Portrait in ink and a bit of coloured pencil
Archival, A5. It is coming up to Inktober. As you know I draw with inks a lot. You may also appreciate that I am not one for finding it necessary to conform to the usual. I don't think I shall draw from a list of topics, nor every day, but I hope to be inspired to do some more inks. I shall also do my best not to make it so the heads get chopped off if the work is framed. I have seen one such at a large exhibition which made me smile in a wry way. There are certain things I do conform to ....
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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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