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Message: <blockquote data-quote="username" data-source="post: 1848059" data-attributes="member: 70211">Dear Dark Knight.....i read your opening lines and they reminded me of my apprehensions and concerns over starting a thread 'here' amongst so much talent...and i am pleased that you have 'dived in' and made a splash..! :t:The advice you will get will be all good i'm sure....['it' already has been hasn't it]..?! Carandache and oil pastel were always my favored medium when younger...so i find it refreshing, in some way, to see another budding 'artist' starting off in perhaps a 'similar' fashion....!ps...and as has been referenced to on a couple of occasions...that you seem to have the drawing 'bug'....i attach an image..:eek!: Now i do assure you, and others, that this is indeed a photograph of an insect...[i think i took the shot in costa rica or some such tropical place]...and this 'bug' with glowing spots on it's back was quite amazing.....[i hope you like and do not object to me posting it on your thread]...my apologies if you do..!pps...i particularly liked the BBsand and dotterel drawings.....[all the best]...:t:ppps...[phil]...re football...and the 'doctor'. Matt Smith, i recently discovered, played for Leicester City.......'who'..?!...[chuckle]! B <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>