PAOTW - Dame Mary Beard

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Well done Gudrun, definitely a very good likeness!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Mon 22 Jun 15:30:35

You’ve captured her essence Gudrun.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Mon 22 Jun 16:17:15

I can’t vouch for the likeness Gudrun but it’s a very energetic portrait.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 22 Jun 17:30:51

Wonderful! I love the way you described her with warm gentle smile —ageless facial expression! Some portrait I saw seem to be too much realistic wrinkle.

Posted by Yoko Archer on Mon 22 Jun 17:40:21

That’s so ‘her’ Great portrait!

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Mon 22 Jun 17:42:54

Thank you all for your appreciation!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Mon 22 Jun 18:43:01

Very good, I know it’s her!

Posted by Shirley May on Mon 22 Jun 19:24:45

Very good Gudrun, I agree with Yoko, you have captured her character in what seems like just a few brush strokes.

Posted by Anjana Cawdell on Mon 22 Jun 19:49:50

Very nice

Posted by Romila Datta on Mon 22 Jun 21:17:09

Wonderful smiling eyes, expressive face Gudrun.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 22 Jun 21:37:23

Some more thanks for your appreciation. I look forward to a sunny day.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 23 Jun 06:18:31

A really good likeness Gudrun, not watched this series but I knew who this was straight away, well done 👍

Posted by Linda Drury on Tue 23 Jun 08:00:42

Bags of character in this, Gudrun, and so alive!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Tue 23 Jun 11:31:53

Really lively and expressive. That brushwork is really super, Gudrun.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Tue 23 Jun 12:49:25

Thank you all for your kind comments and taking the time to make them!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 23 Jun 14:45:42

Wonderful portrait, Gudrun!

Posted by Cesare Romano on Tue 23 Jun 21:07:35

Thank you Cesare!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 24 Jun 09:08:54

Hang on Studio Wall

22/06/2020

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For the final session with Portrait Artist of the Week, live with Sky Arts on Facebook, we had Dame Mary Beard as sitter. I shall miss these Sunday sessions. This is oil on 40x30cm oil canvas paper.

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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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