Portrait drawing in pencil by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley
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I took the opportunity to go on an hour’s online portrait drawing course for hair using charcoal. I didn’t have any charcoal so used my graduated pencils, nor did I stick to hair! I did, however, really enjoy the session as it was a lovely model and being forced to concentrate was good for me. I also listened to some very good instruction.
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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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