Dancer

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You have certainly achieved the ballet dancer’s “swan neck” Gudrun and I’m impressed to see that you didn’t draw first! Striking result.

I know what you mean about their necks and this is a lovely example

Thank you! I have other references, each requiring a different approach ....

I really like how you’ve used colour in this portrait! Great neck and face.

Beautiful portrait, Gudrun.

Thank you all for your kind comments and encouragement!

She is a beautiful, elegant lady Gudrun, a very graceful line to her neck.

Hang on Studio Wall
10/02/2024
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I could not resist the beauty and power of a dancer’s neck, so it was straight in with the watercolour, no pre-drawing. Archival, 31x41cm. 😊

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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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