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LateStarter63
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[2012-09-10 18:11:54 +0000 UTC]
(United Kingdom)
# Statistics
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Watching: 214; Pageviews: 115726; Comments Made: 11804; Friends: 214
# Interests
Favorite bands / musical artists: Period insrument baroque orchestras such as The Academy of Ancient Music; Symphony orchestras, Solo artists, all too numerous to mention, playing music from the baroque to the present day.Favorite books: Lolita (Nabokov); Never let me go (Ishiguro); Lucky Jim (Amis); The God of small things (Roy)
Tools of the Trade: Graphite pencils
Other Interests: Making bread and richly-fruited yeast buns.
# About me
I draw in pencil simply as a hobby. I started drawing at the end of 2009 after a break of getting on for 50 years, since O-Level at school.When I started I drew portraits from newspapers, magazines and TV, and progressed to include nudes from the same sources.
When I went onto the Internet in late 2011, I had access to better quality photos and took inspiration from the fantastic drawings I saw on sites such as DeviantART, which prompted me to improve my drawings.
For my drawings I use fine surface heavyweight cartridge paper, graphite pencils from 5H to 9B, tortillion, kneadable eraser and occasionally the handle of a small paintbrush sharpened to a point. I sharpen the pencils with a helical sharpener and glasspaper block.
More recently I have used extra smooth surface Bristol board for most of my drawings, and added a battery operated eraser, eraser pencil, paper tissues and a small synthetic bristle paintbrush to my drawing equipment.
In October 2011 I started to attend a self-help, untutored, life-drawing class.
I listen to a lot of classical music, from CD, radio and live concerts.
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Sir, i zoomed you art, seen for minutes and i can't find a clue to assume this as pencil shading. The skin texture, the hair and the shadows you done are .... Can't say in words.i think that as black and white photo . Then saw thst as you art and i asked is it digital art. Greatest pencil shading i saw ever in my life.
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Sir, is it digital art or done jn paper and take photos
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I also done in paper but i can not take a perfect photo like your art with my phone...any tips
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Hi , i am hakesh. I did not know this social media. I am an beginner of pencil shading.. i want to improve my skills.. so pls tell me any tips you know and drawing and this social media.. thanks for your time.
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Very very thank you for your advice and time. I will keep on practicing with my pencils and my paper to improve my drawings and repair my mistakes and errors. Thank you for your advice to use Ain stein leads and blending with soft tissue. Also for your journal. I am only 14, so please forgive my mistakes i done in this sentence. Thanks for your time
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Thank you sir, I will keep on doing my Hard work on studies as well as my drawings.👍
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