Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Anti-Portraits

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. 

© Sue Pownall 2012
Close up of finished drawing © Sue Pownall 2012
© Sue Pownall 2012
Please don't ask me to do one for you, but you can commission me to draw landscapes and buildings.