Portrait - oil pastel

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Great portrait of a famous artist, Gudrun! The simplicity at its best.

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Mon 06 Aug 14:45:39

Nice I love oil pastels they are great.. Nice use of the media

Posted by Alan Benton on Mon 06 Aug 17:01:29

I sooooooolike this Gudrun..

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Mon 06 Aug 17:14:09

Your lovely style Gudrun, this is great.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 06 Aug 19:34:20

Fabulous work Gudrun

Posted by Russell Edwards on Mon 06 Aug 19:36:14

Thank you all for your appreciation of my effort that I managed to squeeze in between holiday stuff and nonsense! It's much appreciated.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Mon 06 Aug 19:59:40

Good portrait as ever, Gudrun.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Mon 06 Aug 20:00:08

I'm lovin' the hat!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Tue 07 Aug 15:25:31

Great painting...knew it was yours immediately!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Tue 07 Aug 15:33:55

Some more thanks for your appreciation!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 07 Aug 16:34:19

Top notch Gudrun! Great work.....how are you finding the oil pastels?

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 07 Aug 18:51:33

Thank you Fiona. I just love the oil pastels. The results are a complete pain to store, but I am quite excited about what I can do with them. Unlike oil paints, and a bit like watercolour, if you get the mix wrong, or the textures in the wrong place, you are done for! That element makes it more exciting when it works, and it also means that you have to allow a bit of freedom in the resulting work.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 07 Aug 18:57:32

I’m tempted myself to invest in a few good ones, to give them a try. Thanks for the info Gudrun.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 07 Aug 21:21:49

Stunning.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Thu 09 Aug 16:03:46

Thank you Ellen. I can recommend trying out oil pastels, Fiona. I haven't got those Graf things you used a while ago .... When the time is right.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 09 Aug 19:08:21

Hang on Studio Wall

06/08/2018

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30x40cm oil pastel on canvas paper. It is nice to just let an image/idea just take you somewhere. A much admired artist.

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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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