223 - MORPETH CASTLE IN 1777 - DAVE EDWARDS - INK & WASH - 2008 by BLYTHART
As of 28th May 2011, this has been favourited by 18 people and viewed by 1198.
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.
Comments
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.
very well done, beautiful work!!
Brilliantly done Dave!
Looks wicked! :)
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.
Another brilliant pen and ink drawing Dave!!
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. =)
this is wonderful the building is alive,quite a pull off to make it breath well done
Excellent work. I can see the dedicated effort here.
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.
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?
– BLYTHART
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.
What a lovely compliment … many thanks.
– BLYTHART