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This was my first large all pencil drawing. It was given its name because it took all of the summer of 2003 to complete.This is a pencil version of a painting done by Steve Hanks. His piece was in watercolor.
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Thanks for the comment and for the "watch". I'm not sure if you read the part about the title. That was actually my first large all-pencil drawing. It took me just about the entire summer of 2003 to complete it.
Have a great day.
Andrew.
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You're welcome! I know what it means to draw with pencil on a big format, because when I draw on a smaller format it takes really long time.
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Amazing work; love your rock detail, the nice contrast between the tones and incredible textures!
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That was my first "large" pencil drawing I had ever done. It took the entire summer of 2003 to draw, hence the title. The inspiration of this piece was from a painting done by Steve Hanks. Look up his work on the internet. He does fantastic watercolor pieces.
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Yes, I always like to read the descriptions before I look at the artwork etc, to get an idea of what the artist had or has in mind, but thanks for giving me some more insight 
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wow this is truly amazing an my favorite drawing that you have done
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This was actually my first large all pencil drawing. I gave it that title because it took the whole summer of 2003 to complete it.
Again, thanks for the MANY faves you selected. Looks like you picked about half of my gallery (smile).
Andrew
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No problem I really love your work you deserve way more attention on DA
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More attention on DA? That would be nice. I would love to have another piece submitted to the Daily Deviations. I have had one accepted for that honor, and that brought in a lot of attention. But, thank you for the kind thought. Maybe one day!
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oh I have never had the honour of having one of my pieces submitted to daily deviations. But I have only been on DA for about 5 months and my work probably isn't good enough. You do have more watchers than me, but your work is so good that you really deserve more
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Well thanks again for the kind comments.
I have been on DA for about two years and it took almost a year to get a DD image (see "The Sleepover").
Is your work "good enough"? I find that what is "good" varies from person to person. My pastel drawing "City Girls" was submitted to two different competitions. The first one totally rejected it (it didn't qualify to even be in the competition), and the second one gave it a blue ribbon. Go figure. As long as YOU are pleased with your work, that is all that matters. And as long as you continue to practice, it will continue to get better, even from your perspective.
Keep it up!
Andrew
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I guess I see what you mean about that. I am certainly proud of my work, when I said I didn't think it was good enough I only meant that when I draw it does not look like a photograph. Thank you for taking the time to pay attention to me, I really don't get that much attention on DA
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Funny to hear you say that your work doesn't look like a photograph. I have had those reject my work just for that very reason. To some, if it looks just like a photograph then it isn't "art". So now I do a bit of both. At some times I like to have realism and other times I just like to "express". I guess as long as you go with your expressive self, then only you are the true judge of your work.
As for the "attention", I would like to think that I am willing to communicate with anyone that wants to communicate with me. And since you first selected my pieces to your faves, then certainly I am willing to write back.
I will continue to stay in touch as long as you want me to. You seem to be a sweet person, and I would think anyone would want to pay you some attention, because you are worth it.
Andrew
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thank you, It's really great to hear from nice people on deviantART. I get what you are saying about drawings not looking like photographs, though I still consider it art when they do look like photos. I am a big fan of realism but I do also really love impressionist work and surrealism.
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For me, I guess I go either realism or impressionistic. I am a fan of the watercolor artist Steve Hanks. He has done some outstanding pencil work too, but he works mostly in watercolors - realism. Google search his work and see what you think.
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wow he is a really great artist. one of my favorite artists is pbird12. she is an artist on deviantart and some of her work really blows me away.
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Yes, I do like his work. As for the other, I was looking at her work just today. She is really good too.
But, you keep up the practice. You will be amazed at how good you will become. Think of someone that plays the piano. They don't become great at it by practicing for just one hour a week. They have to force themselves to sit at it daily for an hour or more. For me, art is the same way. I must keep at it and pretty much every day.
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I do notice a huge improvement in my work. I draw or paint, nearly everyday and it does help. I really only started drawing seriously back in September of this year. Before that I really did not do any art.I just uploaded this drawing that I have been working on. I was wondering if you could take a quick look at it and tell me where I can improve. I really need some feedback
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Ok, feedback....
The first thing I noticed was that it only took 5 hours? Not too bad for a smooth black background.
What medium is it?
You followed the proportions of the hands nicely, but I guess after looking at the stock image, I was more impressed with the "creative side". Did you come up with the concept too? You know, the multiple hands and the falling coins. Did you have any special meaning behind that, or were you just going with the idea?
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well I did the hands in pencil and the background in charcoal and 9B pencil.
I did come up with the concept as well. as for the meaning, I was thinking of how people in developed countries can throw money around like its nothing but some poor nations would fight for just a few coins
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Mixed; I have done a couple that way myself.
