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Detail. © Sue Pownall 2012 |
Anyone who has followed my work for a while knows I don't like doing portraits. By portraits I mean the family portrait in pencil or watercolour. They are easy enough, but I find them a trial and unenjoyable. However, periodically I get a commission that I can't refuse. Before the summer I was commissioned to draw a man's wife for her birthday. I completed the drawing last month, but as her birthday is in October I waited to post it. Not only is this a pencil portrait, but it was drawn far larger than I would normally do, 50x70cm, eeek.
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© Sue Pownall 2012 |
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Close up of finished drawing © Sue Pownall 2012 |
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© Sue Pownall 2012 |
Please don't ask me to do one for you, but you can commission me to draw landscapes and buildings.