I usually have a couple or 3 different pencils of different lenths for getting into the hard-to-reach places. Sometimes I use my left hand to shade, as well. I'm a rightie.
Hi Dale I sped right on over! Wow!!!! It's incredible and such a beautiful representation of that wonderfully gifted, proud, funny, entertaining and brilliant soul (are there enough adjectives there?)
I've always admired you select few who can really draw. That to me is the mark of the real artist. I like the technique you've used, as it almost looks like charcoal.
Compliments too from Erik Jan - he's not a blogger so can't leave a comment, but he told Koos he was impressed!
Hi Dale, What a beautiful portrait that is! Do you feel like doing this more often - and then publish here? I would be delighted to follow your development as an artist. Thanks for drawing my attention to it. Love Koos
I don't think there could ever be too many adjectives to describe Mr. Moon!
Koos
Your pun did not escape me on this one. You are a great man of words - And photos...
Janey & PTfan
Thanks for your compliments.
Like Koos, I am going to have to find a larger place to live in order to accommodate my enlarged ego!
Seriously though, I do appreciate all your encouragement & I might get off my duff & make time to do more of the things I love. I must admit that drawing is a challenge!
Hi Dale, To answer your question: the French is from my mother, and the German from my father. We weren't allowed to speak English at home growing up; not so bad now, we're all at least tri-lingual (my brother can also speak Spanish and Italian). My Spanish is sort of level two-ish.
Hi Dale, Fun, chatting with all these wonderful people last night. Flemish... The West-Felmish complain that their interviews on Flemish tv are sub-titled, or else the other Flems would have no clue what they say! (That complaint was sub-titled too!!!) Do I speak it? I can make a general Flemish sound, could maybe impersonate reliably a news reader (but they try -and fail- to speak General Civilised Dutch, sort of the King's Dutch). So the answer should be no, I can't, Just as I can't emulate any other accent than Amsterdams reliably. I lived there around my 11th year, the most impressionable age when it comes to accents. Oops that is a long reply ;-) Love Koos
Altavista has a translation service called Babelfish. I tried it on Erik-Jan's site.
Nice result: 'wants the water recreation in and the blockhouse Naarden to promote' meaning: 'wants to promote the water recreation and the fortification in Naarden' The silly word order is correct in Dutch (and passable in German). So if you do a bit of decoding you'll be able to read the English version.
It's interesting the different accents & dialects to be found all over Europe & UK. I am always amazed that someone from one part of England will recognise where another English person is from by their accent!
Apparently it is the same in Belgium! Subtitles in the same country - what a hoot!
Here in Canada there is not much difference in accents or dialects considering how large the country is. But I can always tell someone from Newfoundland...
I went to EJ's website. What a great photographer he is! I spent some time browsing through some of his work. Very handsome man he is, too...
I'm back! (with a vengeance! LOL) Oh, the heck with it, I've got people who love me and my music that makes me happy...HA! (decisive exclamation...)
I absolutely love the Keith painting. It really made my day! You are so talented. Dear Boy is my favourite book and I used to exchange emails with the author, he's got a fantastic website www.ijamming.net.
Hope you're well. It was lovely chatting with you last night. On to the next ITA show and chat!!! My mom will be here, it's going to be such fun!
Fantastic drawing. You are quite the artist I see. So life like.
Sent you 2 pics. Let me know if you can open them. I have lots more. Kinda funny takin' pics of the computer screen. But they turned out pretty good for the most part.
Hi Dale, very nice drawing of Moonie. you are obviously very talented. I was lucky enough to see him with The Who a few times and saw him in his Bentley just round the corner from Carnaby Street in the late sixties/early seventies. I wish that I could draw, but I can't. I have an Aunt who lives in Vancouver and keep promising to go and see her. One day maybe. Well, I'm in the middle of decorating so I had best get back to it. Mark
Hi Dale. thanks for the message. Perhaps i should save up and travel to Canada for my next haircut. The portrait of keith Moon is truely amazing. i have dabbled my self but not to that standard.
you are very lucky to live where you do to. i would appreciate the countryside just like you.
Hi Dale,
ReplyDeleteYour sketch is really great. Is it charcoal, or pencil?
-AM
Hi Anne-Marie
ReplyDeleteI did it in pencil & used an eraser for shading.
Nothing fancy.
I usually have a couple or 3 different pencils of different lenths for getting into the hard-to-reach places.
Sometimes I use my left hand to shade, as well.
I'm a rightie.
Thanks!
Dale
Hi Dale
ReplyDeleteI sped right on over!
Wow!!!! It's incredible and such a beautiful representation of that wonderfully gifted, proud, funny, entertaining and brilliant soul (are there enough adjectives there?)
I've always admired you select few who can really draw. That to me is the mark of the real artist. I like the technique you've used, as it almost looks like charcoal.
Compliments too from Erik Jan - he's not a blogger so can't leave a comment, but he told Koos he was impressed!
For a first attempt at a human portrait, I think you did a fantastic job.
ReplyDeleteHi Dale,
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful portrait that is!
