portrait in pencil

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This is particularly lovely. The pose is great and I really like the way the figure looks away from us.

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 27 Nov 13:22:54

Always enjoy your wonderful pencil life drawings.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Fri 27 Nov 14:50:13

Very good figure drawing Gudrun.

Posted by Louise Naimian on Fri 27 Nov 14:50:50

Really lovely.

Posted by Denise Cat on Fri 27 Nov 15:05:46

Elegance personified

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Fri 27 Nov 15:26:17

A great figure, Gudrun. Love the pose!

Posted by Mia Ketels on Fri 27 Nov 16:04:12

Gudrun, if you had only painted her head, the lovely fall of her neck and upper back you would have perfection. Beautiful.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 27 Nov 17:07:51

Excellent drawing Gudren. I like the hint of blue

Posted by xxStuart xxFairlamb on Fri 27 Nov 17:22:43

Marvelous what you achieve with a few lines.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 27 Nov 18:39:49

Wow, amazing

Posted by Romila Datta on Fri 27 Nov 18:41:44

Just perfect Gudrun

Posted by Russell Edwards on Fri 27 Nov 20:29:04

Well drawn and I like your use of blue.

Posted by Diane Boswell on Fri 27 Nov 20:42:00

Thank you all for your kind comments and appreciation!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Fri 27 Nov 20:47:12

Love this one Gudrun. You've got her position beautifully.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Sat 28 Nov 01:32:09

A hard pose to draw Gudrun but you’ve captured it beautifully!

Posted by Christine Davies on Sat 28 Nov 08:52:51

Some more thanks for your appreciation!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 28 Nov 09:10:46

Love the resting pose Gudrun.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sat 28 Nov 19:18:33

Thank you Carole.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sun 29 Nov 13:53:49

I’m really impressed with this one!

Posted by Tomasz Pukszta on Tue 01 Dec 00:40:46

Thank you!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 01 Dec 07:11:41

Hang on Studio Wall

27/11/2020

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Another of my 20x20cm archival pencil drawings. Light, well, it's not good for photographing. It's interesting how one can be distracted by a really good reference. This is one has drawn me away from original plan this morning.

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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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