Thursday, 23 September 2010

I Have Added Some More Dark Spots.


I Have Added Some More Dark Spots.

I am always amazed at how helpful you all are. I mean that in the most sincere way possible. Not long after I had posted my blog yesterday I received an email offering me advice on how to make this drawing closer to completion than it was.

The person who sent me the email will remain my secret but I thank her so much for taking the time to offer the advice.

So I hope like me we are all still getting something from my posting the changes and the developments. This is the last time I will post it. I am now definitely going to take it with me next week and in a quiet moment look at it again. I will look at it with my eyes half closed. I will study it upside down. I will leave it and glance at it from time to time. In fact I will do all of the things I have been advised to.

I have no doubt I will make small changes, if not some radical ones.

This has been a wonderful learning experience and I thank each and every one of you for you help, advice and encouragement.

Now I feel that I have had a fair number of free lessons from some great art teachers. Please send me your accounts. Oh but please do not have any surveys on the back of the receipt.

If that last sentence does not make sense see my other blog. How Many Does It Take

Have a great day. I promise this is the last of the Little Bridge.
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11 comments:

  1. Ruby23 September 2010 at 08:36

    Excellent Ralph. Now leave it alone and do another ... completely fresh and free. There is a spirit in this one; don't muck about.

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  2. Im Zweiten Stock23 September 2010 at 08:48

    It is beautiful, I can hear the water splashing

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  3. Shirley Marshall23 September 2010 at 11:21

    This drawing is really lovely Ralph.

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  4. Barbra Joan23 September 2010 at 14:00

    Call this one finished Ralph, even though I suspect you may tweak it a bit as you go further into this pencil world. We learn from each trial and take it to the next one... I really like it.
    BJ

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  5. Jerry Carlin23 September 2010 at 14:16

    Ralph, I am not qualified to comment but I am liking the water and the rocks a lot. You are getting a lot better with the shadows. That said, I hate the bridge! It is way too dark but mostly I don't like it because it looks as if it dead-ends into a rock wall! Maybe a bridge to nowhere? For the longest time I thought the rock wall was the bridge and the real dark section (the footbridge) was an opening in the rock wall where the river came through! I think when a bridge is painted or drawn in pencil, it is nice when the artist makes us want to cross it. Maybe on the next one? We will cross that bridge when we come to it!

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  6. Ralph23 September 2010 at 15:56

    This is a very real bridge it is a very old and very squint bridge and I love to cross it. It leads to my beautiful mountains

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  7. Bonnie Heather23 September 2010 at 16:17

    I love seeing your drawings Ralph. Drawing is not one of my skills. I admire anyone who can. I do practice but I'm not to the stage where I would show anyone. Looking forward to your next one.

    I'd love to walk over your bridge. It looks like a beautiful spot.

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  8. AngelStar23 September 2010 at 22:07

    today i went to my bridge and i wrote a poem i will post soon

    i love how the trees in your drawing have halos

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  9. Lori Bonanni24 September 2010 at 04:44

    Great drawing! Great balance and composition! Looks like a lovely spot!

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  10. Nancy Goldman26 September 2010 at 03:33

    This is wonderful Ralph.

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  11. Teresa29 September 2010 at 12:56

    A beautiful rendition! Keep up the good pencil work!

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