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Yorky
Posts:8

12/25/2007 11:56 AM	Alert
Where possible I like to enhance the value of my paintings by making use of the image in different ways. Here's a pen and ink PA sketch I did one afternoon. When complete I showed it to the homeowner and she said if I finished the painting she would buy it.

Yorky
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12/25/2007 12:00 PM	Alert
I went home, finished the painting, matted and framed it and returned to sell it to the owner together with a set of note cards. That Christmas, I edited the card in Paintshop Pro to produce a Christmas card which I also sold to the owner. The painting with another 4 historic buildings from the village made a set of "Newburgh Landmarks" and I sold 200 sets in one afternoon at the village 700 year anniversary fete. Doug

Yorky
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Egon

Posts:363

12/29/2007 10:05 AM	Alert
Congrats to your selling but - sorry I hope you dont mind I have a little problem with the drawing - maybe I see it wrong The perspective of the walls , windows , fence is well done (everything has exactly the same vanishing point ) but the roof- and the chimneylines look for me tooo parallel

Yorky
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12/29/2007 12:27 PM	Alert
You may be right Egon, the drawing was done on the spot, pad on my knee, framework sketched in pencil with a ruler, inked freehand. In fact I added roof tiles after the photo was taken. Took around an hour to do the sketch. Good to hear from you. Doug

Egon

Posts:363

01/02/2008 3:15 AM	Alert
Hi Yorky - I am not shure but is this realy you ? ???? The famouse Watercolor - Chefmoderator from Wet Canvas http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/channels.php?s=&channel_id=31 Nice to see you here ,Egon

Yorky
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01/02/2008 7:15 AM	Alert
Hi Egon, I think we're part of the same group now. Doug

JoyK

Posts:195

01/03/2008 3:51 PM	Alert
Nice to see you here Doug; love your note cards!!

JOY Cogito ergo sum.

Yorky
Posts:8

01/03/2008 4:10 PM	Alert
Thanks Kay - I'm an occaional visitor. Doug

iglazier
Posts:82

01/09/2008 2:22 PM	Alert
I just wondered, does anyone paint in gouche? or w/c and gouche? I'd like to know more about that and their process. Thanks....

Ida M. Glazier

Yorky
Posts:8

01/09/2008 4:08 PM	Alert
Gouache? Only Permanent White gouache to recover lost whites. Gouache is generally a flat paint and can be painted dark to light unlike watercolours. Doug

Egon

Posts:363

02/26/2008 9:01 AM	Alert
Sorry Doug for my critics Gouache doesnt work for beginner - experts do negative painting only a master and highly experted "can " do this sometimes BTW - real snow looks different

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