at last ive finished my orangutan picture

Your name is not Banksy is it!!! lol only joking. You should get these on show for everyone to see, you might even sell a few. I wish I could draw. Its a real talent

Another work of art, agree with Great you should put them on show for everyone to see, brilliant, I can't draw either :- (((((((

everyone can draw to a lesser or greater degree.sometimes you mite need a bit of giding to bring it out of you though .anyway thank you so much.
ps excuse my spelling and ignorance but who is banksy ?

It's looking brilliant now Leigh. I like the orange colour of the insert and it's a nice frame. Your right, you should have an auction, you'll sell this one in no time. It's a pity I've not got a place to put it lol ! Do you have a lot of pictures to put in an auction?

ive got 3 lol as ive always sold them normaly but i got to start somewear.ive got a baby orang and a silver back.

this is a great drawing! I love it!!

fantastic Leigh. But you know I admire your art talent. My eldest just said 'wow!'

Just found the silverback looking back through your blogs. What a fantastic picture that is.

Love the frame you have chosen and the leaves are great makes the Orangutan look 3D

thank you so much i realy do apreciate your opinion honestly .im not trying to be big headed as im not like that .

fantastic talent ...:-)

niceone ----------has similar characteristics to my 2 previous wives ooerrrrrrrrr

morning

davey

very good davey . i like orangutans so i dont know if what you said is good or bad lol and thank you mrsmelon to .

Leigh, it is a fantastic painting. Its obvious that you love the animals, it comes through. Your talent definitely deserves wide recognition. You are quite widely known by now though aren't you?
I love Orangs too, Gorilla's as well. They're so closely related to us aren't they? But better!

I understand you Noseypotter, as I occationally paint too, I always am looking for faults in mine, we are our own crytics, no big headedness about it.

yes mad they are close to us and better apart from chimps which are more like us in there violance and actions .ive got a silverback picture for sale if your interested mad . ill thow in a tiger print and give some of the money for charity as i always do .i dont know if im quite well known but i guess a lot of people know just because of all the pictures i send everyone.i think i must have sold a few hundred pictures since 1993-4 when i started taking my art seriously again so thats 300 and who ever sore thows pictures.yes sixpence you do have to be your own best crytic and i ask people when they sign my guest book to be honest but they have all been good comments so far .when i was younger i had a tendancy to say that will do which i never do.i always take a long time to get the outline right as once thats done the rest falls into place like your first row of bricks if you were building a wall .i use pencils so what do you paint sixpence.i like portraits if you hadnt noticed lol.anyway thanx again ill stop running on bye for now .

I have noticed Noseypotter you like portraits, my mother painted a few portraits one was the Mona Lisa, I started with learning with Bob Ross dvds then done one of my own, of landscapes so far, I have done a couple of mountains too, which you use the knife for to out line, prior to that, I have have done pencil and gel pen drawings, of all sorts. Painters are never satisfied with their own work lol. I do have a good eye and ear lol, and will tell the truth even if it hurts I have left comments on your web page a while ago.

Again, I am so impressed I just wish I could draw - the picture looks beautiful framed - finished off lovely!!

Looking good NP....

That looks brilliant ,now its finished and framed,NP.I wish i could draw too,its definitely a special gift.I am just about at nursery school level and have been for a long long long(yawn) time !! :o))

I can only echo Bloomers' comments ... 'stick people' and trees is about my limit ! : o ) )

i know what you mean sixpence me to . i am fairly happy with my drawing but if i tyhaught i wasnt improving i mite stop drawing if you like.again thanx everyone for your support.

I've left a private message for you Leigh, and I do agree about the Chimps and their Human-like violence. Give me the gentle giants any day.

Love it NP. Picture, mount and frame all go really well together. What's your next project?

Thats a great pic...........

You have a great talent Nosey!

The finished picture is brilliant Np...makes you wonder what thoughts are hidden away in those eyes....so full of knowing.......The leafy setting is just perfect..

im drawing a portraite of a scotish deer hound for skillen philc and i think the same about the frame etc.
thank you bonkers orangs are ever so expressive with there eyes you can understand them being called the old man of the forest glad you all like it .

i looked in my messages and yours isnt in there yet for some reasen.im sure it will be soon.take care bye for now xx

Terrific picture Leigh, your hard work certainly paid off.

thank you doc . long time since we spoke mate .how are you old boy .well i hope . its been lovley weather to get in the garden hasnt it .you take care my friend bye for now .

