The Village
I had just got myself a new set of soft pastel pencils when I created this. I had been using the sticks, but wanted to give my hand a try with the pencils. I’m use to using charcoal and graphite pencils so I didn’t really think there would be too much of a difference. My theory proved correct. However, I found that the soft pastels pencils blend out more easily and beautifully than charcoal or graphite pencils. If you like to draw get yourself a set of these pencils. Artist to artist…I really think you’ll be pleased with them. I found mine at Micheal’s Art and Crafts while I was in town.
This was previously posted in 2/2008…©
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poet365
/ January 31, 2013From what I have seen of your
Art work you have a natural ability 🙂
Deb
/ January 31, 2013Thank you, Gray!
xxx
Binky
/ January 31, 2013I just noticed this was an old one. Very nice, though. I was going to say you haven’t done one of these scenes lately, but you haven’t done this one lately either! I like the shading on the main tower, it gives it that old weathered/stained look.
Deb
/ February 1, 2013That’s my favorite part of the painting, Binky!…thank you! 🙂
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Binky
/ February 1, 2013I meant an old one, not an old old!
Deb
/ February 2, 2013All fixed. 🙂
Binky
/ February 3, 2013🙂
Valentine Logar
/ February 2, 2013This is so peaceful, someplace to wander through and search maybe for a picnic spot beyond.
Deb
/ February 2, 2013Thanks Val! 🙂
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spilledinkguy
/ February 4, 2013Awesome, Deb!
I love materials that blend nicely… so much fun! That’s one of my favorite things about a really soft charcoal, too!
🙂
Tony McGurk
/ February 4, 2013Nice soft colours on this one Deb.
Deb
/ February 5, 2013Thanks Tony! 🙂
dontchawannadream
/ February 4, 2013Love it, Deb. I’m always amazed with your creations.
🙂
I have toooons of work. 😦
Big hugs.
Deb
/ February 5, 2013I got more tons of them too, Cha! We need a big closet for just that. 🙂
You have a great day! 🙂
xxx
Yaakov Bressler
/ February 5, 2013I really like what you’ve done.
The sky looks amazing but nothing beats the texture you got on those buildings. It looks dreamy + surreal.
I don’t want to make the drawing sound bad – but the texture you had on the wooden wall could use some work. I hope you work on that. I can’t wait to see where this goes.
Deb
/ February 5, 2013Thank you, Yaakov. I did this one back in Feb of 2008. It’s getting all it’s going to get since it’s always been preserved with sealer.
Yaakov Bressler
/ February 5, 2013Hm, I understand. I kind of meant it in the sense of future drawings. But 2008… you probably have it mastered by now…
Deb
/ February 5, 2013I’m nor so sure of that. I’ve been working with watercolors and digital so much for the longest time that drawing sometime feels a bit foreign to me. But I’m sure if I did a few drawings it would all come back to me.
Yaakov Bressler
/ February 5, 2013Gotya.
I’ll make a note of that while looking at your future drawings.
Deb
/ February 5, 2013Thanks, and try not to not to let that happen to you. Getting out of practice is not much fun.
Novroz
/ February 5, 2013I really like the soft colour you used for the painting
Krystiana
/ February 7, 2013pięknie,pastelowa i zarazsm pojawia się akcnt mocnego koloru,wspaniały obraz;-)
natuurfreak
/ February 21, 2013You’ve done a very good job
Deb
/ February 21, 2013Thank you! 🙂