Do you feel like doing this more often - and then publish here? I would be delighted to follow your development as an artist.
Thanks for drawing my attention to it.
Love
Koos
Dang it Girl. You are good!
ReplyDeleteVal
ReplyDeleteI don't think there could ever be too many adjectives to describe Mr. Moon!
Koos
Your pun did not escape me on this one.
You are a great man of words -
And photos...
Janey & PTfan
Thanks for your compliments.
Like Koos, I am going to have to find a larger place to live in order to accommodate my enlarged ego!
Seriously though, I do appreciate all your encouragement & I might get off my duff & make time to do more of the things I love.
I must admit that drawing is a challenge!
Thanks all!
Oh, Koos
ReplyDeletePlease thank Erik Jan, too!
I tried to check out his blog, but alas, Dutch is beyond my relm of speakage!
Although it is, like English, a Germanic language.
I loved chatting in French, though - a Romance language.
:)
Dale,
ReplyDeleteEven though I speak German (and English), Dutch stumps me a lot of the time too! It was fun chatting in French today!
Cheers,
AM
Hi Dale,
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question: the French is from my mother, and the German from my father. We weren't allowed to speak English at home growing up; not so bad now, we're all at least tri-lingual (my brother can also speak Spanish and Italian). My Spanish is sort of level two-ish.
Cheers,
AM
word verification: wyniwity !
Hi Dale,
ReplyDeleteFun, chatting with all these wonderful people last night.
Flemish...
The West-Felmish complain that their interviews on Flemish tv are sub-titled, or else the other Flems would have no clue what they say! (That complaint was sub-titled too!!!)
Do I speak it? I can make a general Flemish sound, could maybe impersonate reliably a news reader (but they try -and fail- to speak General Civilised Dutch, sort of the King's Dutch).
So the answer should be no, I can't, Just as I can't emulate any other accent than Amsterdams reliably. I lived there around my 11th year, the most impressionable age when it comes to accents.
Oops that is a long reply ;-)
Love
Koos
Another one for you Dale,
ReplyDeleteAltavista has a translation service called Babelfish.
I tried it on Erik-Jan's site.
Nice result:
'wants the water recreation in and the blockhouse Naarden to promote'
meaning:
'wants to promote the water recreation and the fortification in Naarden'
The silly word order is correct in Dutch (and passable in German).
So if you do a bit of decoding you'll be able to read the English version.
However, after some googling I found this site,
Erik-Jan the photographer
Love
Koos
My Personal Coach says: "can reliably impersonate".
ReplyDeleteThanks Koos!
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting the different accents & dialects to be found all over Europe & UK.
I am always amazed that someone from one part of England will recognise where another English person is from by their accent!
Apparently it is the same in Belgium! Subtitles in the same country - what a hoot!
Here in Canada there is not much difference in accents or dialects considering how large the country is.
But I can always tell someone from Newfoundland...
I went to EJ's website. What a great photographer he is! I spent some time browsing through some of his work.
Very handsome man he is, too...
;)
Dale
Hello...
ReplyDeleteI'm back! (with a vengeance! LOL)
Oh, the heck with it, I've got people who love me and my music that makes me happy...HA! (decisive exclamation...)
I absolutely love the Keith painting. It really made my day! You are so talented. Dear Boy is my favourite book and I used to exchange emails with the author, he's got a fantastic website www.ijamming.net.
Hope you're well. It was lovely chatting with you last night. On to the next ITA show and chat!!!
My mom will be here, it's going to be such fun!
xoxoxo
M
WOW Dale you are truly amazingly talented!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it. You know the more I look at it I can see Simon in it too!
ReplyDeleteGood on you! I personally prefer pencil to charcoal!
Big kisses hope to catch you when I WILL be in the chat for sure next Wed!
X-M.
Hiya Dale,
ReplyDeleteFantastic drawing. You are quite the artist I see. So life like.
Sent you 2 pics. Let me know if you can open them. I have lots more. Kinda funny takin' pics of the computer screen. But they turned out pretty good for the most part.
Peace, love and light to you and yours,
Ric
Hi Dale!
ReplyDeleteThat is an awesome drawing! I never drew Keith Moon myself. I really like this. You are very talented!
Zoe
Hi Dale, very nice drawing of Moonie. you are obviously very talented. I was lucky enough to see him with The Who a few times and saw him in his Bentley just round the corner from Carnaby Street in the late sixties/early seventies. I wish that I could draw, but I can't. I have an Aunt who lives in Vancouver and keep promising to go and see her. One day maybe. Well, I'm in the middle of decorating so I had best get back to it. Mark
ReplyDeleteSeeing your sketch motivates me to pick up the book. The sketch is wonderful, and your pictures beautiful. You are very talented.
ReplyDeleteHi Dale. thanks for the message. Perhaps i should save up and travel to Canada for my next haircut. The portrait of keith Moon is truely amazing. i have dabbled my self but not to that standard.
ReplyDeleteyou are very lucky to live where you do to. i would appreciate the countryside just like you.
See you at molly's sometime
Magical inspiration. Well done, Dale. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDelete