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scratch board~ 8"x 10"
c. 1997
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this is the coolest picture i have ever seen, i dont even know what a scratch board is, but im going to go out and get one in hopes of drawing a picture like that!
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I am happy to have inspired you
Thank you so much for your nice comment
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Your skratch boards are amazing really.. it is a very unique style here in DA
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ohh thank you very much...it is a lot of fun, but can be quite frustrating with out a lot of patience. Luckily I am a pretty patient person. I really appreciate your comment.
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we can say one piece in about 12 hours? ^^
thank u why i feel happy commenting here
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Impressive work, especialy after reading your description of how scratch board stuff works. The title fits well with it. Excelent.
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scratch board and metal etching always look so deceivingly easy to do. but it's painstaking because there is no correction 
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Very cool thoughts on this one. She very well could be napping after a long morning of work. Thank you so much. Yeah it is very difficult to correct errors...some of my lines and crosshatches get so small and close together that they chip off the fine line of black that is supposed to stay...so frustrating...This actual piece was in a glass frame on my wall, and the frame fell off the wall one day and when the glass broke, it scratched her up a little 
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Aww, man that's purdy, it really is , it's great 
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Very welcome.... Thank you for having the patience ^_^
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Thank you so much....All I have is the patience to sit down and do something like this. hehe...but thank you so much for your kind comments, I appreciate it.
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WOw thats really impressive. i like the angle of the head and the way it looks as if she were holding her face up to the sun. I've never seen work from scratchboard before, do you make it or do you buy it?
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Scratch board is purchased, but I believe you could make your own or something similar. It is usally a kinda thick paper with a thin layer of powder and then a layer of black ink or sometimes wax on top. You use a special little scratch point instead of a pen nib, and scratch off the black and reveal the white underneath, and sometimes it is like silver or copper or rainbow patterns underneath the wax. Pretty cool stuff, but no erasing. 
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I'm not really sure what scratch board is...but this is a wonderful piece! I love the shadows and highlights and the position of the face is excellent.
Ps. Is that a portrairt of Erykah Badu? The resemblance is striking.
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Thank you...I don't have the reference photo anymore, but it was a very tiny like 1.5" x 1" picture from an art magezine. I have no idea who the woman is, but I don't think it is Eryka Badu, just coincidence.
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wow
hats off,
that is such incredible shading and detail.
and her expression...like shes taking a deep breath
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I can't believe I haven't reviewed this yet. I can't work a scratch board, so I think whoever can make a picture from it is genius. I love the little details, like the position of her head, the slight smile, the almost-closed eyes. Really something special.
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Thank you very much. It is kinda fun to work from the negative and add the positive, starting with black and adding the white. The trick I used was sketching the image with white colored pencil and then scratching or stippling over that. It really wasn't very hard, just tedious...thank you so much though...I was pleased with everything except the background above her face....I rushed it and wound up not liking it. Did you see the dog I did too? Same technique.
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