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[crocoite]

Thanks Jordi!

[crocoite]

Got a new toy today - liquid pencil. It gives a graphite finish from a liquid rather than a pencil. There are 6 "colours".

Here is my first go, a stibnite from Qingjiang, China. Ink and liquid pencil on paper.

[Don Lum]

Very nice, Steve.

Don

[crocoite]

Thanks Don.

Here's one completed tonight. Elbaite and albite, Stak Nala. Ink and watercolour.

[crocoite]

And a Skardu aquamarine...

I am in the process of painting illustrations for a new book entitled "Elemental Art".

[Jordi Fabre]

Great!

[crocoite]

A bit of a change. This wulfenite from Whim Creek, Western Australia, a micro specimen in my collection, painted using watercolours on a canvas primed with black gesso.

[crocoite]

Vera Cruz Amethyst. Ink on paper...

[crocoite]

Baryte, Cerro Warihuyn, Peru, Watercolour pencils (Derwent Inktense and others), with ink outline and highlights, on Art Spectrum fine tooth 210gsm paper.

[Don Lum]

Beautiful art, Steve. Please keep up the good work.

Don

[crocoite]

Might be the last one for the year...

Brandberg amethyst. Ink on paper. Based on a Rob Lavinsky specimen and used with permission.

[trtlman]

Wow Steve, awesome works. What do you do with all these? Your walls in your house must full of art work.

[crocoite]

Thanks Daniel. Unfortunately my wife doesn't let me hang them :(

I do some as commissions, some I sell and some just for fun.