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Marjorie Firth

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Personally, I find it so disappointing when the artists on POTY etc, resort to their tablets when the subject is there in front of them. Fair enough if there is a particular feature and the artist is not near enough...but I’d give my eye teeth to have a subject there in front of me. I’ve even seen participants run the scene through photoshop on their tablets. I also think that the best portraits come from a live sitting, you capture an atmosphere, a breathing presence. Some of the past winners have been fantastic , all working “live”. One artist I particularly like and remember well is Ewan McClure, look him up.

Bari Marsh

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Speaking of POTY I have to  smile when the judges say the artist hasn't caught a likeness but we love the brush strokes,  if it doesn't look  like the sitter why have a sitter.?..
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Marjorie Firth

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Speaking of POTY I have to  smile when the judges say the artist hasn't caught a likeness but we love the brush strokes,  if it doesn't look  like the sitter why have a sitter.?..
Bari Marsh on 09/05/2021 10:23:21 Yes, some efforts fail re the likeness but a comment has to be positive, doesn’t it? Imagine the pressure!

Alan Bickley

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I agree with Marjorie's comments, it’s also insulting to the sitter - it’s dammed hard work trying not to move for hours... and yes, I’ve done it! If you’re not interested in working from a live model then why apply in the first place! These things should be banned from the programme.

Bari Marsh

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Couldn't agree more with you Alan, just one of the reasons I declined the invite. 
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Russell - yes, of course the old lads and occasional lasses would have used photographs if they'd had access to them.... as would I, as would most of us; but the thing is to use them, if possible, as adjuncts - not as the sole means of working.  Apart from anything else, you're always working from someone else's composition with photographs: you can't copy them exactly - a) it's too difficult, b) copyright issues arise; or, if they're your own photos (which is always better than using someone else's), you would have had different criteria in mind when composing them. But certainly don't think I despise the camera - it's another tool, one of many, but its snag is that it's such a powerful one that we can depend on it too heavily.  

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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A watercolour sketch , I occasionally have these crazy ideas to do a painting in less than ten minutes using left over paint in the pallet. Buffalo in the mist u

Denise Cat

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I thought I would try a bit of painting this afternoon but my shoulder is still very bad. I'm getting an injection in it on the 20th, roll on the 20th. Here is my attempt anyway. Nice sketch Paul.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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That lovely Denise and particularly so when you are suffering so much pain  well done you .👍👏

Bari Marsh

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Nice one Denise fingers crossed for the 20th.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Something a bit different from me today , pen pencil and colour pencil , bit of fun to do 

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This is very good and unusual Paul.
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