Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will live?

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Lovely drawing Tessa, poor Tiny Tim, it all turns out good.

Posted by Denise Cat on Tue 15 Dec 07:54:13

Like it Tessa, the minimal look really is effective.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Tue 15 Dec 08:52:54

Like this and the inspiration

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 15 Dec 09:53:57

Lovely Tessa

Posted by Hilary Pearce on Tue 15 Dec 10:28:05

Many thanks all for your kind comments! Yes he does live thankfully , one of my favourite Christmas stories.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Tue 15 Dec 10:59:49

Wonderful imagination Tessa with such a simple but lovely little painting.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Tue 15 Dec 11:16:34

Wonderful stuff Tessa, great story to illustrate.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Tue 15 Dec 15:13:40

I think The Muppets did the best interpretation & I still had a tear in my eye for Tiny Tim.

Posted by Jacqueline Budd on Tue 15 Dec 15:46:00

Thanks so much Carole, Alan, and Jacqueline. Not sure I’ve ever seen the Muppets version but there are a lot out there!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Tue 15 Dec 16:11:35

A super representation of the story Tessa, one of my favourites at Christmas.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 15 Dec 17:30:01

Thank you Fiona, my favourite too.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Wed 16 Dec 13:09:14

Very poignant Tessa.

Posted by Diane Boswell on Wed 16 Dec 23:45:15

Simple and strong

Posted by Tomasz Pukszta on Thu 17 Dec 20:56:50

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I am currently re reading Dickens A Christmas Carol, and was struck by these words and the image in my head. The ghost answers ‘I see a vacant seat in the poor chimney corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved’.

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Tessa Gwynne

I have returned to painting over the last few years having relocated from Cardiff to the Cotswolds in 2009 and joined the Guiting Power Art Group. Although I did a year's Foundation Course at art college after leaving school, I hadn’t painted much in the interim, except for a few attempts here and…

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