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Dave's Tablet (1 Viewer)
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timwootton
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C'mon Dave - that thing MUST have dropped a few by now! 
Strandman
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C'mon Dave - that thing MUST have dropped a few by now!
Hello there- just catching up after a few weeks away and that's a really lovely Curlew Sand. I'm already with Tim and eagerly looking for the fast forward button.
Dave B
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We look forward to seeing the fruits (fruit?) of your time away ! I revisited the juv and simplified it somewhat - just posted the revised version in the Gallewy.
Dave
Icklesal
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Lapwing - Work In Progress....
Hope you don't mind me gatecrashing your topic Dave B. Just thought I'd share my work in progress with you all! My first attempt at drawing a Lapwing. I can't take credit for the photo but I'm pretty pleased with the flexibility the Wacom offers.
I've been in the field of design and publishing for many, many years but never before have I brought a Wacom into the equation to do my work.
For near on a year it sat looking at me like a placemat. So then I decided to actually try to get to grips with the thing and actually see for myself if it lived up to the hype.
If you have one, you'll not need to understand just how good these things are, if you don't own one, then what are you waiting for!!! Trust me you are missing out!
They are worth the buy.... :t:
Hope you don't mind me gatecrashing your topic Dave B. Just thought I'd share my work in progress with you all! My first attempt at drawing a Lapwing. I can't take credit for the photo but I'm pretty pleased with the flexibility the Wacom offers.
I've been in the field of design and publishing for many, many years but never before have I brought a Wacom into the equation to do my work.
For near on a year it sat looking at me like a placemat. So then I decided to actually try to get to grips with the thing and actually see for myself if it lived up to the hype.
If you have one, you'll not need to understand just how good these things are, if you don't own one, then what are you waiting for!!! Trust me you are missing out!
They are worth the buy.... :t:
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timwootton
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That's a stunning lapwing piece - really excellent.
Icklesal
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Wacom - WIP Lapwing
Just thought I'd share with you the next stage of my lapwing - I've been a bit preoccupied of late with work but had a bash yesterday at working on the plumage.
I'm a perfectionist so the project will be finished in the next two years knowing me! :t:
If anyone is interested, I'm using Corel Painter Essentials 3 - using Artists Pastels and Marker Pen setting. It treats the medium you choose with fabulous accuracy. A fantastic piece of software for the Wacom. I also use Adobe Photoshop/CS2 Suite in my work on a daily basis but actually find the sensitivity of the pen works better in Corel's package.
Oh....And I haven't forgotten the feathers on his head, that's the tricky bit that I'm leaving until last!
Just thought I'd share with you the next stage of my lapwing - I've been a bit preoccupied of late with work but had a bash yesterday at working on the plumage.
I'm a perfectionist so the project will be finished in the next two years knowing me! :t:
If anyone is interested, I'm using Corel Painter Essentials 3 - using Artists Pastels and Marker Pen setting. It treats the medium you choose with fabulous accuracy. A fantastic piece of software for the Wacom. I also use Adobe Photoshop/CS2 Suite in my work on a daily basis but actually find the sensitivity of the pen works better in Corel's package.
Oh....And I haven't forgotten the feathers on his head, that's the tricky bit that I'm leaving until last!
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kittykat23uk
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What a fantastic Idea Dave. You should do loads of british waders, gulls and ducks too, then sell it as a CD-rom field guide. I'd buy a copy!! Its a fantastic tool for field identification.
Icklesal
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Been a while but almost there!....
I guess I could've finished this month's ago if I'd have knuckled down to it, but like most projects I take on (usually have a fair few on the go)...It's taken rather longer than usual. Still nearly there....
I suppose when you stare at a computer screen all day, coming home to paint isn't always the first thing on my mind! :t:
I guess I could've finished this month's ago if I'd have knuckled down to it, but like most projects I take on (usually have a fair few on the go)...It's taken rather longer than usual. Still nearly there....
I suppose when you stare at a computer screen all day, coming home to paint isn't always the first thing on my mind! :t:
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timwootton
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Excellent work - well worth the wait
Dave B
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RussB
Going for Gold
Hi Dave,
Totally unfamiliar with your stuff as I'm relatively new to BF - see my thread! As a big shorebird fan obviously anything to do with waders is right up my street. I love the Bar-wit, just love it! Bold, unfussy but beautifully rendered - I must see some more!
Looking forward to seeing a lot more. All the best.
Regards
Russ
ps - difficult to see exactly what media you've used here it's that good; can you enlighten me.
Cheers
Totally unfamiliar with your stuff as I'm relatively new to BF - see my thread! As a big shorebird fan obviously anything to do with waders is right up my street. I love the Bar-wit, just love it! Bold, unfussy but beautifully rendered - I must see some more!
Looking forward to seeing a lot more. All the best.
Regards
Russ
ps - difficult to see exactly what media you've used here it's that good; can you enlighten me.
Cheers
timwootton
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Gorgeous drawing Dave - please keep it going for all our sakes. Aye Russ, our Dave's done a bit of wader work himself - lovely work this, isn't it!
Dave B
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Thanks chaps,
To answer Russ's PS, I'm using a Wacom tablet with Photoshop. Being rather lazy and somewhat 'space and time-challenged' - I find this way of finishing off drawings/paintings more practical than doing stuff on paper.
Sometimes I start the process off using real paper and paint (as I did with this one), and then scan it in and finish it off on the computer.
Not sure that it will satisfy the purists, but I do it for a bit of relaxation and find it quite enjoyable. Still learning lots too about how to use the various paintbrushes, layers, etc.
Cheers
Dave
solitaryVSong
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Very nice Dave.
