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HWolfer — Ruins of the HolyRood

Published: 2007-07-04 15:39:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 2205; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 44
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Description The ruins of the Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was dedicated to St. Augustine and built in 1128 on order of the King of Scotland. It was used frequently up until the 15th century when it became a chapel for the Knights of the Order of the Thistle. After this conversion it was wrecked by a mob and left in disrepair until the roof collapsed in the 18th century.

This is a view of the ruined nave looking towards the altar.

White charcoal pencil, 2B, 4B, and 6B charcoal pencils on gray sketch paper.
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Comments: 37

FooLish-KiLLer [2011-12-13 08:15:00 +0000 UTC]

Wow... awesome draw! It is really beautiful. Really beautiful highlights in the fore ground.

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AlexLehner [2010-04-15 00:43:34 +0000 UTC]

Wow very nice, you did great! I think I visited that place, it looks familiar somehow.

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HWolfer In reply to AlexLehner [2010-04-15 02:19:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. If you've been to Scotland than you might have seen this place. Unfortunately, there's not too many classical ruins here in the US.

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squonkhunter [2010-04-14 19:02:17 +0000 UTC]

beautiful and stark, yet ominous at the same time. Nice job.

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HWolfer In reply to squonkhunter [2010-04-14 19:39:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I think those words capture it perfectly. I didn't start out with the intention of making it seem ominous; it wound up turning out that way by the end. Then again, most ruins have that sense of past violence about them.

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squonkhunter In reply to HWolfer [2010-04-15 07:24:34 +0000 UTC]

Indeed. It's romantically sinister.

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jeth86 [2008-05-21 12:30:22 +0000 UTC]

WOW! This looks like tha chapel from Soul Calibur 2...

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HWolfer In reply to jeth86 [2008-05-21 16:34:11 +0000 UTC]

Ah, does it? I don't believe I've ever played that game. If that's the case then I guess it can be construed as fanart.

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jeth86 In reply to HWolfer [2008-05-21 18:41:45 +0000 UTC]

But it's very impessive art. Excellent work!

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HWolfer In reply to jeth86 [2008-05-21 19:48:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you; mysterious ruins are very fun to draw.

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HWolfer In reply to HWolfer [2008-05-22 19:48:19 +0000 UTC]

I'm not sure. I've been very busy with work lately. I usually don't know what I intend to draw until I just start drawing it.

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jeth86 In reply to HWolfer [2008-05-21 20:08:43 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I agree. ^_^ What's your next piece going to be?

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vandervals [2007-11-17 13:52:36 +0000 UTC]

awesome, I love ruins in general, I have to draw some ruins this afternoon btw, I hope I can submit it at night

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HWolfer In reply to vandervals [2007-11-18 21:46:08 +0000 UTC]

Ruins are interesting to draw. I was happy when I found this one to draw.

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vandervals In reply to HWolfer [2007-11-18 23:59:27 +0000 UTC]

Yes I remember my Tales of animals book and the awesome ruins in it... I think I love them because of that, some way >__<

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Manah-Angel-Eyes [2007-11-17 11:10:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow it has such a dark atmosphere!
I looks like it's from some realm of darkness

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HWolfer In reply to Manah-Angel-Eyes [2007-11-18 21:45:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I liked the shadowy nature of the whole picture. The gray paper helped.

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xxCrimsonCloudxx [2007-09-10 11:18:47 +0000 UTC]

Your use of light and shading is absolutely beautiful.
*stares*
You've captured a dark emotion in this piece, and it's just...amazing.

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HWolfer In reply to xxCrimsonCloudxx [2007-09-12 00:10:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I liked this one. I did it on gray paper to help get the background really somber and engimatic. I've started practicing on using the black and gray paper and shading with chalk and pastels. It offers an interesting reversal of drawing dark on white paper.

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HWolfer In reply to HWolfer [2007-09-17 02:10:43 +0000 UTC]

It just takes practice and some simple subject matter. The first drawings I did like that were simply still lifes with pots/pans and other mundane things until I got the hang of shading white on black.

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xxCrimsonCloudxx In reply to HWolfer [2007-09-13 06:14:53 +0000 UTC]

I agree that it does.
But alas, I've never been able to pull off such a feat.

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candyheartz [2007-08-11 22:05:24 +0000 UTC]

absolutely amazing ^^
im enjoying ur new artwork

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HWolfer In reply to candyheartz [2007-08-13 02:34:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I'll see how much time I have to do artwork in the next couple of weeks.

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Splrix [2007-08-07 05:47:51 +0000 UTC]

Very good! I really like the atmosphere of it!

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HWolfer In reply to Splrix [2007-08-07 23:40:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. The gray paper really worked for this sort of picture.

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Splrix In reply to HWolfer [2007-08-08 13:01:17 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^^

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WildernessMan [2007-07-04 19:46:30 +0000 UTC]

...love the pic...first glance it reminded me of one of my old rough drafts I think u read, "A Broken World." Love it and will add it to fav...

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HWolfer In reply to WildernessMan [2007-07-05 02:14:26 +0000 UTC]

Oh, well thank you. I will take a look at "A Broken World" if it is up.

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WildernessMan In reply to HWolfer [2007-07-05 14:29:54 +0000 UTC]

you'll have to go to scraps...

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HWolfer In reply to WildernessMan [2007-07-05 20:30:24 +0000 UTC]

Ah, that's where it is.

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WildernessMan In reply to HWolfer [2007-07-05 23:44:10 +0000 UTC]

...the four chaps are very rough but interesting...u should like them...

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toph-blind-love [2007-07-04 16:37:46 +0000 UTC]

stunning.

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HWolfer In reply to toph-blind-love [2007-07-04 18:45:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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grenades [2007-07-04 16:31:07 +0000 UTC]

Woah, it has a very dark feeling to it.
Or maybe it's just the charcoal...
You're very good with charcoal, by the way.
I prefer pencil and then going over it in ink pens, but that's just me..
I very nice picture!
Good job!

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HWolfer In reply to grenades [2007-07-04 18:43:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. Yeah, I like the charcoals even though they're messy. This one was fun because of the gray paper and having to shade in reverse.

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HWolfer In reply to HWolfer [2007-07-05 02:17:49 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I like to switch it up and draw on the black or gray paper. Shading in reverse or using only certain hues and colors is challenging and makes for an interesting drawing.

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grenades In reply to HWolfer [2007-07-04 20:01:00 +0000 UTC]

Ooh that sounds like and interesting combination.

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