Hi Adrian /All,<div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937006213"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937006330">That's a brilliant summary.</div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937020349"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937020517">If there is anything else anyone needs info on, feel free to ask and I will reply when I can.</div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937085676"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937087054">Would love to do another one next year, if possible.</div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937120830"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937120973">Thanks to everyone who joined in. it was thouroghly enjoyable to see some of your work too.</div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937224209"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937224365">Regards</div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937228425">Colin</div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937231218"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937231401"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937202877"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937203044"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937143692"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1604937143828"><br><br><div id="ymail_android_signature"><a id="ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;"> <div style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6;"> <div>On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 at 15:17, Adrian Fowle (BAS Chairman)</div><div><adrian@fowle.co.uk> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left: 1px solid #6D00F6;"> <div id="yiv7554940323">
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<p>Our demonstration last Friday turned out to be the most
interactive we have had yet - to the extent that Colin did not
finish much of the painting. There was a very interesting exchange
of views on different bits of kit. Many people contributed and
most stayed until the end so I hope that everyone enjoyed it as
much as I did. I have attached a much reduced and compressed
version of the final work. We hope to have better version on
either his website or ours in due course. For the record, on the
day we only saw the twinkle in the right eye. To be fair to Colin,
we had a number of technical problems with the transmission which
also delayed us, despite the fact that Colin, Paul and myself had
practised without any problems. Paul has found the solution, we
think, and I hope we can try the two camera technique again. I did
not keep any of the recordings because of this. <br>
</p>
<p>Colin started by showing us a board of swatches of different
"pencils" to use a generic term, with their names and effects. He
recommended it as a means of getting familiar with the tools and
being able to find the right one. He clearly enjoyed soluble
graphite pencils, although I don't think he used them in the
demonstration. There are several brands of similar pencils:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7554940323moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://www.pencils4artists.co.uk/lyra-rembrandt-watersoluble-graphite-singles-c2x15746707">https://www.pencils4artists.co.uk/lyra-rembrandt-watersoluble-graphite-singles-c2x15746707</a><br>
<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7554940323moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://www.pencils4artists.co.uk/derwent-watersoluble-graphitone-singles-c2x9513969">https://www.pencils4artists.co.uk/derwent-watersoluble-graphitone-singles-c2x9513969</a><br>
<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7554940323moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://www.pencils4artists.co.uk/derwent-graphitint-pencils-tin-of-12-c2x9514060">https://www.pencils4artists.co.uk/derwent-graphitint-pencils-tin-of-12-c2x9514060</a><br>
</p>
<p>For the portrait of Robert de Niro Colin used charcoal and
related media on a coloured background. He used hotpressed Canson
paper and painted a watercolour background on it. He does not find
it necessary to stretch the paper, he merely tapes it down. <br>
</p>
<p>For detail he used Montmartre woodless charcoal pencils, which he
says are expensive
<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7554940323moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://montmarte.net/product/view/signature-woodless-charcoal-pencils-3pce">https://montmarte.net/product/view/signature-woodless-charcoal-pencils-3pce</a></p>
<p>White highlights, agains the black charcoal or the toned
background, using General Pencil Co White Charcoal
<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7554940323moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/General-Pencil-5582BP-Charcoal-Pencils/dp/B004BPOZAG">https://www.amazon.co.uk/General-Pencil-5582BP-Charcoal-Pencils/dp/B004BPOZAG</a></p>
<p>For larger areas of black he used Panpastel - he was using the
black from a set of colours that stacked, something like this
<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7554940323moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://panpastel.com/sets-kits/starter-set-painting-5-color.html">https://panpastel.com/sets-kits/starter-set-painting-5-color.html</a>.
He had a hard sponge applicator to use with it. Alternatively he
used charcoal sticks, on their sides or charcoal power from
Cretacolor
<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7554940323moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://www.pencils4artists.co.uk/cretacolor-charcoal-artists-powder-c2x9514869">https://www.pencils4artists.co.uk/cretacolor-charcoal-artists-powder-c2x9514869</a>.
Other people created their own powder with a grater or sandpaper,
or saved the erasings to re-use. [Your chairman is far too messy
to consider such a thing!]</p>
<p>These charcoals, and the erasers (see below) create dust on the
surface and Coin uses a little handheld vacuum clearer to such it
up, in preference to the traditional brush which can smudge.
<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7554940323moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tihoo-Portable-Tabletop-Vacuum-Cleaner/dp/B07GN9GKM3">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tihoo-Portable-Tabletop-Vacuum-Cleaner/dp/B07GN9GKM3</a><br>
</p>
<p>We had had occasional interjections from the audience with
suggested pencils and so on, but when we turned to erasers and
sharpeners everyone was pitching in. I'm just going to recommend
you read
<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7554940323moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2020/03/23/comparing-manual-electric-pencil-sharpeners/">https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2020/03/23/comparing-manual-electric-pencil-sharpeners/</a>.
Personally I like the thought of a helical sharpener, but my first
broke (plastic case). I now have a metal one, but it is so heavy
and stiff it is meant to be screwed to a bench - otherwise it
needs three hands. <br>
</p>
<p>I'm going to recommend another review for erasers. It you have
not watched anyone do it, it may not be apparent that they can be
a creative tool as well as something to remove errors. Of course
it depends on what you want to erase. See
<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7554940323moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2016/07/29/choosing-a-rubber-comparing-erasers/">https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2016/07/29/choosing-a-rubber-comparing-erasers/</a></p>
<p>There was quite a lot more, but it was difficult to capture
everyone's favourites. Colin has agreed to come back next year for
another demonstration and maybe he will be allowed to complete it!</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<div class="yiv7554940323moz-signature">-- <br>
<b>Adrian Fowle<br>
Chairman, Bromley Art Society</b></div>
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