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Old 03-25-2010, 01:01 PM
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Civil war me..

Hi All
This is a drawing I did of a Civil war re-enactor ( Which is me BTW) It is done on heavy stock drawing paper. and is 18X24. First drawing in 15 years.. I'm hooked again
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Old 03-25-2010, 01:08 PM
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Very well done! Love the fabric and the rendering on your hands. Hope to learn something.
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Wonderful drawing, and a very interesting way to do a self-portrait! Welcome to D&S, David. I'm glad you're hooked on drawing again...you have a lot of talent! Hope to see more.
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This is very good

You clearly aren't afraid of pushing those darks which of course means that we can't nag you
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Golly, why did you ever stop drawing? Great piece. I would have prefered the background to have come down a bit more. The figure seems a bit detached from it at the lower levels.
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Old 03-25-2010, 05:41 PM
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So beautiful! Love the shading and the tones you've created. You've done a fabulous job on the fabrics! I, too have returned to drawing after about 20 years, so welcome back!
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Great image. Very Steranko like pose with the hand.
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Old 03-25-2010, 06:39 PM
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Thankyou all for the postive words.. I have to admit I have been long inspired by the quality of work I see here.. you guys are great! Yes Jenna I'am not afraid of pushing the darks.. infact I love it!... As one of the posters mentioned, yes I think I should have continued the image further down.. just got lazy I guess.. Good eye!..

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Hi, David. Wellcome to D&S.

Great drawing!!!! What graphite did you use?
You have done a really good job on the textures. I hope we will see more of your work soon.

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Beautiful work David.
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Nice work David .. excellent subject I might add. Standard bearer .. what unit are you with?
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Wonderful David!

and welcome back!

You've done an excellent job here particularly on the darks which makes me wonder if maybe some of the shadows on the pants might not should be a bit darker?
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Golly, why did you ever stop drawing? Great piece. I would have prefered the background to have come down a bit more. The figure seems a bit detached from it at the lower levels.

What? Did he actually say that?

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Glad you started back! Great drawing, I really like your style. It suits the subject very well. You look like you'd fit right in.
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Very nice work
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