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Eye Drawing Number Seventeen

June 15, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 15th June 2006 My left eye again, the dominant one, and I’m still sticking to my line only diet. I was a bit concerned that this one was going t turn out very badly, since it’s been over amonth since I did one of these. It seems that I can only concentrate on painting

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Hand Drawing Number Nineteen

May 25, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 25th May 2006 An exercise in foreshortening. Twenty drawings of hands

Hand Drawing Number Twenty

May 25, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 25th May 2006 My left hand round the neck of my little teardrop fiddle. This is the last of the hand drawings, for the current series anyway. Looking back over thetwenty drawings, I can see a progression. The lines are better in this last batch,and the forms are better observed. The first of these

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Hand Drawing Number Seventeen

May 24, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 24th May 2006 Morning coffee. This, as far as I can remember, is the first hand of this series to be done in charcoal.Lately, I seem to reach for the charcoal by reflex and don’t use pencil so much. I guessthat’s a sign that I’m becoming more comfortable with it. Also I think it

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Hand Drawing Number Eighteen

April 24, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 24th May 2006 After suffering with an aching hand in the last one, I chose a nice relaxed positionfor this one, resting against my little pot belly (it was drawn in a nearly full-lengthmirror, standing up). This is one of my favourites of the hand drawings, because I successfullysaw the main shapes, didn’t get

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Eye Drawing Number Sixteen

April 18, 2006 By: Paul1 Comment

Posted 18th April 2006 Counterpoint to the last one, my left eye. Not quite as strong as the last one, but stillstronger than previous efforts. With these new line drawings, I’m trying to get down exactly what I see. I know that drawingis an abstraction of reality, but where I could see eyelashes I drew

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Nose Drawing Number Ten

April 18, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 18th April 2006 Back to Twenty drawings of noses

Nose Drawing Number Thirteen

April 18, 2006 By: Paul1 Comment

Posted 18th April 2006 Back to Twenty drawings of noses

Nose Drawing Number Twelve

April 18, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 18th April 2006 Back to Twenty drawings of noses

Nose Drawing Number eleven

April 18, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 18th April 2006 Back to Twenty drawings of noses

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Hi, I’m Paul

I'm a (mostly) self-taught artist. I paint realism in oils, mostly still life. I share my work, my evolving process and what knowledge I've gained on my own learning journey here, in the hope that it might help you on yours.
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