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this is so adorable .. paints and you done a good job

Posted by anne cooper on Tue 19 Jan 16:06:58

I'm not very sentimental about people, even babies, but this is remarkable - right down to his Polar Bear top. The skin tones have worked perfectly, although I agree with you that they're more difficult to get right in acrylic than in oil. A great achievement.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Tue 19 Jan 17:45:42

Wow,wow,

Posted by Peter Loft on Tue 19 Jan 19:34:21

Very well done, Philip... the eyes in particular are very impressive.

Posted by Jan Rossington on Tue 19 Jan 19:38:06

lovely eyes and skin colour of baby that Philip had presented so well.

Posted by Georgiana Chu on Wed 20 Jan 05:29:35

This is brilliant! Suzanne

Posted by Suzanne McQuade on Wed 20 Jan 14:34:52

Hang on Studio Wall

19/01/2016

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How could I resist capturing this little boys smile in paint. After some indecision I decided that I should use acrylic rather than oil paint. It proved a little more of a challenge to obtain the soft skin tones with acrylics but I think the portrait turned out ok in the end.

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Philip Johnson

I drew and painted anything and everything from an early age. Following three years of study at The Birmingham College of Art, I illustrated for The Open University. However producing artwork every day for a living where time was an important factor soon made me lose inspiration to draw and…

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