I've been painting again

[ianrauk]

I have just come across this thread.
Wow, we have some awesomely talented people on this forum.
@Salar 's Thames barges is stunning.
I am a London lad and grew up watching Thames barges and still get a thrill when I see one.

 

[Salar]

Many Thanks @ianrauk

 

[Salar]

Something slightly different.

Coloured pencil drawing of farmer at sheep market (mart).

 

[Reynard]

That's really nice @Salar

If you didn't say it was coloured pencil, I'd have thought crayon / wax bar or pastel.

 

[Salar]

That's really nice @Salar

If you didn't say it was coloured pencil, I'd have thought crayon / wax bar or pastel.

I used coloured pencils with lots of layers to get the effect.
The little bit of roof you can see at the top right hand corner must be at least ten layers of browns and greys. After a while the layers build up and go oily, blending with each other.

I then did a bit of scratching with a a scalpel to roughen it up.

 

[Reynard]

I used coloured pencils with lots of layers to get the effect.
The little bit of roof you can see at the top right hand corner must be at least ten layers of browns and greys. After a while the layers build up and go oily, blending with each other.

I then did a bit of scratching with a a scalpel to roughen it up.

It's amazing how the same tools and a few extra tweaks can give such a different end look, isn't it?

I don't go for quite so many layers, three or four tops, though to get the "shiny" paint effect on racing cars, I will burnish / smudge with a paper torchon, a cotton bud, or even my fingers. An off-white or payne's grey pencil can be used to similar effect.

BTW, I use a mix of Faber-Castell "Albrecht Durer" and Bruynzeel "Design Aquarel" watercolour pencils, plus a smaller range of Faber-Castell "Polychromos" oil-based pencils, usually on Daler Murano pastel paper. I prefer paper with a bit of a "tooth" to it.

 

[Reynard]

Back to pen & watercolour for this one - another piece to illustrate my scrapbook. 12 x 8 inches, titled "A Dreich Day at Thruxton". Paul Warwick, Intersport Racing Reynard 893-Toyota, Thruxton, Easter Monday 1989.

Have to say, the daylight bulb helped loads with this. Might look for a higher wattage one though, as there were times I could have done with a bit more *oomph*

 

[Reynard]

Another pen & watercolour for my scrapbook project, 5 inches square. This is about as small as I will work.

 

[Fab Foodie]

It'll do.

It's very good

You are Brian Sewell AICMFP....

 

[Fab Foodie]

Today....I will be mostly....painting my sheds....thank you....

 

[Reynard]

Slightly out of my comfort zone with this one due to it being more "landscapey" than usual... Juha Kankkunen / Nicky Grist, Toyota Celica GT4, 1993 RAC Rally. 12 x 8 inch pen & watercolour.

 

[Salar]

Something slightly different.

"Plein air" outdoor record pencil sketches on location to be used for future paintings. Low tide at Towy boat club close to Llansteffan.

 

[Reynard]

Those are nice @Salar

 

[The Crofted Crest]

@Reynard, I really like your spectators. The crowd on the right below (standing next to an empty fridge?) is triff.

 

[Reynard]

@Reynard, I really like your spectators. The crowd on the right below (standing next to an empty fridge?) is triff.

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They're not spectators, they're marshals. And that "fridge" is a marshal's post.

Without marshals (the lovely bods in orange romper suits) there is no motor racing.