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Lovely portrait, Jeff, good use of charcoal.

Thanks Casare, Got into charcoal when I did a life class I think i suits my less than detailed aproach to art.

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29/07/2016
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Charcoal on paper, this sketch was inspired by a portrait by Ian Cumberland in a book I picked up at the BP portrait awards. At first I struggled with keeping things clean but now I enjoy the smudging and marks you get when using it.

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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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