Portrait in pencil

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This is really lovely.

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Fri 11 Jun 12:10:53

How lovely is this - a stunner Gudrun

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 11 Jun 13:27:52

What a delight Gudrun. Horses are not easy things to get right. You have done so brilliantly .

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Fri 11 Jun 13:48:29

So well drawn, the attentive mum, and the foal trying to work out what his legs are for.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 11 Jun 16:03:53

What a delight Gudrun.

Posted by Denise Cat on Fri 11 Jun 16:10:00

I love the horse’s head Gudrun, shows a loving mother to the foal.

Posted by Frank Bingley on Fri 11 Jun 18:08:36

It shows the fragility of new life and new motherhood beautifully Gudrun.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 11 Jun 18:11:54

Great Sketch Gudrun

Posted by David Johns on Fri 11 Jun 18:39:20

Really sweet, what a composition

Posted by Romila Datta on Fri 11 Jun 20:19:32

Thank you all for your appreciation. You might have guessed horses are my passion in addition to art.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 12 Jun 06:01:56

So well observed.

Posted by Rosalind Russell on Sat 12 Jun 07:22:10

Thank you Rosalind.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 12 Jun 09:46:25

Beautiful delicate horse drawing, brilliant.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sat 12 Jun 13:58:32

A wonderful drawing Gudrun!

Posted by Diane Boswell on Sat 12 Jun 20:35:23

Some more thanks for your appreciation.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sun 13 Jun 06:40:10

This is beautiful. I've owned and ridden horses all my life, and you have captured this mare and foal so accurately - but you've also caught the love and the bond between them.

Posted by Bobbie Matulja on Tue 15 Jun 10:12:30

Thank you Bobbie. I am pleased I have managed to portray this as that is what drew me to this image.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 15 Jun 17:24:20

I only just spotted this on the banner Gudrun. How lovely it is, with the little foals wobbly legs and mothers tender nudge, gorgeous drawing.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Sat 26 Jun 08:00:30

Thank you Tessa!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 26 Jun 09:13:07

Hang on Studio Wall

11/06/2021

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Archival, pencil on 20x20cm paper. As always a nightmare to photograph. This is a 'new mum'.

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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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