William Pitt 1708-1778

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Great drawing Philip. You have a beautiful gallery. I have admired your self-portrait skilfully done.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Tue 29 Mar 13:14:52

I love the fish-eye view, accentuating the nose!

Posted by Linda Wilson on Tue 29 Mar 14:12:52

Pimples an' all. A great pencil portrait with lovely smooth tones Philip.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 29 Mar 16:28:23

Beautiful graphite work. Love the smooth blending. Great marble textures Diana

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Tue 29 Mar 16:32:15

What a face ! - your drawing technique is beautiful

Posted by lynne whitfield on Tue 29 Mar 19:45:16

Hang on Studio Wall

29/03/2016

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While visiting the National Portrait Gallery in London I noticed there were a number of marble busts on display. I decided to try to bring this one of William Pitt back to life with a pencil portrait.

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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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