Gertie

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I love this Paulette, I wish I had eyelashes like Gertie!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Mon 14 Aug 18:59:50

Gorgeous Gertie! Stunningly good pastel work Paulette.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 14 Aug 19:19:03

She's lovely !

Posted by Helen Butterworth on Mon 14 Aug 19:40:33

What fun!

Posted by Dawn Halliwell on Mon 14 Aug 20:08:14

This is very good indeed Paulette; love it.

Posted by Jim Morris on Mon 14 Aug 20:27:29

Gertie is splendid Paulette. Wish I had eyelashes like that!

Posted by Adele Elgood on Mon 14 Aug 20:58:16

Beautiful pastel, Paulette. Gertie turns out very delightful.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Mon 14 Aug 23:06:32

Beautiful picture of a beautiful animal.

Posted by Janet Humphrey on Tue 15 Aug 08:26:34

Thanks for all the great feedback. It's caused a bit of a dilemma for me. I'm not passionate about wild animals or giraffes in particular. I just wanted to try out a new pastel technique and thought the clear fur on this would be good to try. It's proved to be really popular so I'm not sure if that's because of the subject or the pastel technique - hoping it's the latter :)

Posted by Paulette Farrell on Tue 15 Aug 09:37:20

Great work

Posted by Petra Palmeri on Tue 15 Aug 18:20:01

Probably a bit of both Paulette but personally it was the technique that drew me to it.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 15 Aug 18:51:50

I saw quite a few of these at Painton Zoo yesterday - gorgeous painting.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Thu 17 Aug 09:48:46

Hang on Studio Wall

14/08/2017

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A little bit of fun after a long commission - 'Gertie' in pastel on primed board 16 x 12"

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Paulette Farrell

Professional Artist. For 2020 I have decided to focus my work on cricket (which I love) and figure / portrait paintings and drawings. Although I am able to draw and paint birds, still lifes and animals and have been successful selling them I noted that whilst painting them I was forever thinking…

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