Head and Shoulders.

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I do like this Denis...very much.

Pleases me too!

I copy stuff all the time; you are right about the learning experience. This is a wonderful picture in a nice loose style.

It pleases me too! It's lively and expressive.

Hang on Studio Wall
13/05/2022
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This is a copy! I came across this ink and wash painting on line and I was amazed at the quality of the image captured by the artist. They say that you can learn by copying the masters and as my most favoured medium is surely ink and wash, I thought I’d have a go. I used a fude pen and my usual palette of watercolours dulling down the tone with liberal neutral tint washes. It’s not a patch on the original but it pleases me.

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Denis Pickles

I’ve been drawing and painting for a long, long time. The first picture I have still in my possession is dated November 1939 and 83 years on I’m still at it! Keen on art at school and would have dearly liked a job with an art connection- I had hoped to get into architecture, but it did not happen.…

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