Musing in ink by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley

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It’s great to just play. A fine drawing.

Thank you Lewis. Life's too short not to make the most of it and take the opportunity to do something for the fun of it and not worry.

A very fine pen and ink as Lewis says

Super structural study

Lovely sensitive drawing, Gudrun.

Great fluidity here Gudrun.

Always like your fluid line drawings Gudrun.

Thank you for your kind comments and appreciation. I love using ink.

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26/10/2025
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My intention was to get to my oil painting today, but distractions prevented me. However, to make sure I would not get withdrawal symptoms from no art, I got my dip pen out and had a play. It is related to some other work. This is archival as always on just under A4 paper at 21x28cm. There is a freedom in working in ink because you cannot avoid errors unless you trace …. I believe that drawing directly has a subliminal fluidity.

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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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