Portrait in ink

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Good solid work, I like the way a brush can provide varying thicknesses of line.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 21 Jan 18:28:49

Lovely Gudrun.

Posted by Denise Cat on Thu 21 Jan 20:50:41

A fantastic portrait, Gudrun. Did you start immediately in ink?

Posted by Mia Ketels on Thu 21 Jan 21:41:20

A very composed portrait Gudrun, considering your state of mind! lol.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 21 Jan 22:12:41

Thank you all for your appreciation. Yes Mia, straight in with ink. I enjoy the challenge of having to be confident and accurate as you can't rub out ink.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 21 Jan 22:19:54

Excellent sketch !

Posted by Kwok Wai Chau on Fri 22 Jan 01:43:37

Lovely use of negative space, another great face too

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 22 Jan 07:58:05

Would love to be so confident, straight in with ink brush, wow

Posted by Romila Datta on Fri 22 Jan 09:28:04

Very nice drawing Gudrun.

Posted by George Cutter on Fri 22 Jan 11:32:54

Some more thanks for your lovely comments.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Fri 22 Jan 16:06:40

Well done with an economy of line Gudrun

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Fri 22 Jan 17:18:12

Thank you John!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 23 Jan 19:38:26

Beautiful

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Wed 03 Feb 16:16:33

Thank you Dennis!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 03 Feb 18:05:50

Hang on Studio Wall

21/01/2021

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Brush pen ink challenge. A4 archival. I had to do something or I would go loopy!! I am a fan of fractions, really!

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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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