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Eye Drawing Number Fifteen

April 18, 2006 By: Paulcomment

posted 18th April 2006 The second of the features series to be done after my decision to work just with line.This one came out considerably better. What interests me about this eye is that I think that froma point of view of form, it’s the strongest eye I’ve done. This eye gave me confidence thatworking

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Eye Drawing Number Fourteen

April 18, 2006 By: Paul1 Comment

Posted 18th April 2006 The first of the features series to be done after my decision to work just with line for a while.Strangely, the standard of my drawing went completely out of the window once I decided not to usetones. It calmed down a bit after this one, I started seeing better again, which

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Hand Drawing Number Fifteen

April 7, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 7th April 2006 This drawing, although done from life in a mirror, (it’s my left hand,) is loosely based on the hand in theVan Dyck copy I did a while back, except that thehand in Van Dyck’s drawing is resting on a skull. I don’t have a skull, so mine is resting on poor

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Eye Drawing Number Thirteen

April 7, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 7th April 2006 Back to Twenty drawings of eyes

Eye Drawing Number Twelve

April 7, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 7th April 2006 Back to Twenty drawings of eyes

Hand Drawing Number Sixteen

April 7, 2006 By: Paul1 Comment

Posted 7th April 2006 Have a pear. Excuse fingers. Twenty drawings of hands

Hand Drawing Number Fourteen

April 6, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 6th April 2006 Twenty drawings of hands

Hand Drawing Number Thirteen

April 6, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 6th April 2006 Twenty drawings of hands

Eye Drawing Number Eleven

April 3, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted 3rd March 2006 Another drawing done from the cast, but in daylight, which I much prefer working by.I spent a fair while correcting on the basic shapes with this one before I added the tones, which hashelped it come out much better than the last one. There’s still a long way to go before

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Hand Drawing Number Twelve

March 4, 2006 By: Paulcomment

Posted March 2006 This drawing never got finished unfortunately. I didn’t date it, so I can’t remember when I did it, but last monthsometime. The reason it didn’t get finished is that someone came round when I was only half an hour or so in, and onceI’d moved my hand I never got back to

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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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