I went cold looking at it - so superbly done is the whole.
many thanks,it was certainly cold getting the reference!
I went cold looking at it - so superbly done is the whole.
the second batch made me shut my mouth in admiration! Great stuff, these are more than just laborious work for highly detailed results that bear no resemblznce to the living thing, these are living, and what's good is that each of these pictures seems to send me back to a moment I've seen.
The drawings have a real vibrancy to them.
By the way I tried your links to your blog and website. I got to the blog alright, and much enjoyed it, but I got an error with the website. Is it possible that it's got a typo in it?
my goal being to show the beauty of even the relatively 'ordinary' birds.
many thanks ken,your observation about graphite work often being a bit mid-toney or flat is quite valid,i think a lot of pencil work is exactly that but over the many years ive been working in graphite i developed layering techniques and this combined with acute observation of shape,form and lighting helps to produce a convincingly natural look.
glad you enjoyed the blog,i'm fairly new at it so hopefully it'll get better!.i'm really not sure whats going on with the website link i'll have to ask someone who understands computers! but in the meantime you can manually type the same address in as it is correct.
regards
clive
Hi Clive,
Out of curiosity I looked at your link in your signature. Under the covers this is what is says:
<a href="http://www.clivemeredith.com" target="_blank">http://www.clivemeredith.com</a>
I think if you delete the from it, then it should work correctly. Sometimes this happens with cutting and pasting.
Ah, now I can reach your site..........
Ach! The hidden code doesn't show up on the web page so you can't see what I mean. I know why that is but it's another story. In any case you have some extra characters in your link. If you just put this it should work: <a href="http://www.clivemeredith.com">Clive Meredith Art or Something Simliar</a> it should work correctly.
Ken
you sure have mate ...very nice ,mark..been working on this partridge for a little while,tried not to get too over obsessed with the plumage but couldn't help myself.despite this i'm happy that ive managed to capture something of the spirit of the bird.