My Sister Nicky

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Really like this - clever work and love the flesh tones

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 21 May 07:59:07

You two are very alike , I thought it was you, Jan. Great expression captured.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Tue 21 May 08:37:56

Thank you for the comments Heather and Marjorie - yes, I suppose we do look quite alike!

Posted by Jan Rossington on Tue 21 May 08:44:02

Beautiful and a charming looking young lady. Great job with a palette knife.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Tue 21 May 09:09:40

Beautiful portrait, Jan, hard to do with palette knife, and great result.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Tue 21 May 09:48:49

Thank you for your encouraging comments Carole and Cesare - much appreciated...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Tue 21 May 09:50:27

Splendid portrait, Jan good knifeork

Posted by Willie Drea on Tue 21 May 11:10:17

Thank you for the nice comment, Willie...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Tue 21 May 13:18:06

Great knife work, Jan, such happy feel to this portrait!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Tue 21 May 13:44:44

Thank you, Thalia, for your kind comment...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Tue 21 May 19:26:00

A super portrait Jan, wonderful use of the knife.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 21 May 21:05:41

This is a lovely portrait Jan, so well captured with a super pose.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Wed 22 May 07:56:43

Thank you for your encouraging comments, Fiona and Alan...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Wed 22 May 09:10:53

Wow, Jan! This has really worked - its a lovely portrait. And I love the colours you have used.

Posted by Fiona Rossington on Mon 27 May 13:22:35

Lovely portrait Jan. You have certainly captured her personality

Posted by DOROTHY WILSON on Thu 30 May 00:44:54

Such a lively and appealing painting Jan

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Fri 07 Jun 13:18:57

Hang on Studio Wall

21/05/2019

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I gave myself the challenge of painting a portrait just using a palette knife, to see if I could get a likeness... a fun experiment, and surprisingly, it does actually look like my sister! :)

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Jan Rossington

I'm an amateur artist and my favourite medium is oil. I particularly enjoy painting scenes of people using a palette knife. I've got a lot to learn about painting, but my goal is to keep improving. I try to enjoy the process of painting rather than worrying too much about what the final painting…

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