The Headdress

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Wow Christine this is stunning and you have certainly achieved the wonderful colours and contrast in the headdress, jewellery and skin tones which are all excellent.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Sat 08 Jul 07:36:45

Superb 👌

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Sat 08 Jul 08:24:46

That’s some headdress Christine. You have achieved a wonderful glow to the skin and portrayed a very regal pose in this stunning portrait.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sat 08 Jul 09:09:34

Brilliantly painted Christine, the intensity of the skin colour and the detail of the head dress is amazing.

Posted by George Cutter on Sat 08 Jul 09:22:56

Super portrait Christine.

Posted by Denise Cat on Sat 08 Jul 09:45:39

Oh I really like this Christine, the headdress and jewellery are beautifully painted but her skin tones are incredible.

Posted by Russell Edwards on Sat 08 Jul 09:57:43

Fab-U-lous!

Posted by Heather Love on Sat 08 Jul 11:06:41

Superb.

Posted by David Williams on Sat 08 Jul 13:15:37

Thank you so much Tessa, Stephen,Carole, George, Denise, Russell,Heather, Brian and David for all your lovely comments.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Sat 08 Jul 15:05:05

This is superb Christine. The fabric is so detailed and beautifully painted. I like the sheen on the lady’s face and the intricate detail on her jewellery.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sat 08 Jul 20:27:20

Thank you Spencer for those kind comments.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Sat 08 Jul 21:15:23

Absolutely stunning Christine! I love it, painted beautifully!

Posted by Lisa Shearing on Sat 08 Jul 21:52:20

Sting bold & yet soft beautiful balance.stunning 👏👏

Posted by Alan Merrick on Sat 08 Jul 21:54:07

Beautifully done throughout Christine

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Sun 09 Jul 06:59:54

Many thanks Lisa, Alan and Martin.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Sun 09 Jul 07:45:41

Beautiful Christine.

Posted by Roger Sallis on Sun 09 Jul 08:47:23

The contrast between monochrome and colour is so striking. It's really good.

Posted by Bobbie Matulja on Sun 09 Jul 08:51:51

Thank you Roger and Bobbie.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Sun 09 Jul 09:22:04

Absolutely stunning

Posted by Romila Datta on Tue 11 Jul 19:59:09

Thank you Coral and Romila

Posted by Christine Rogan on Wed 12 Jul 07:17:20

Hang on Studio Wall

08/07/2023

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A3 pastels and pastel pencils on Clairefontaine pastelmat. I wanted to capture the colourfulness and contrast of her headdress and jewellery against the dark tones of her skin. From a photo courtesy of Oladimeji Odunsi.

About the Artist

Christine Rogan

From a young age as long as I had pencil and paper to hand, I’ve been happy. I have dabbled mainly with watercolour and in an effort to become more proficient joined local art classes. However since retiring I’ve had the opportunity (and time!) to try different media, and discovered a love of…

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