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gassyoldman — Spring in the country
Published: 2009-05-07 00:38:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 1334; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 111
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Although I have this under traditional painting, it was in fact done with kids felt tip pens. An imaginary scene, but based on many walks in the country - spring and early summer.Related content
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Why thank you!! How about following - then you can see what I do next
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Yeah, too right I will 
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i have a huge box of old felt tip pens i used to draw with... though it was always colouring books
and if there was plenty of ink, shading would be fun~ 
...hmm and control of the ink would be easier if the pen was running out, a bit dry... i remember the little scratchy sounds you'd get... and the way the ink would position itself, if i cast my mind back just a decade
i really like this piece, its kinda... surreal? i'd love to be sitting in that tree right now~
one of the gcse projects i have to do for my grade is landscapes~ i've been going around taking photos of scenary~ my self-assigned target is to be able to create clouds... with what medium im not sure yet... but at the moment, the best i can do is a little fluffy cartoony one that looks like a squished sheep~
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Wow! I love long comments and replies
You can come back any time you like hehe
I think I have some felt tips laying around that are older than you! Doubt they will work now - I got some new ones from Pound Land for my granddaughter, 36 colours for a pound! Cheaper than pencils. If you want to try it, make a faint copy of one of your pencil drawings, colour it in, and THEN go over the line art in a dark colour. Try to do the lightest colours first to save picking up dark colours on the tip of a light pen. Good luck!
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haha~ poundland is made of awesome
ooooh okay~...
heheh~ i've wrecked many a pen by doing that 
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Felt tip and water colour ara similar in transparency, but acrylic and oils (put on thick) are a totally diferent story! My fav medium is Alkyd paint which is a very fast drying artificial oil paint - but not cheap. And if you reply before the 13th - bad girl, go to bed
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before the 13th? but its the 12th today~
awesome, i've never heard of that kinda paint, i'll look into it
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Ooooo... Silly me. I must have done this just after midnight! It should have said 12th 
A brief summary of paints - [link]
Some beautiful examples of alkyd paintings - [link]
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Thanks again, not bad for kids felt tip on scrap comuter print outs (very cheap, like butchers paper) I had been depressed that year and spent a lot of time walking through the fields and by the river, and this is an imaginary scene based on all the best bits I had seen. I am glad you like it.
Bill
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well its pretty impressive.. I worked with those pens a lot when I was young.. cause MY brother (a super pain 
but I agree, they do actually have a totally different quality when they are a bit dry, and you used it really really well.. // the lighting and the shapes of the trees and things are really delicate and beautiful.... your work is really great, I hope you keep putting it up
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Wow! I got a hug! Thank you!
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Mmmmmm... I'm lovin' it!
I will get round to looking at your art soon - promise hehe
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thats ok - theres lots to look at.. I am always way behind myself 
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Very well done. Very impressionistic in style.
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Yes, I was trying to creat my happy place after a long spell of depression - didn't want it to look too real - that wouldn't serve the purpose
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just goes to show that the medium is not as important as the artist!
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Thank you!! Your pretty good yourself.
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Yes!! My kids cheap felt tips -36 colours for £1-00. ($1.52) It is best when they are starting to run out of ink because you get more variable lines and can control the colour.
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