have spent longer on it for refinement, but my patience ran out. The photo could be better too.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Thu 25 Mar 08:43:40

No matter great results Linda

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Sat 03 Apr 20:34:27

Hang on Studio Wall

24/03/2021

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Coloured pencils on 8 x10” Bristol board. I’m trying to get to grips with coloured pencil. So far I can’t really tell the difference between wax and oil pencils and it seems that you can mix them anyway. It would have been a lot easier with pen and wash. Both sorts of pencil seem to scratch and leave dark marks.

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Linda Wilson

Since retiring from a career in education and training management, I returned to art after a gap of 40 years. Now I travel was much as I can with my husband and take an enormous amount of photographs, some of which I use as reference photos. Meanwhile, I take a weekly course in portraiture and…

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