Portrait of Neringa

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nicely done

Posted by tony palmer on Thu 03 May 17:15:46

Nice work, David

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Thu 03 May 17:39:46

Fine work, David. You say you used no grid or aids, that's good, better still to get the likeness...clearly all your hard work is paying off. I often need a grid, when I'm copying something, to get the image correctly placed on the paper...let alone anything else. You say it's toned paper, I have one sketchbook with toned paper - don't like it.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 03 May 18:45:47

Yeah, grids are such a useful tool but I am trying to shed the use of them being a crutch... this was done in a similar way to how I plan to work from life. No grid and no drawing on the image I was working from either (it was on my laptop screen)

Posted by D Hillman on Thu 03 May 19:07:29

Lovely sketch, David.

Posted by Seth Dalton on Thu 03 May 21:30:03

It looks really good David. I've got some of those "paper stick things" too and they are really good for blending.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Fri 04 May 16:06:42

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03/05/2018

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A4 on toned paper. This was done trying to implement some of the idea's learned in the Bargue course. I didn't use a grid or anything so I am pleasantly surprised the likeness is there. I didn't want to slave away with smooth transitions so it is a bit looser than I normally work and I also used some blending tools (paper stick things) to smudge in areas.

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D Hillman

Inspired by an artist friend I came back to paint a bit at the end of 2017. At the moment I am enjoying it and maybe because I have the patience to look more than I once did I am finding it easier and more enjoyable to actually produce a likeness.

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