Portrait in pencil

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Lovely, I wish I will be able to draw half as well some day.

Posted by Denise Cat on Sun 08 Nov 12:13:12

Good portrait. Yes, I've found young faces hard to do so greatly admire those who can. Plus the symmetry of beautiful/handsome people I find hard to get motivated by. For me if there's something in the eye then I'm off and running. The eyes in this portrait definitely have that 'something'.

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 08 Nov 13:10:42

Very nice Gudrun. Well done. This one nearly passed me by. Didn't recognize the style. I have always found it difficult to draw children tending to age them prematurely.

Posted by xxStuart xxFairlamb on Sun 08 Nov 14:29:45

You've achieved a brilliant image with minimum marks Gudrun. Up for a challenge I see: trace it onto some canvas and do one of your lovely acrylics or oils.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 08 Nov 14:35:22

You’ve caught it Gudrun, eyes are fab.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 08 Nov 15:06:36

Thank you all for your appreciation. I was wanting to use this great pose again. However, I never trace anything, so there's the double challenge of doing it again from scratch!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sun 08 Nov 15:09:06

Captivating.

Posted by Diane Boswell on Sun 08 Nov 20:29:03

Youth well captured Gudrun!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sun 08 Nov 21:02:23

Some more thanks for your appreciation.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Mon 09 Nov 07:23:16

Always so clean beautifully observed and I love the way you create volume through line masterful

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Wed 11 Nov 09:57:27

Plus the shapes are always magnificent Gudrun

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Wed 11 Nov 09:58:39

Thank you Dennis. You encouragement is always appreciated.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 11 Nov 10:03:10

Hang on Studio Wall

08/11/2020

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Dressing up, A4 sketchbook, pencil, archival. I have watched the video on Sky Arts FB about the tension between likeness and a good work of art. It also discussed how difficult it it to do beautiful and young people. Of course I am always up for a challenge .... Another challenge is to photograph pencil drawings, especially when there is fog, and now diffuse light.

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Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley

"The good painter has to paint two principal things, that is to say, man and the intention of his mind. The first is easy and the second difficult, because the latter has to be represented through gestures and movements of the limbs." (MK388) From: Leonardo da Vinci: The Graphic Work, p16, J…

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