A street in Florence

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Love it Fred. A great photo which you have imbued with a marvellous feeling. The expressions and almost poses I know what you mean are rendered with a masters touch. A magnificent work

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Sat 07 Feb 17:09:30

La Dolce Vita! Very atmospheric in monotone. How big is it Fred?

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Sat 07 Feb 19:00:29

Ah- that girl's is very aloof and ignoring those forward cheeky men - as she should! A great monochrome painting.

Posted by Thea Cable on Sat 07 Feb 21:52:59

You've certainly done it justice Fred!

Posted by Debs Jones on Sun 08 Feb 11:52:11

Thank you all for your wonderful comments, and Marjorie it is 14x11 in.

Posted by Fred Elwell on Sun 08 Feb 15:40:19

This is excellent, Fred! I may not have seen the original photo, but I have no doubt you more than did it justice. The tonal work is superb and you have captured the poses of the various protaganists beautifully!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Tue 10 Feb 13:43:22

Thank you so much Seok. It is strange when painting faces that they seem to form their own expressions without too much help from the brush! Also being so small you have to leave it alone or ruin it.

Posted by Fred Elwell on Tue 10 Feb 16:07:30

Hang on Studio Wall

13/04/2015

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This is from an old Italian photo from the late fifties. It's from a book I bought over fifty years ago. I don't know the photographer because it wasn't credited. Was it a candid shot or was it posed, I don't know. But I have always liked because of the attitude of the girl's face. You can just imagine what she is thinking! Hope I have done it justice.

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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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