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I’m just installing SimCity 3000 on my computer and it really is a blast from the past. The interface is so 1990’s, which as we all know is like something from the dark ages. Let’s hope that the game is just as retro.

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Next in the series

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This is the second stab at this drawing and I think it is better. I have a cunning plan over the Christmas break…I’m doing to work on this one drawing again and again in an effort to develop a number of skills. Well that’s the plan and I wouldn’t place too much credence in me sticking to it!

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A famous Hollywood actress.

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I have been inspired by a painting I saw of the D of E. In truth this is the first drawing I am happy with…however the frustrating things that this is not what I want as I was using the painting as a means to develop my pastel skills. However that is the way things go I suppose.

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What more cane be said….this is a Brushes Painting

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Well I am still feeling a bit under the weather….now I am getting dizzy spells – deep joy! Anyway it has given me a chance to experiment with soft pastels. I tried this in the early part of the year and made a real mess of things, both artistically and in reality. I had a set of VERY soft pastels and unfortunately I didn’t have the correct control to make the most of them. Now almost 12 months on it is time to have another go, this time with slightly harder ‘soft’ pastels and this was the result. Now this isn’t quite as big an artistic mess as the first time I tried this out but I still managed to make quite a bit of mess Using the pastels!

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These are final drawings from the first and last session of the life drawing course and this really does show the problems at measuring progress in an artistic endeavour. The drawing on the left has a number of faults but has an interest due to its simplicity of line and form. The one on the right marks a transitional point in my artistic career and as such is not really the culmination of five weeks work but rather a stepping stone to something new. Nonetheless it does mark significant progress even if the actual colour needs a lot of work…in fact the photo makes the drawing look better than it does in real life.

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