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zancan โ The Olive Tree
Published: 2002-10-05 15:32:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 83234; Favourites: 1527; Downloads: 10342
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Very long work before releasing this drawing that stretched out over years. This is the one that made me realize that my 'style' was details. Painful work, i must enjoy pain,maybe it makes me live.The adventure began a very hot day of august in a small and remote village of deep Spain. There was this age-old olive tree in front of me, and in my thoughts this gorgeous curly girl I would never see again. I came back a few times to continue drawing the tree, protected from the hard sun by its distorted shadow. Once back in france I just invented the rest (the intricated ground)
Stupid me,it has been drawn on a bad recycled paper from a sketch block, that turned to yellow. I looks like it is 2 centuries old now.
(I post it again, the previous one I had messed up with upload)
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Beautiful! I love all of the natural detail, but also what you left 'unsaid' at the top, it lets the eye rest and fall back down through the details again. Very nicely executed!!!
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Wonderful work; this reminds me of a poem I wrote entitled, "Olive Tree" [link] .
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Man, those details are badass. You set up every small piece of dirt... I can imagine how great it must be to get lost in the picture while it is beeing created by the hand from the mind. The contrast of the plain white clean skin and the crusty tree parts is outstanding. I love this one!
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Nice details 
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that is so cool love the shading and line work
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the details in this are amazing. very nice work.
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i hope to one day develop this kind of patience! awesome work!
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It's nice to know that I'm not alone when it comes to painstaking detail in art. I haven't posted any hand drawn or painted works yet. I'm of the frame of mind that Canaletto didn't go into enough detail. Are you like minded? Anyway very nice work. No aspect can be faulted.
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wow that's pretty amazing. So much detail.. i hope i'll get good like you sometime before i die, but i'm already 24 and just got into the beginning stages of lighting and shadowing pictures..
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Oeuvre ultime! la qualitรฉ des dรฉtail = gรฉnial
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WOW details are amazing, that sure is an impressive and hard work.
You're really talented.
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Parmi les troncs usรฉs par les saisons, ce bois qui a tant donnรฉ, elle trรดnait, comme une note d'avenir......
La clartรฉ de ces yeux semble toujours celle de cette fille dessinรฉe, peinte dans d'autres de tes tableaux. J'ai vu que ton expo marche bien. Pouvait-il en aller autrement. Fรฉlicitation, Maรฎtre Zancan.
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The details are unbelievable. This is an awesome drawing,my friend.
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Marvellous work!!
You have amazing patience!!
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Wow, amazing work!!
Incredible detail! (but that is your style, isn't now?
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....You have a boundless mind and an infinite imagination 
I thought the recycling paper adding to its olden style impacts a sense of natural forgotten age...
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wow, it looks amazing, sounds like it was a admirable challenge to draw. I wouldn't worry too much about the yellowed page, the "century's old look" give it character and makes it more special than any drawing on common paper used. She actually is very beautiful, looks like one of my friends!
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This is phenomenal. So much detail! I wish the darks werea Bit darker but not much just to up the contrast. I love it though, her clothes and where they hit the beautiful body is just orgasmic to look at
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oh woooow! perfect details! soo fantastic work!
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Dude ur work is so damn inspiring...i mean wow...amazing detail work done
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Well im ready to quit art. Anyone else with me?
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She is stunning and that surely is an old olive tree - you have an extraordinary talent xxx
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