Sometimes the "concept" can be just as important as the art itself. Very few have looked at my pastel drawing "City Girls" and caught the symbolism before I told them about it. In that piece there are a total of 4 girls in the image; all in different stages of life. The main one (coming toward the viewer) is independent, wearing the clothing of her choice, purse on her side, and holding on to a leash. Going the other way, second most noticed, is a young girl, dressed in her own attire, purse with her, and holding on to her mom. Then there is the smaller girl on dad's arm, and finally the mom herself. I did this from an actual photo that I took while walking around downtown. I wish I could meet the main subject and show here what I did with her image.
Yes, the concept is important and you did well.
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thank you, i do try to make my drawings meaningful but sometimes it can be hard to get your message across
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Few people will ever view your art the same as you do. That is why YOU are the most important person to create your art for.
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I get what you mean by that and it makes perfect sense
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So are you working on anything new at the moment? I have several pieces I am working on at this time.
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I have two, but they are on hold at the moment as I am swamped in school work
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Oh yes, I can understand the school work. Once you are through with school though you find that jobs and working gets in the way of creating art too.
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ya there is always that distraction. I never have enough time to draw or do photography.
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Oh you have to make time. Give up that one TV show, or something like that. Got to make time for art, if that is a true passion.
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what I do is draw while i watch tv so that saves time
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I draw in the mornings before work (while listening to music). I will also draw on weekends when I have nothing pressing to do, and then I also draw during my lunch break at work. That is one of the beautiful aspects of pencil drawings, you can do that just about anywhere.
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I love that to. I also have a passion for painting but the problem is that you can't do it as often
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That is right. That is how I got into pastels. They were the same as pencils; that is, they used "drawing" methods and you can start, stop, and restart at any time (no prep time or clean up time).
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I'm not a big fan of pastels but I get what you mean
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It is due to the mess? I know that this can be the case. Actually I keep a large sheet under my easel and I just shake out the dust outside.
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No it's not because of the mess I just don't like them as much as paint and pencil
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I did try my hand at some painting in High School and I guess I was pleased with a couple of things. But I guess for me I tend to be a bit "lazy" with my art. That is to say, I can begin, work for any amount of time, leave it, and return days later and pick right back up without having to clean up. But on the other hand, if my pastel piece in progress sits too long it may gather dust and I have to rework it.
Oh well, I do love work I have seen in paint and wish I could do it, but I guess I had better just stick with a couple of mediums. I don't have the funds or time to do them all.
So what type of paint do you like?
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I am a big fan of acrylic paint. I am ok with water colour, but don"t like it much because My style tends to include a lot of layering
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Yes, I tried the oils once, but it took too long to dry. Acrylic was much faster. I did try some watercolor too, but I was too impatient waiting for areas to dry. Guess I had been with pencils too long; again, just work when you want to. But I admire those that can do paints.
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sorry for the late reply, I went to the national art gallery for the weekend
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Well it sounded like you had fun. What artist's work did you like the best?
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I really liked Monet, Tom Thompson and Emily Carr
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I don't believe anyone has never heard of Monet, but I was not familiar with the last two. I had to look them up. Of these two I believe I liked Thompson's work the best. When reading about Carr's artistic journey I see she just about gave up art (I guess by the way others viewed her art). I believe we artists need to be more inspired by our own selves rather than being concerned by what we think "others" will like. I guess to make "money" we would need to, but for the sake of art itself, just go with that which you have inside of you.
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I'm not that surprised that you were not familiar with Tom Thompson or Emily Carr. They are really only well known in Canada. Carr's artistic journey is one of the reasons I find her so inspiring.
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Yes, I never took art in school, or art history. So all of my knowledge about art history is what I have come across on my own. Naturally that leaves my knowledge limited. But I do love viewing art in galleries. Only leaves me with the hope that one day something of mine may be in a museum. We never know!
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Ya all I saw this surrealism piece from the 1300's and all I could think about was how back then when the artist did the painting, no one probably liked it and now it is sitting in a gallery for everyone to see. I like to think that in 500 or 700 years some people might be looking at some of my work in a gallery.
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You are probably on to something. In my opinion there are MANY pieces of art in the world today that are better than some in galleries. But, the difference is due to the name on the piece, or due to the age. I believe that just about any nice piece of art that survives 200 to 400 years of time is subject to being in a museum. So we have hope, providing our work is preserved!
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There are a lot of (in my opinion) terrible art works that are in galleries. One that I saw was a canvas about the size of a door painted entirely black. another was a big canvas with a red strip down the middle. to me that is not art. I can understand the appeal of abstract art but in my opinion it needs to at least show that some effort and skill was put into the work.
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Yes, I had my drawing "Morning Son" loose out in a competition to a drawing that was, to me anyway, more abstract. Actually if the piece that won had been mine I wouldn't have even entered it in the first place. But, art is subjective! That is why I tell other artists that you just have to please yourself and don't worry about the others.
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I agree if you don't like your final piece than whats the point in creating it.
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