Busker

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This is really clever Michael, what great characters.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Thu 02 Jun 06:17:43

What great characters - love the way you have drawn the crowd.

Posted by Michael Edwards on Thu 02 Jun 06:45:34

Thanks Alan and Michael.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 02 Jun 08:10:50

Great subject Michael, love it.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 02 Jun 08:24:04

Thanks Carole. I'm enjoying Doust book and have ordered a few others from eBay.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 02 Jun 08:52:37

Great sketch Michael. i like the toich of the womans hand on the childs shoulders.

Posted by Peter Lloyd on Thu 02 Jun 08:52:54

Brilliant! - I wanted to shout at the computer just like I do at the telly.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Thu 02 Jun 09:15:01

Thanks Peter and Derek.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 02 Jun 09:27:21

Great sketch, full of life and character. Like it.

Posted by andre mulard on Thu 02 Jun 14:39:18

Thank Andre.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 02 Jun 17:14:39

Love how you have portrayed the busker Michael.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Thu 02 Jun 21:38:26

Thanks Adele.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 02 Jun 23:53:02

Love these!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Fri 03 Jun 19:50:52

Thanks Gudrun. Love yours too.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 03 Jun 20:07:04

Super work, Michael. So much personality and atmosphere in this piece.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Sat 04 Jun 15:10:46

Thank you Seok.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 04 Jun 15:33:28

Hang on Studio Wall

01/06/2016

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Pen and ink and pastel sketch. Based on a sketch from my Doust, 'Sketching People'.

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Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

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