Portrait in Charcoal

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Good strong portrait Gudrun.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Thu 27 Jan 14:17:23

Good one Gudrun, I like the really strong features

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 27 Jan 14:48:12

A good portrait Gudrun, your far brave than I am using charcoal for a portrait.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Thu 27 Jan 16:21:59

I like it Gudrun

Posted by Russell Edwards on Thu 27 Jan 17:20:18

Thank you for your appreciation. I am going to have to dig out my fixative!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 27 Jan 19:51:20

Beautiful portrait, Gudrun.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Fri 28 Jan 11:39:44

Thank you Ellen!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Fri 28 Jan 14:00:02

Hang on Studio Wall

27/01/2022

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Archival, charcoal on 30.5x22.5cm textured 300gsm watercolour paper. I had forgotten how nice it is, even if it is very messy! It is not a medium where you can be pernickety, especially if you use textured paper. It is a bit like ink in that respect.

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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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