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Turf drawing I.10” x 10” pencil on cold press water color paper
This type of drawing does not have the initial impact as Name of the Father or Occasional Angel, for me though it is very important to go back to a simpler concept once in a while.
This is part of a sires of works called “observing the insignificant” its more about natural abstraction then nature drawing although it is very carefully observed and rendered. An artist has the ability to engage someone with an image that they would normal not see and just walk by it, like this three inch piece of turf underfoot. Every day people walk by this insignificant scene , never noticing, never looking, at some point I did.
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impressive....i thought at first its a photograph!
i like the concept & the idea of the natural abstraction...!
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whoa! you mean that was drawn?
!I thought it was a photograph! Nice job.
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Is funny how the photo and the drawing of this can have a opposite impact.
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Shades of Dürer--one of his most beautiful works was an intricate watercolor study of a piece of turf.
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It's a beautiful work of art with a beautiful thought behind it. good job, as always. ^^
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i like the idea behind this.. getting involved and creating a great drawing of something insignificant
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Wow...think i found my master 
Your work is absolutly wonderfull!!!
Wow...
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beautiful concept... i would like to try, it once...
and as for the drawing... it's awesome, as usual 
how much time did you spend on this?
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Since these are so small it only took about 25 hours a fraction of most of my work. thank you /\\\
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It is important for artists to turn away from the complex for a while and try the simple, because it's just as, if not more difficult. Thank you.
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This is beautiful...you truly did what you planned to do, you made the insignificant not only noticible, but interesting and beautiful. This is the whole meaning of "stop to smell the flowers", look around you and see all the beauty you're missing..
I have to try drawing something like this, it must be a fun challenge
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Photo Realism is an amazing form of art. Painting and drawing in this way is very time consuming, and I'm sure stressful. You are excellent in this genre. I don't usually see photo realism being done with pencil, but you make it look almost easy. One of the teachers from the community college I attended specializes in it. He uses mainly oils, and told me that he averages only around 2 paintings a year. His name is Anthony Brunelli, and you can see some of his amazing paintings here [link] It's sometimes hard to believe these are actually paintings, but they are...I've seen them in person.
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You draw from model I understand now how you can get a such level on details.
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I didn't know that anyone else besides me stares at a piece of turf and renders it, now I feel good that it isn't highly unusual. As always though, a lovely rendering.
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You are still my favorite artist, and your work is as inspiring as always.
It is that quality of yours, to see through the simple things, to be able to show with your art what you see with your heart, what I find amazing.
A must
Greetings from Costa Rica!
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you never stop amazing me... i wish i could see you draw animals or children
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Hm, the simpler the better, right?
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Perfect drawing. Very realistic! I wish I could do something like that!
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omg, didn't know you could draw that good too in cold press watercolor paper.....
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This idea reminds me of the subjects a fellow countryman of mine used to choose. He was a very poor guy who traded old cloth and scraps and such. He drew what he saw. And pretty wel he did
Me personally, i like subjects others don't choose so I like this too.
Very beautyfull!
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You are very right on your words, sometimes the more common thing to us is just laying there and we don't see their natural beauty. Ur work as allways amazes me and u can show that "magic" that all these well known stuff hide or should i say show? Yes 'cause we see them with our eyes but not with our mind!
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Beautiful work as always. Lovely details and contrasts. Fantastic technique.
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Excelent, excelent detail..amazing. I see this and I think 'patience' cause I'd just go nuts..
Great work. (as always)
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crazy detail. 
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Absolutley beautiful, words cant express the amazing detail, beautiful
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*must be a photo* *dies*
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*comes to life again and says* Definitly, one of the greastest pencil works i've ever seen.
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Beauty is Truth. Truth is Beauty. I see both in your works. However 'simple' your subject matter, you find the beauty in the small details in ways that is awe inspiring and stunning. Once more, I bow to you.
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