Mum on honeymoon 1934

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Lovely work Fred, lovely little pencil portrait of your mum

Posted by Ros Patterson on Sat 09 Nov 22:16:19

A fine portrait. I think you must have had a lot of fun translating an old photo into such a fine drawing

Posted by Chris Howat on Sun 10 Nov 16:45:19

Beautiful drawing Fred.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 11 Nov 09:16:17

Thankyou Ros,Chris and Carole

Posted by Fred Elwell on Tue 12 Nov 17:44:11

Superb, Fred. Love the contrast of subtle shades and strong lines.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Wed 13 Nov 13:29:04

Thanyou Seok.

Posted by Fred Elwell on Wed 13 Nov 19:33:58

Hang on Studio Wall

01/04/2015

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This is from an old Brownie snap from Mum's old collection. It was taken on the The old Pier, Alam Bay, I.O.W.

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Fred Elwell

Born In South London now living in Hampshire. A self taught artist although I did attend evening classes at The City and Guilds of London School of Art. As they didn't teach painting in artificial light I had to be content with life drawing two evenings a week. I also did all day on Sundays but…

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