Minnie

Minnie
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I like it as it is. Her eyes are mesmerising. Very effective, especially working from black and white ref.

lovely portrait as is

Hang on Studio Wall
28/08/2016
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Thank you all for your kind comments on my last post “burnt stick Charcoal” often a subject starts in my sketchbook and progresses to a larger sketch or painting or sometimes both. Water based oils on canvas; working from a black and white picture I used another colour portrait as reference for colours. Not sure if it’s finished yet I want to try glazing but need to find the technique and confidence to go at it. Anyone have any tips?

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Jeff Coles

Self-taught photographer from wet room to the digital age, in 2014 i put my camera down and started to paint to get back to an analogue past time. I like the strange and unusual and have now tried Acrylics, oils, water colour, charcoal, pencils pens, mono printing, lino cuts etc., all with…

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