Nate & Gunner

Brilliant drawing,Marlene,love it!!!!

good work marlene great presentation and composition lovely display of technical ability also you have really nailed it with this one , well done.

OMG Marlene! You already know that I adore your work, but I truly believe that this is the best that I have seen!! I truly could not convince my brain that this was a drawing, but it instead wanted to think PHOTO! Just marvelous Marlene, huh Marvelous Marlene? That’s you. I could go on and on about this. The lines flow so very smoothly into perfection, and the expression matches this as well. The dog is priceless! Keep it up Marlene, you’ve outdone yourself here!
Gail(angel312)

Fantastic work, well done.

Really good work well done

excellent job, very well done, Marlene!

Wonderful drawing Marlene, your’e a very talented artist.

this is a drawing?? itt’s hard to believe – you are so very talented! well done!

Amazing!!!

No way!
This is absolutely amazing

If it wasn’t said on the page, theres no way I could have guessed this was a pencil drawing.
amazing!

This is INCREDIBLE! I totally thought it was a photo! : ) WOW. Such an amazing piece of art, and such an amazing look it captures! A guide and his dog – an inseparable bond. Truly amazing.

Great B&W work!

That’s a pencil drawing?! That’s incredible, I’ve never seen one so good!

That is awesome

Brilliant drawing

If you had told me, I would have never known this was a drawing, you my friend are truely gifted!!

A drawing? This is a freakin drawing??? O M G!!! When i saw the thumbnails I thought ’ wow, you sure can draw’ Then I looked at the full image and I thought it was a photo. Absolutely outstanding Marlene :)

Wow, this is incredible…........what a gift to present someone!!!!!

Marlene, this is truly exceptional work, you are a master!!!

Unbelievable! I also thought it was a B&W photo! My goodness you are an outstanding pencil artist!

I have just come across your site and I am truly in awe of your wonderful work it is so good and utterly a joy to view. thank you for sharing.

Outstanding Marlene… I had to look at it more than once to realize that it’s a drawing… You own such a gift!

Wow! I honestly think this is the most realistic drawing I’ve ever seen! Excellent stuff.

WOW THIS IS AMAZING!!! :O I honestly thought this was a photo, Great work, absolutely magnificent!!!

I am blown away by this amazing drawing, you are a Master Marlene!

extraordinary..it´s like a photograph !

this is just too amazing!!!!! fantastic; you are, without a doubt, the most awsome talented artist I’ve ever seen !

Great work here – these two look SO happy.

This drawing is absolutely amazing! I thought my style of art was realism but I I’m going to have to re-think that one! my drawings don’t even compare! Any tips on how I can improve? =)

You are very, very, very gifted!

I thought I was looking at a photograph! Amazing!!

omg marlene i have ben trying many years to get this kind of realism into my work , amazing .

is this real or what !
just awsome
i’m surei can get this real but i don’t have the tools nor the papaer quality to reach this !
morocco is bad in artist tools! =)
congratulation, its really rare to this this level of realist,
i could have said its a photo shot

Fantastic work! Well done.

I have to say, this is just an unbelievably perfect drawing. The man and the dog are outstanding, and then there is the grass! Wow. This is great. I cannot stop studying it. You are so accomplished. I love all of your work.

All I can say is….Oh My Gosh!
You have so much patience and skill for reproducing tones and proportions! Your work is absolutely outstanding!!
So realistic it is truely proffessional.
Although I have received a lot of praise for my work, it pales in comparison to yours! You have totally raised the bar my dear!!! Now I’m going to have to push myself further!
So envious =]

How did you do the grass? is there a secret to it, or just plain ol’ perseverance?

Hi Simon,
The answer to your question is yes. :-) There is a “secret” and a lot of perserverance too. The secret (not really a secret) is an electric eraser. I filled in a mid-tone, used the eraser randomly, went back and filled in and adjusted the tones of the grass, used the eraser some more, filled in some darks, used the eraser and just kept it up till it looked right. But that eraser was key. It’s also how I did the blanket fringe on my drawing “Bogey and Bacall” of the two cats.

Just incredible, Marlene – you have a rare gift :)

i can believe this, pretty amazing!!!!!!! wish i had a gift like yours

You drew this!!! Incredible…it’s fantastic!

Nice detail it looks like a real BW photo

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I too thought this was a b&w photo. After opening it it still looks like a photo, absolutely superb.