Practice plate in progress

[oniemarc]

Been working on this plate for far too long now, so I'm trying to get this finished without any distractions. The finished plate will show the country I am from, the city I was born and the city I am living in now.
Center stage will be getting a dutch windmill...so loads to do still, hahaha


Marc

 

[John B.]

Beautiful work so far.

 

[monk]

looks very nice to my eye

 

[Adder]

Nice! Keep posting progress pics, or at least when it`s done

 

[oniemarc]

Thank you very much for the nice comments. I am trying to vary my shading with each plate I do, so I can see the difference. I'm glad it didn't turn out too weird , hahaha.

@Adder I'll try to add some progress shots if I can get good enough pictures. The finished plate will be posted anyways, even if I mess up the mill.

Marc

 

[oniemarc]

Not looking like much yet. This might take a good while still

 

[papart1]

yah buddie!!!!

 

[oniemarc]

yah buddie!!!!

Maybe when it's finished, hahhaa

 

[jeff Cadzow]

Been working on this plate for far too long now, so I'm trying to get this finished without any distractions. The finished plate will show the country I am from, the city I was born and the city I am living in now.
Center stage will be getting a dutch windmill...so loads to do still, hahaha


Marc

It’s work like this that reminds me just how far I have to go before I can consider that I’m half decent.

 

[oniemarc]

It’s work like this that reminds me just how far I have to go before I can consider that I’m half decent.

Thank you very much for such a compliment. I don't consider what I am doing half decent myself. I am just trying to learn this amazing artform and enjoy doing so. There are soooo many aspects to engraving that I want to learn, but I realise I am not in any hurry. I have the rest of life to keep learning. I wish I had more time to engrave though...but that's a whole different story, hahaha.

Marc

 

[oniemarc]

Managed to rough out some more on the windmill today. Many many many many small lines to build up the darker areas, so I can add even deeper shadowswhere needed later on...
Got some time off tomorrow, so I am hoping to put in a couple more hours then.

Marc

 

[oniemarc]

 

[oniemarc]

Some of these may not be the best pictures, but you can at least follow the progression....

longggggg way to go, hahhaa

 

[oniemarc]

The windmill is pretty much done, except for some detailing and deeper shadows here and there. So slowly moving into the background now....

 

[oniemarc]

So...by now I just need to add a cloudy sky and then it's back to add the final details and shadows in the windmill.

 

[oniemarc]

Almost done now...
Photo is quite bad, but you can see where it is going.

Marc

 

[John B.]

Very nice.

 

[papart1]

cool............nice mill

 

[oniemarc]

So...it is done. Lots of "should have, could have, would have...but I didn't" ....but I am pretty pleased with the outcome. I had a blank spot up top that I couldn't decide on how to fill it. Tulips, wooden shoes...initials. Really happy that I went for a copper inlayed Dutch crown.

Thanks for watching along with this little project and for all the nice comments along the way. They are truly appreciated.

Marc

 

[John B.]

A beautiful job of engraving Marc.
Wonderful scroll, shading and precision borders.
And a masterful bulino image.