Recent content by jmfletch

Jo - like that you captured the people getting ready to drive off, the pickup may not have been but looks like a dual rear wheel rig. Love the lead and kudos on that eggbeater. That had to be a challenge and you did it well. Great highlights on the handle. Pine Cone - Not sure you wanted to...

Joan -love the crowd on the upper deck of the ferry. The lobster is ultra realistic especially for watercolor. The band painting and the converted but preserved cigar shop are great. Nice bottle collection 😎. You are amazing at all these techniques that are suppose to be challenges. (Continuous...

Pine Cone - the rainy day background is nice and very well done. LOVE the supernova version! 😎 Very creative. Fletch P.S. In your re-learning don’t forget we learn the most from our mistakes, so do not get discouraged when a sketch becomes a lesson. Take the Thomas Edison approach when asked...

Ned - Love the the Troll. The Rock face is fun. Nice work Joan - all three are nice but have always loved Spanish architecture. You have truly gotten amazing with painting people. Proportions, fire shirt, perspective are alys accurate. Jo, Robin, Pine Cone, Ai, Joe, & all you lurkers -👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽

Ned - Glad you didn’t say it was really easy.🤠. Jo - Nice digital from phone. Hatching on doorknob is well done. When you go to Home Depot or Lowe’s they are with mixed in with the round ones under doorknobs. Typically called ‘easy open latch’. Tough to find a house down here that does not...

PINE CONE. - WELCOME HOME! You have been missed. The sign is great and I love the background. Interestingly the lines of the man-made sign are bold and straight while the lines of nature in the back are light and fluid. Don‘t think you have really forgotten how to draw …might just feel like...

Ai - fun looking digirtal. Great contour lines with graphite. Joan - love both lavender fields. The first has a feel of detail. The second has that soft watercolor feel. Love the sky in the second. Hey we get to see the Pepper guy! #1 keys - multiple grades of graphite. After Joan’s dark...

Ned - agree with the group the pitcher is well rendered and must have some great stories. Love old handmade items of such beauty especially in ou plastic cookie cutter world. Joe - Sounds your progressing well with the course. Good luck on the exams. You have us all looking forward to August...

Jo - Great. Job on the watermelon! Yum! Well every mentor and teacher recommends something different. I have pretty much (90%) settled in on 2mm lead holders. I like the consistent length and weight plus it can make either a nicely angled chisel point that is sturdy or a fine needle sharp...

Ai, love all the colors in the quilt. It looks homey and inviting. Cicadas are ugly and you did a pretty painting of one. Several paintings even. Nicely done. Safe, fun trip home. Again amaze with all on your plate you find time to paint even at airports. Thank you! Joan, if he was a rep for...

#2 bedding - bedding on the bed. Two grades of graphite in pocket sketchbook. Lesson learned. It can be a challenge to draw sitting in a rocker. Keep sketching and leaning, Fletch P.S. The lines on right are vertical blinds over window.

Wrote a bunch of comments yesterday but I did not hit return and they seem to have disappeared. Joan - Nice work on The Vessel and The Dinosaur. The girls on train is also nice. The people perspective on Under the Umbrella is spot on plus the composition draws me in. Cool pool sketch.( pun...

Ai - looking at the painting of your MIL’s cottage the word that comes to mind is cozy. Nicely done. Keep sketching and learning Fletch

All this fruit is making me hungry. Ai - you picked the right state first peaches. Georgia peaches are touted as the best. All the paintings are nicely done but adding the fruit stickers on the first adds a bit of flair. Sorry the granulation is troubling but they stilll look good. Joan - you...

WROTE THIS YESTERDAY AND NEVER IT SEND 😂🤣 Joan - I have a title for your beach painting. “Retirement. “. Your painting was my idea of retirement before I retired. Great texture tree sketch! Glad you were not deterred by the rain. Ai - Love the hatching and shading on both the shells which...