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Ah yes I've done my share of siting on the street sketching when I was a lad.
Thanks for your comment and the faves.
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Love it! Reminds me of these day when I used to sit on the street and draw something that caches my eye, often little curvy streets and old buildings. I was in art school and we weren't aloud to draw from photograph, so I had to deal with all the people walking around and asking questions. He-he, fun times!
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The scene is very detailed and beautiful. How long did it take you to fill everything in?
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Hi I'm glad you like the pic. It took rather a long time but then again I was in no hurry.
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OMG lovely !! what an amazing drawing this is !! as always from u
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Thank you for your kind words, they are appreciated.
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oh I just love the angle and depth very amazing!!
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Thanks for your nice comment. Glad you like it.
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Amazing, how u came to those details, so fine work*
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That's kind of you. Thank you very much.
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Exquisite details and fine tones. I love the style and perspective. Complex and elegant.
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Thanks for your kind remarks and for the fave
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Could you please tell me how you keep everything in their correct proportions, so that the building stays square and each stair tread has the right width, etc.? (I'm sure there is a better term for this, but I don't know the proper artistic terminology.) Tutorials I've seen to do this in Photoshop have you laying out angles in a grid first so you don't end up with buildings leaning over like the Tower of Pisa. Do you draw the scene without guiding lines of any kind?
You have a real flair for this type of illustration. If you ever travel to Italy or Greece, it would be nice to see some of your sketches of those areas, too
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You may regard this has cheating but rather than sit in the street be in everyone's way and have to put up with inquisitive people looking over my shoulder, I have taken to working from photographs. I pin the photograph up in front of me and convince myself that I am looking at the real thing.
I don't square up the photograph , I would find that process very boring.The first stage of a drawing is definitively largely a matter of measuring but I do this by eye. Probably the first thing I determined was that the left hand corner of the little door as we look at it would be the center of the pic. From there I was able to work out where that sliver of light at the top of the stairs fell the width of the shadow below it and so on and so on. All these things are put in with the feint pencil guiding lines you mentioned, but there is no need to draw every step and stone in pencil, I think that would kill any spontaneity in the finished work. The thing is always to work out the big shapes and the perspective first, and then move on to progressively smaller details. Don't rush the measuring process because it's the framework on which you will build and it needs to be as good as you can get it. There doesn't want to be a lot of detail in it though, very important that.
When you've done that hard work you can get into the fun stuff of building up light and texture.
Yes it would be lovely to draw in Italy and Greeece but you know I feel that I'm only just scratching the surface of France, Watch this space.
Thanks for your comment Marilyn, always nice to hear from you.
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Thanks so much for taking the time to provide all of this very useful information. I'm sure it will be quite valuable for budding artists viewing your picture! I've no problem with anyone's working from photos, though I admit that I had pictured you sitting in the sunshine with your easel set up or a drawing tablet in your lap sketching your lovely scenes and so was a little disappointed to have to erase that rather idyllic scene and replace it with the inside of an artist's studio
I followed your instructions along with your drawing (one of the pleasures of working with the browser tabs) and that gave me a very good idea of your work process. In a way it's like creating a digital drawing without any layers, which makes it much more important not to make mistakes! Otherwise, you might have to cover up some errors with potted plants
France is a very beautiful and enchanting country which I'm sure will provide you with endless possibilities for sketching. I have a friend who travels there and sends me postcards from time to time in french describing in detail everything she sees and does, and it truly sounds quite wonderful. I keep trying to learn french so I can read her cards but will have to say it's rather slow going for someone like me who is a bit language challenged. I suggested Italy and Greece only because they represent warmth and sunshine to me! Right now, as we begin another seven or eight months of cold weather, that's just where I'd like to be
I very much look forward to seeing more of your sketches!
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I'm sorry to have shattered the illusion of the outdoor artist at one with nature and all that.
Ah yes winter approaches. Snow is quite rare in this part of France, it's the high winds that worry me. Last winter we had a hurricane and we lost part of our roof. I hope we don't get a repeat performance this year.
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Wonderful! What is this place? Is it an actual location?
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Yes Aubeterre is a real little town and I consider myself very lucky to have it on my doorstep. It's full of nice things to make pictures of.
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Thanks.
Aubeterre is a wonderful place and there are still a good number of things for me to draw there. I found this stairway irresistible.
Thanks for the faves on this and on A Twisted Tale.
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Thank you for your nice comment. Much appreciated.
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This is awesome! I love the stone wall and the plants and the shadows...just everything!
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Thank you. The textures of the wall and the plants are the things which encouraged me to make the picture. I thought it would be difficult to fail with such nice stuff to work with.
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This really is amazing. Brilliant style, perspective and composition.
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Thanks, I'm pleased that you like it.
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John, since when do you know spanish and hadn't told me? 
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Beautiful scenery, by the way. The warm color was an excellent choice
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Mi hablar espanol fue totalmente accidental.
I worked with ink and pastel together, pen in one hand pastel in the other. Not really but you know what I mean.
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Well, you wrote it quite well
Really? 
Sure 
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Thanks Mark. I find half the battle in making a picture is in choosing the place and the angle from which to draw it.
Thanks also for the fave.
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You're very welcome. There are many artists who can draw but have no conception how to use the right angle.
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Beautiful details! And the sephia like colour in the piece makes it stand even more out.
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Thanks. I find it works better for me, when I paint/draw realistic stuff, if I limit the color in this way.
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It surely have a nice effect to it!
And I've seen your gallery, you sure like to use colours.
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Yes you're right,I do love color.
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Colours are nice..
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