A man I met in a Turkish bath

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That definitely wasn't me Mick! He doesn't look very hot!

Posted by Adele Elgood on Tue 02 Aug 12:27:24

I didn't fancy him either Adele. But beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder and I'm sure someone loved him.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 02 Aug 12:38:24

Very funny Mick!

Posted by Adele Elgood on Tue 02 Aug 17:00:46

Oh, I don't know.......you've given him some finer details Michael and you have made an excellent job of a more difficult pose Michael.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 02 Aug 17:27:36

Was this out of memory or he didn't mind you drawing him at the time. It is good Michael.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Tue 02 Aug 17:55:30

Thanks for noting the finer details and difficult pose Fiona.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 02 Aug 17:56:28

Thanks Derek. Neither. He is a rather famous person based on Plate 20 of 'A manual on drawing the human figure' by L.A. Doust, Third impression, 1942. I added some 'finer' details, as Fiona noted.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 02 Aug 18:04:36

Great

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 02 Aug 18:10:45

Thanks Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 02 Aug 18:41:57

Hang on Studio Wall

02/08/2016

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Pencil sketch and watercolour wash

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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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