Hi Leigh, yes haven't spoken for a while, less of the old boy if you don't mind even if you are right, LOL I have been so busy working in recent months I haven't been on GOY very much, I usually have a quick look in the morning to answer a question before I go. Glad you are OK, all the best.

lol ok mate or young man should i say . glad your ok mate and keeping busy mate . take care bye for now

Banksy is a british street artist Leigh- looked him up on google.:~))x

ow yes ive seen him hes is brilliant isnt he .he does unbelievable pictures .thanx skillen.xx
hello doc ive just looked at what i wrote you and ive called you mate in 2 lines about 3 times .i dont know why .i sound like an australian lol.anyway take care im sure your enjoying the weather bye for now .

Judging by what I see in art shop windows round here, I recon you could get at least a couple of hundred for this NP.....have you ever approached an art shop to sell your work?

know sid they look one look at me and dont want to know.on the internet or people who know me is another thing and i often sell them for more than that . im in know rush , money isnt everything and it only slips through my fingers anyway lol .if you look at some art for thousands on the internet its unbelievable what people will pay for what i consider rubbish.i always say if someone doesnt like the picture i drew of there pet they can just give it back to me no hard fealings .touch wood ie my head it has never happend yet lol .thanx a lot sid take care bye for now xx .

I'd be amazed if a serious art shop would not take your work NP.....their loss!!!

well i thaught that till i tried . i am heavily tattood so i must be a thug and a lyer and not to deal with it seams . ive actualy had almost a heated argument with someone saying to my face that a person like me could not of drawn a picture of the caliber of my art .honestly .like you say there loss.i got know time for shallow perpousfly nieve people so in that respect i love my tattoos.its a sad old world .

That's a disgrace that people can be so prejudiced. Could you maybe get one of your non-tattooed friends to go on your behalf ...and then when your drawing sells you could turn up in person to collect the cheque?!!!

i do that all the time lol you got to go with what you got and i like a laugh lol .people will be people lol xx

OMG! I really love your painting! Iv'e just popped in to say about the tree in my avatar is in the gardens at Wallington Hall near Morpeth in Northumberland. I'm a natural born tree hugger-just love them! But about your paintings..You are so talented...you must never be disheartened by the shameful ignorance of the minority, a talent like yours is a gift and to be so good to share it with others means we are the priviledged ones. They are most definately the losers! You really should do an exhibition of your work, it's beautiful.

thank you daisy i do try but they always get sold before i get any amount together.just recently i managed to have 3 pictures unsold for the first time ever and thaught exhibition .it wasnt very long lived though lol .you see im terrible with money to . a woman whos very nice on here nicknamed mad baught 1 of them.it was a silver back . the other ones i have now are a baby orangutan and this orangutan with her baby . i cant realy have an excerbition with 2 pictures lol but thanx anyway . i am entering the orangutans into a local open art competition though if ive still got them . ive just done a blog on a finished piece ive done for skillen of a scotish deer hound shes getting for her friend . im very pleased with it .i love that tree i guess im a bit of a tree hugger . id love a boabab trees .theres a famous one in africa thats been hollowed out bye elephants in its time as there quite soft wood . this one is so big its actualy a full running pub with bar,seats and even a celler . my friend who lives over the back from me has about 60 bonsoi trees . infact i got to know him bye seeing his trees and going round being the nosey person i am .he suffers from excuse my spelling skitofrenia but hes ever so clever and knows loads about trees . i keep trying to get him to come on goy but he sais he cant handle it bless him .he sits in his house day in day out know tv or anything and grows the most beautifull trees.im broad shoulderd and i do take what people say with a pinch of salt infact its quite funny sometimes but it does hold me back.i think because im basicly self taught it also holds me back not having qualifacations . thats one of the main reasens i come on here and definatly the reasen i put my art on here as most people are polite enough to say nothing or tell the truthe and its generaly good what people say.i think the site and most of the people are great and realy in life thats about as good as it gets.anyway thanx again daisy ill stop boring you take care bye for now xx.