Oh! You should not be afraid - he is gorgeous, absolutely! his eyes are really lovely Do more!!

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"I do believe there is more within each of us than science has yet explained..." - Mr Tuvok

Oh yes! He's wonderful!

what? No sock puppets? No Filch feet????

You did a very nice job, brave girl! Keep at it!

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Tripp

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*sniffles*
poor dumblydorr. i <3 your rendition of him, though. and that is my alltime favourite quote EVARRRRRRRR! you did a marvelous job with the pastels, i am completely pants at them and envy anyone with an iota of pastelly talent. w00t.

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By Believing, One Sees.

Thanks hon! Pastels are so wierd to use! I may try some more though....when I get brave again!

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The wife of the man with the longest fingernails in the world was asked..how do you cope, you know...as a girl..and she said..it's not so bad...you get used to it..it's like making love to a tree..*singing* well I'm a treeee..make love to me...yea ~ ONJ

you faved it! Thank you!

*grin* my poor pastels couldn't have coped with anything other than a plain old Dumbledore...although I do have a nice green that could be good for cheesy Filch feet.....hmmmm.

Ooh - and I tried your technique of using a brush to blend stuff (paint brush though) - it worked really well, gave it a nice base to build on top of!

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The wife of the man with the longest fingernails in the world was asked..how do you cope, you know...as a girl..and she said..it's not so bad...you get used to it..it's like making love to a tree..*singing* well I'm a treeee..make love to me...yea ~ ONJ

thank you! It's a brillliant quote isn't it! It just sums up my idea of Dumbledore!

*grin* I haven't used pastels in any way for a while, so I had a mild panic attack when I sprayed fixative on it the first time - it disappeared!!! (Well - not quite, but it looked like it was dissolving before my eyes!!) - lucky it started to reappear as it dried! I still have a bit to learn....

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The wife of the man with the longest fingernails in the world was asked..how do you cope, you know...as a girl..and she said..it's not so bad...you get used to it..it's like making love to a tree..*singing* well I'm a treeee..make love to me...yea ~ ONJ

You blended the pencil or the pastel?

I use paint brushes too. Make -up for the softer larger areas and small wedge type paintbrush for the smaller lines and shadows.

I'm making a Dumbly now too! (although, it occurred to me that it might be rude to 'copy' you. ) I was thinking...hmmm what should I draw, then saw your dumbly and went...of course! The new contest! (although, I was robbed in the odd couple's contest. ROBBED!!! )

Yup, I thought it was time I faved something new, and voila! There was a lovely furball for me!

did you see Liquidscissor's comment on illusions??

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Tripp

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Pastels - I never use pencils heavy enough to blend (I'm scared of them - they don't erase properly!). I'm using some of my Grandad's old sign writing paint brushes which have really long bristles - they 'scuffle' things nicely!

You should so do a Dumbly!!! Tch - as if I'd be worried (I think I've done the same, and anyway it can't be copying since, when it comes to HP, it's not like there's an infinite array of choices!). And you were so robbed in the odd couples contest!! I mean, Snape and the Squid, Snape and Dobby, Snape and....well, everyone! If people don't think they're odd couples then I'm very concerned! VERY.

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The wife of the man with the longest fingernails in the world was asked..how do you cope, you know...as a girl..and she said..it's not so bad...you get used to it..it's like making love to a tree..*singing* well I'm a treeee..make love to me...yea ~ ONJ

I think Draco and Luna won. Oh well, THEY DON'T KNOW ODD COUPLES IF THEY...UH...ERM...SAW...THEM.............drawn rightinfrontofthem.... teehee

Ya know...if you 'brush' on the pencil (instead of draw directly then smudge) it actually erases quite nicely. In fact, I'm impressed with how well even dark pencil lines erase, like when I do hair.

FEAR NOT YOUNG LASS! Your kneaded eraser is here to rescue you!

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Tripp

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