tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post6051209195291155456..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Pinkwater PortrayedJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-85464180862126854192008-02-11T23:15:00.000-05:002008-02-11T23:15:00.000-05:00Hah...this is great. I've always love Daniel's voi...Hah...this is great. I've always love Daniel's voice...<BR/><BR/>=s=Shane Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706984816021430077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-55523571643883459752008-02-11T17:19:00.000-05:002008-02-11T17:19:00.000-05:00Dear DP, The drawing was made a little over eight ...Dear DP, The drawing was made a little over eight years ago at your reading of "Bongo Larry" at the Red Hook Library on December 8, 1999, and I'm sure you recall signing it. If it looks older than you do now, then you must have the good fortune to be experiencing reverse ageing, and I congratulate you.<BR/><BR/>Erik, I usually use two or three pencils, ranging from an HB to a 3B or 4B. I did adjust levels in Photoshop, but the darks are pretty dark in the original, too.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-7745024527665453482008-02-11T16:48:00.000-05:002008-02-11T16:48:00.000-05:00Wonderful drawing! Unfortunately, that is not me,...Wonderful drawing! Unfortunately, that is not me, but obviously some kind of elf, a good deal fatter and about 20 years older than I am. And you say you drew this from life, Mr. Gurney? It wasn't on Halloween by any chance? OK, there is a slight resemblance, but anyone who wishes may visit http://pinkwater.com and compare the benign, not to say cute, Daniel Pinkwater with the gnome depicted here. DPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-3344761125545774022008-02-11T13:15:00.000-05:002008-02-11T13:15:00.000-05:00I love the note inscribed on the margin: "I have a...I love the note inscribed on the margin: "I have an unerring instinct to avoid prosperity." Gadzooks, I thought I was the only one!<BR/><BR/>Pinkwater's book, The Big Orange Splot, is among my very favorite children's books. We devote a center to it each year. I'd never seen Pinkwater before; TBOS's main character, Plumbean, resembles the author.Dan Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628603380292404658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-23706763949579555422008-02-11T09:10:00.000-05:002008-02-11T09:10:00.000-05:00The hands are wonderful, suggesting a sense of imp...The hands are wonderful, suggesting a sense of impending movement.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375615378259386972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-53026771093982239952008-02-11T06:53:00.000-05:002008-02-11T06:53:00.000-05:00For a pencil sketch, your shadows are really dark....For a pencil sketch, your shadows are really dark.<BR/>May I ask what you use for the dark accents?<BR/>Or is the contrast 'photoshoped'?Erik Bongershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409523352634066030noreply@blogger.com