223 - MORPETH CASTLE IN 1777 - DAVE EDWARDS - INK & WASH - 2008
The remains of this castle still stand today in Morpeth, a little Northumbrian town in North East England.
I used indian ink with dip pens and watercolours for this picture.
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Colin Cartwright
A fine drawing in ink, Dave. You’ve put a lot of time in here, with shading the stones and careful rough textures. And keeping the ground and sky free, to concentrate the viewer upon the castle
Excellent.
Linda Ridpath
very well done, beautiful work!!
dimarie
Brilliantly done Dave!
Looks wicked! :)
izzybeth
My oh my, this is such an inspiring drawing. I love the treatment of the foreground. And the wonky way the building is not quite square. SO NICE.
Woodie
Another brilliant pen and ink drawing Dave!!
Ine Spee
As always, you have done a really beautiful job on the inking of this drawing. The texture in it is really great and I quite like the composition of the drawing as well. =)
madvlad
this is wonderful the building is alive,quite a pull off to make it breath well done
BLYTHART
I have arranged for Brian to send you a bag of peppermint flavoured Bumswizzlers :)
Paul (Quixote)...
Excellent work. I can see the dedicated effort here.
Brian Towers
In reply to your Woodie comment Dave – not a nice subject to take about for a space artist who suffers from astroids.
Do I see changes in your ‘styles’ Dave? I know you like to ‘move on’ and try new techniques. I like this painting. The shadows (my passion) and detail give it a solid 3D look. There are some lovely subtle colours. And, look, very few curvey lines – although as a red-blooded fella I don’t object to them.
I’ve been in this ‘castle’ a couple of times. It had a very long history and was leased out to a family for many years – perhaps it still is someone’s home.
BLYTHART replied
Thanks for your comments Brian. I am using ink and wash more than I used to, but it’s not a new development for me as I experimented with it many years ago. Mrs Towers did mention once that she’d had you fitted with blinkers to prevent too much admiration of passing curves. I think she was probably referring to those undulating northern hills past Morpeth. I guessed you might have been in this castle and was actually going to title this work “Morpeth Castle, as visited by Brian Towers in 1770, but I decided against giving away your age to all and sundry. And before I go, may I ask if Sundry is the day before Mundry?
TFFDavid
In my opinion this is the best piece of work you have submitted to our North East England group, into my favourites it goes.
Well done Dave.
BLYTHART replied
What a lovely compliment … many thanks.
Steven Novak
Love the colors Dave, very vibrant and lively.
BLYTHART replied
Thanks Steven; much appreciated.
cheetaah
Your artwork is just getting better and better! Great work of art. xoxoxo
BLYTHART replied
... thanks … but my next piece of art will be totally different. Variety is the spice of life. I keep flitting from one style to another, which many people probably find very frustrating :)
Hidemi Tada
wow, this is briliant work, Dave. Shining! wonderful details.
Sean Farragher
fantastic,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Lance Leopold
Fab,detailed work,as always,well done,Dave.
Paul Compton
Divine Dave. Perfect composition, colours and linework.
BLYTHART replied
Thanks Paul.
Firedrake
Ah, lovely!! I like the fine pen details.
What’s a bumswizzler??
BLYTHART replied
I’ve been asking Brian that for years and I’m not sure if he knows either. It’s just an all-purpose expression of astonishment or admiration we use, as in, “well I’ll be bumswizzled” ... If you really want to know, send Brian a Bubblemail … that’ll amuse him. Use your feminine charms :)
Patricia L. Ba...
Wonderful work, Dave. The angle at which you’ve drawn the building is unique. Great composition. It has a sense of the surroundings as well as the ruins.
Brian Towers
I’ve got to put the record straight – and myself – I’m sure Bumswizzling was an expression used by Worzel Gummage when on one of the best of children’s programmes on TV about a ‘live’ scarecrow. Just another word for being puzzled.
BLYTHART replied
I put bumswizzle into Google and got this=
BLYTHART replied
I was only bumswizzling guv … didn’t mean no harm ;)
I bet Firedrake could invent a bumswizzling monster for her collection.
your honour …
Firedrake
HAHA…that reminds me…I had a worzel gummage doll!! I haven’t thought about that for years. I think a bum swizzler sounds like something made of plastic that comes in a pack of 6.
BLYTHART replied
I think you might be being rude, but i can’t prove it :))
GEORGE SANDERSON
A great Drawing, Dave I like Your Style !!!!
Brian Towers
This is becomming an interesting chat-line Dave. How to get more comments for a picture, introduce a new word and get people coming back for answers. Wonder what Firedrake had in mind! I’m bumswizzled.
BLYTHART replied
If Firedrake means what i thinks she means, I’ll explain to you when you are 21 ;)
pinkyjain
Wonderful, such exquisite detail, fabulous colors and line work
Firedrake
I looked it up on google images but got nothing :)
BLYTHART replied
The only reference I found on Gogle was this:
“I’ve just been quaffing this 15 year old oak-aged port. It’s rather spiffing.
Oh bumswizzle, I appear to have dropped a tiny droplet onto my left spat. How tiresome.
/twizzles monocle”
BLYTHART replied
Hey wait a minute … you looked it up on Google IMAGES? what, pray tell, did you expect to see? The mind boggles dear girl :)
Carlos Teófilo
Superb Dave.
Alexandra Jack
I love the way that you have created the texture on the castle. I feel like I could reach out and touch the castle and feel the roughness of the stones.
Firedrake
Haha…you never know what you might find on google images.
Tom Gomez
Another nice one Dave
Congrats on the 20,000 views …
Tahnja
I really adore castles, well done
andrea verstegen
Sigh, that’s fabulous. Great draftsmanship. I like the rusticity you’ve achieved in the brickwork.
Sebastiaan Koenen
Peace of mind at last…
fullcirclemand...
wow thats wonderful!
DApixara
stunningly different.What an imaginative art!
laurawhitaker
Very nice take on good old Morpeth castle!
Alexandra Felgate
Another stunning work Dave…..gee I do wish they could invent a way of transporting people into paintings, yours would be so much fun to visit!!!
AnitaInverarity
Wonderful !! Tremendous detailing !! x
izzybeth
handsome.
Heidi Garner
Love the perspective in this piece. It has so much depth and distance. Just great :)
Kirsten Edwards
Awesome! It like a picture out of a fairytale book! You are extremely talented and have a lot of patience. I love all your work! This one is going into my favs!
Kirsten Edwards
“It looks like” is what I meant to type. :)
Leanne Inwood
castles are great too!