Portrait in pencil

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What a wonderful portrait, Gudrun! Absolutely love the attitude!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Thu 17 Dec 14:55:52

Super portrait with heaps of attitude

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 17 Dec 14:59:28

Brilliant! Gudrun her pose is so good, yes heaps of attitude. Love the cigarette ash.....

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 17 Dec 16:10:11

Oh yes...that pose. So right. Another cracker.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 17 Dec 16:34:59

Fabulous!

Posted by Diane Boswell on Thu 17 Dec 16:40:10

Such a good drawing Gudrun. Merry Christmas!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Thu 17 Dec 16:43:47

Full of character.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Thu 17 Dec 17:34:42

Love it.

Posted by Dawn Halliwell on Thu 17 Dec 18:27:04

Thank you all for your kind comments and appreciation!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 17 Dec 18:45:41

She is really intensely reading that letter, great drawing Gudrun.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 17 Dec 18:47:32

Great character, Gudrun, top expressivity.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Thu 17 Dec 19:52:58

Some more thanks for your appreciation.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 17 Dec 20:49:25

This is great, I really love the pose of the character.

Posted by Denise Cat on Thu 17 Dec 21:17:54

Oh brilliant Gudrun, the pose, the hand, quite superb.

Posted by Russell Edwards on Thu 17 Dec 22:44:20

Thank you for your kind comments and encouragement.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Fri 18 Dec 07:53:07

You are so brilliant Gudrun every one a work of absolute distinction Merry Christmas

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Fri 18 Dec 09:24:10

Thank you Dennis, You are most kind. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Fri 18 Dec 16:26:31

Lovely portrait

Posted by Romila Datta on Fri 18 Dec 16:37:00

Thank you Romila!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Fri 18 Dec 17:37:52

Hang on Studio Wall

17/12/2020

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I could not resist the challenge of this one, and it was a challenge. I love my pencils. Archival as always on my 20x20cm favourite format. I also love dancers .... This winter sun does not help getting good photograph.

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Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley

"The good painter has to paint two principal things, that is to say, man and the intention of his mind. The first is easy and the second difficult, because the latter has to be represented through gestures and movements of the limbs." (MK388) From: Leonardo da Vinci: The Graphic Work, p16, J…

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