Monochrome ( Life class)

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Love the shadow contours. Beautiful in monochrome especially this colour.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 14 Sep 10:20:06

Thank you, Carole—I appreciate your comment. Alan.

Posted by Alan Ridley on Mon 14 Sep 11:44:20

Lovely rendering of the female form. Monochrome suits it so well.

Posted by Syd Edward on Mon 14 Sep 12:06:57

I think that this is a superb study, well constructed and observed.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Mon 14 Sep 12:14:22

Very lovely painting, and beautiful light.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Mon 14 Sep 13:20:58

Great stuff Alan

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Mon 14 Sep 13:41:07

A beautiful, unfussy painting - love the colour and highlights.

Posted by Jenny Harris on Mon 14 Sep 16:16:54

I like it very much too! It's a lovely painting Alan, well observed and beautiful to look at.

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Mon 14 Sep 17:29:41

A delight to look upon Alan, beautiful study.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 14 Sep 18:35:41

Syd, Cesare, Dennis, Jenny, Satu, and Fiona—thank you so much for your kind comments.

Posted by Alan Ridley on Tue 15 Sep 09:21:32

I don't know where my comment went Alan, but here it is again.....great to see such a graceful life drawing on the site, it's beautiful.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Tue 15 Sep 10:59:22

Marjorie, thank you for taking the trouble to re-post your lovely comment.

Posted by Alan Ridley on Tue 15 Sep 11:21:59

An excellent piece. Love the subtle shifts of tone. It's beautifully atmospheric.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Tue 15 Sep 14:16:11

Thank you very much, Seok. Like you, I was brought up to appreciate the importance of tone.

Posted by Alan Ridley on Tue 15 Sep 14:58:16

Alan, thank you for your kind comment of 14th September—afraid I've only just noticed I hadn't responded!

Posted by Alan Ridley on Mon 21 Sep 09:37:30

Hang on Studio Wall

14/09/2015

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Gouache. 42x28 cm

About the Artist

Alan Ridley

Previously a neurologist at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, I resumed my interest in drawing the human figure and painting the figure in watercolour when my wife and I retired to Exeter in 1997. I work from life class models and use watercolour in a loose impressionist way. The drawing or…

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