Portrait of Phil - Ludlow Friday Group Dec 17th 2023

Phil Williams - Ludlow Friday Group Dec 15th 2023, pastel pencils highlighted with white soft pastel on sand coloured Mi-Tientes paper

Comments

What a fabulous drawing.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Fri 22 Dec 12:51:09

Beautifully done.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Fri 22 Dec 12:55:34

It looks great in colour!

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Fri 22 Dec 13:14:30

I like both versions!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Fri 22 Dec 13:48:06

Really good, you get a very good sense of the character of the man

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 22 Dec 14:00:55

Super picture Bobbie.

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Fri 22 Dec 14:18:42

This is a very fine drawing.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 22 Dec 14:30:07

Very vice drawing bobbie

Posted by Russell Edwards on Fri 22 Dec 14:38:37

A great result Bobbie.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Fri 22 Dec 16:04:29

Great work

Posted by Petra Palmeri on Fri 22 Dec 21:37:21

Thank you all. Phil W is one of those people who is always smiling, so it was a real pleasure to draw him.

Posted by Bobbie Matulja on Sat 23 Dec 11:35:09

Hang on Studio Wall

22/12/2023

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This was my main piece at our "end of term" Friday Group session last week. One of the organisers, Phil, was standing in as a last minute replacement for one of our regular portrait models. Pastel pencil on sand coloured A3 Mi Tientes paper, with additional white soft pastel highlights. I didn't want to overwork the drawing, so I stopped after an hour and a half.

About the Artist

Bobbie Matulja

I'm a busy Churchwarden from a rural parish in South Shropshire. I've been painting and drawing for 13 years - so I would describe myself as an experienced amateur. I'm a member of Ludlow Art Society and the Ludlow Friday Group, who paint landscape en plein air during the summer months with…

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