This is the graveyard at Week ST Mary Cornwall.
Drawn from a photo taken just before sunset the flash gun illuminated the gravestones but left the hedge dark because of their distance from the flash.
Had some trouble when I tried to use some masking fluid on damp paper then rubbed it off taking the face of the paper with it!! Had to make the disaster look like damage to the surface of the nearest stone,I think it worked OK for the internet but in the flesh its a bit more obvious.On dry paper the masking fluid works fine.
The gravestones really are tilted over at this crazy angle they’ve been there 150 years or so.
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2009Sep 9
tags: Graveyard | Pen | watercolour pencil | Week St Mary























roseindigo 7:21 am on September 9, 2009 | #
Love this one, and the nearest stone just looks weathered and crumbly from the damage you described. The silhouettes of the trees are fabulous!
Nick Powell 8:56 am on September 9, 2009 | #
Thanks Rose I enjoyed doing this one,I tried another version afterwards using Bobs Inktense pencils and the sky did not come out as well.As you say I got away with the damage issues!!