Paul Cezanne. My take on one of his self-portraits.

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I think it's great and for 90 mins too!

Thank you Heather and Stephen for your comments.

It's him, no doubt!

Thank you Jiri. Yes, I was relieved to get the likeness. Still getting to grips working with oil pastel. Very different to soft pastel.

Thank you Coral. I tried to be a bit bolder and more spontaneous with my marks.

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12/02/2023
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We were asked to do a refresh on an old master at my art club in no more than ninety minutes. I chose a portrait of one of my favourite artists, Paul Cezanne. I hope he would not have been too upset at my effort.

About the Artist
Tim Bettesworth

I have been painting on and off since the age of seventeen. When I retired in 2012, my daughters persuaded me to enroll in art classes and I resumed painting in watercolour, gouache and pastel in 2014. More recently acrylic, ink, chalk and charcoal. Since then I have dabbled in landscapes,…

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