Helmsley Castle

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Good sketch Martin

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 10 Jul 07:21:06

Excellent sketch.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 10 Jul 07:21:21

A super sketch Martin.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 10 Jul 08:04:31

A good sketch showing the rugged stones!

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Mon 10 Jul 08:24:36

Nice sketch indeed.

Posted by PogArt Ti on Mon 10 Jul 09:05:32

A perfect sketch, Martin. Well done.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Mon 10 Jul 09:14:16

Lovely Sketch.

Posted by Denise Cat on Mon 10 Jul 09:38:18

Really good sketch, well done.

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Mon 10 Jul 10:50:52

Thanks for looking and commenting Heather Dixie Spencer Anne Artur Mia Denise and Stephen

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Mon 10 Jul 12:28:01

A lovely immediacy about this drawing Martin, super job indeed!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Mon 10 Jul 18:44:49

Thanks for that Alan. Good of you to say. I have to say I was racing to finish as the sky was blackening and a red hot morning turned into a stormy wet afternoon

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Tue 11 Jul 06:43:36

Excellent sketch Martin, I like wash, it gives a look of age.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 11 Jul 16:13:36

Fabulous drawing Martin.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 12 Jul 06:32:41

Thanks for commenting Fiona Carole and Coral. I think you’re right Fiona. It takes the harshness of the white away

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Wed 12 Jul 08:16:42

Very impressive Martin, and the limited wash does add to the atmospheric look.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Sat 29 Jul 07:23:27

This is beautiful Martin- love the soft yellow glow-

Posted by Rachel Wood on Sat 29 Jul 07:44:17

Thanks very much Tessa and Rachel. You are so right, without the colour the image was not very atmospheric

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Sat 29 Jul 16:23:41

Hang on Studio Wall

10/07/2023

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En plein air sketch from the entrance arch facing the keep, or what’s left of it after the Parliamentarians destroyed during the English Civil War. Fude pen and watercolour on Clairefontaine Paint On pad A5

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Martin S Taylor

I have been for creating things for over 45 years and love variety so I paint, sculpt, make stained glass and ceramics. I use watercolour, acrylic, pastel and ink in my paintings and work from models, plein air and from photos - which I take lots of especially now phone cameras are so good! My…

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