W.I.P Porthos. by Jim Morris

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Short and hairy he may be, but he looks great to me! Super pencilly scribbly marks, especially love his boots with the suggestion of the spurs! And he is definitely human looking!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Wed 29 Aug 13:28:47

I love the old Musketeer films Jim. Great sketch and a very natural pose. 👍🏻

Posted by Rachel Mansell on Wed 29 Aug 13:37:05

I look forward to the final version, Jim. Bri

Posted by Brian J Mackay on Wed 29 Aug 14:06:42

Its great Jim, love it.

Posted by Linda Drury on Wed 29 Aug 15:41:29

I seen both the watercolour version and this...both good, but I prefer this drawing. Super work. The thing that appeals most is the sense of weight on his feet, these sort of poses can be tricky, but you have it just perfectly. I think you said you preferred it, too.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Wed 29 Aug 16:54:27

Really like how Porthos is developing, look forward to the final.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Wed 29 Aug 22:40:06

Hang on Studio Wall

29/08/2018

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I decided to go for some sort of a painting of the sketch I did of a musketeer. I tried not to fall into the trap of stereotyping when drawing etc, ie, that all men are olympic athletes and made this guy a little more human. They must have had standards back then etc, not like now when we have short fat hairy policemen and soldiers (better mention short, fat hairy women to avoid being accused of discrimination. (-: Anyway, this is the pencil sketch I'll work from. A4 size.

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Jim Morris

I've reached 85 ( September 2024 ) years young and love to paint and draw. Watercolours are my preference used also with line and wash. I paint or sketch something most days of whatever takes my fancy. Glad to have found this site. I don't feel I have a set painting style but I tend to go for…

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