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Brother's Love

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In rural East Tennessee where I grew up, my three brothers and two sisters and I spent many days combing the woods and exploring every single body of water within the vicinity of Brabson's Corner where we live even if it was only 4 inches deep. We spent hours on the banks of the Holston River, Flat Creek, Cherokee and Douglas Dams. We just about learned to fish before we could do anything else--it was my father's passion other than hunting.

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african-american beal blackandwhite creek dam douglas drawings fishing hunting illustration ink marlena pen

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daniel perkowski

nice drawing Marlena

9 months ago

Marlena B. Beal

Thanks, Daniel. Most of my drawings come from my childhood memories growing up on my grandfather's farm. My heart is filled with those images and I feel blessed to be able to share them with such a large and wonderfully talented audience.

9 months

Robert Doesburg

Fantastic drawing Marlena.
Great atmosphere of joy..
Like thelittle girl with her fhising tools..:-)
All the best, Robert

9 months

Marlena B. Beal

Thank you, Robert, for you continued kindness toward my work. I am still trying to improve my art without changing it as the Fall of my life approaches but all of you on this site have been more than generous with your comments. Be blessed.

7 months

Larry Mcwhirt

very nice 5 *

9 months

Zivka Koceva Karadjovska

You deserve a 5*
All the best!

8 months

Katt Yanda

marlena, such a lovely toughing gentle feeling sketch.. i can feel the love you have put into it.... just lovely...
merry christmas to you...and a magical new year!...katt

8 months

Robert Doesburg

Happy Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year Marlena..
All the best, Robert

8 months

Sonja Gartner

Very loose, very good! I sense no hesitation here for each stroke!

8 months

Maree Jolleau

Hello Marlena.

Beautiful work. Amazing what you can achieve with some lines of ink. There is such a wonderful mood of innocence and activity in this piece.
regards Maree

8 months

Marlena B. Beal

Pressing family business has really kept me from the thank you's of generous comments I have received from artists such as yourself. I love drawing memories from you as you say from the "innocence" of my youth--the ideas for creating are endless. Thank you, Maree.

5 months

Will Stirling

As soon as I saw this drawing I was immediately put in mind of the great E.H Shepard and taken back to the days of 'Winnie the Pooh' and 'Wind In The Willows' and for that alone you must have 5 stars. :-)

Will.

8 months

Marlena B. Beal

I could not help but reply to such a rich compliment. My children (and I just as much) loved Winnie the Pooh which represents such a time of innocence and total trust when my children were young. Thank you for your kind words!

7 months

Chrisann

You have such an excellent style with drawing! I really like all you did! look forward to seeing more of your works :)

8 months

Spailpinfanac

I love this. I love the reality of the theme (it could be me and my sister)and the reality of the work (I can feel that wet wind from here). Wonderful :))

8 months

Marlena B. Beal

WHen you can feel someone's work like this; then you have accomplished what you intended even if for only one person! Thank you!

7 months

darlene

I was browsing through your thumbnails and I really like this composition. To remember being a child again is such a wonderful past time. Beautiful composition. d

7 months

Trudy Dempsey

My passion is fishing.... I share your love of it... would like to see more of your fishing drawings

7 months

Chris(tian) v. Grumbkow

I like your shaded drawing technique and the impressionistic touch which leaves the lovely scene so much alive. Great stile!

7 months

shhightower

very well done 5*

6 months

Yvie Stewart

Less is more. A beautiful, evocative piece.

6 months

krystyna spink

Love the little fence in the background and the floating bottle!
Great attention to detail Marlena.I also love your story that comes with this drawing!

6 months

lorena

fabulous,5*

5 months

Rick Ray

excellent work Marlena

5 months

Geoffrey Gaskell

Hello Marlena, A beautiful pen & ink style, expressing very much without excessive fuss over very small details which, as is ideal, are left for the viewer imagination to complete.

5 months

Priscilla M Norris

Hi, I'm the administrator for the group Clever Creative Titles in Art

, and I'd love you to add this picture to the group. (accepted)

5 months

Marlena B. Beal

Thank you for the invitation. I am delighted to be an addition to your group.

5 months

Sonja Gartner

Thank you so much for your encouraging comment, Marlena! This is my favourite of your pieces, my brother and I also went 'roaming the countryside' together, exploring nature and its mysterious and awesome ways. You have a very loose and 'to the point' kind of style, and an excellent grasp on realism!

5 months

Kerry Wembridge/Ziernicki

I love the story, what an awesome childhood. and such wonderful memories. I love the sketch also. It portrays that sense of wonder, freedom and childhood fun so beautifully. 5*****

5 months

LynGosling

This is lovely, Marlena, so simple and economic with lines, yet so telling.

4 months

varvara

An amazing and very lively composition, beautiful atmosphere, great drawing!

4 months

Judi Donegan

This is a lovely drawing and i think would make a great etching !

3 months

Jonathan Gould

Very nice. I started out in pen and ink media and will always return to what I see as my most basic form of getting my ideas on paper. LOve simplicity of the media and love the complexity of the detail to record textures and the image before you. cant wait to see more like this.

2 months

Marlena B. Beal

Thank you. Just retired so I have been vacationing (cruising the Eastern Caribbean)since May and presently being held hostage for babysitting grandchildren! I plan to start creating more new pieces and look forward to your comments.

25 days

charlette

This is a delightful sketch. Charlette

11 days

Marlena B. Beal

We had no video games, no cable, barely a TV and a mother who believed children should play outside in the sun and fresh air! I have wonderful memories of me and my five siblings searching for the great fishing hole with plenty of worms and time on our hands in rural East Tennessee. It pleases me that my memories are refreshing to others too.

7 days

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I began drawing before I could even write my name. One of the things I share most is the encouragement I received from my parents as a child. My parents could not afford art paper. My mother would save paper bags from the store and cut them into sheet size so I would have paper for my drawings. Whenever we visited friends or relatives, she carried those sheets of papers with her and a pencil. When we arrived she sat me in a corner where I would remain drawing to my heart's content. Over the years, I experimented with many mediums but I found pen and ink gave me the ability to evolve in my art and the most powerful medium to express my creations. I love what you can do with millions of lines to create an image.

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