Pocahontas

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Good one Michael, like the way you've used the charcoal.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Tue 14 Jun 08:58:55

Thanks Marjorie. I'm pleased with it too.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 14 Jun 09:05:33

Good charcoal drawing Michael.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 14 Jun 11:41:13

Thanks Carole.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 14 Jun 12:16:49

Captures it well.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 14 Jun 14:44:29

Thanks very much Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 14 Jun 14:47:09

Nice work Michael, charcoal is not an easy medium, but this one is good.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Tue 14 Jun 16:55:16

Lovely Michael. a good charcoal sketch

Posted by David Johns on Tue 14 Jun 17:16:45

Really like this one Michael.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Tue 14 Jun 18:23:20

Smashing piece Michael, really like the pose and the heavier marks which describe the fall and direction of the hair.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 14 Jun 20:57:22

Thanks David, Adele, Cesare and Fiona.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 15 Jun 06:54:20

I have recently started to like charcoal drawings and this is really lovely Michael. Good, strong strokes!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Wed 15 Jun 19:15:15

Thanks Satu. Sometimes my work turns out okay and other times not. I am pleased with this one. I based it on an image in a book.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 15 Jun 19:37:15

Super sketch, Michael! I'm a big fan of charcoal.

Posted by heather adams on Fri 01 Jul 18:04:53

Hang on Studio Wall

14/06/2016

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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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