'Older sister'.

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Lovely figure work again Michael, the movement is just right 😃

Posted by Linda Drury on Thu 25 Jan 15:49:05

Great figure work, Michael.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Thu 25 Jan 15:55:33

Great work on working up the sketch Michael lovely

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Thu 25 Jan 15:58:58

Thanks Linda, Ellen and Dennis.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 25 Jan 16:00:26

Yes, love it Micheal. I thought I'd seen this as a sketch, Dennis' comment confirms it. Good work.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 25 Jan 16:04:44

Thanks Lewis. It was too good a photo-pose not to attempt a painting.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 25 Jan 16:13:21

Charming and wonderful!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Thu 25 Jan 16:25:33

Nailed it well

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Thu 25 Jan 16:30:40

Good one Michael, well done.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Thu 25 Jan 16:37:37

Thanks Tessa, Derek and John.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 25 Jan 16:48:53

You’re right Michael, far too good a study not to paint, excellent!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 25 Jan 18:12:23

Wonderful figures Michael.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Thu 25 Jan 18:29:49

Thanks Fiona and Sandra.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 25 Jan 18:52:42

Very good ,nice composition.

Posted by Annick Whitcombe on Thu 25 Jan 18:56:42

Great painting Michael, excellent figure work.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 25 Jan 19:38:08

Thanks Annick and Margaret.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 25 Jan 20:00:38

That's good, Michael

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Thu 25 Jan 22:26:25

Thanks Maureen.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 26 Jan 05:33:50

Agree with Derek...nailed it.

Posted by andre mulard on Fri 26 Jan 13:27:52

Love the way you have painted the figures Michael

Posted by David Johns on Fri 26 Jan 19:44:50

Thanks David.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 26 Jan 20:05:11

Hang on Studio Wall

25/01/2018

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Watercolour. Our Elle and Matty Christmas shopping in Northumberland Street, Newcastle, 2017.

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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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