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Face on Linen (1)
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There are many ways to get an image accurately transferred to paper for drawing or painting. One which works well when you’re wanting to enlarge your image is the gridding method. This involves drawing equal numbers of rows and columns on your reference photo and your paper then accurately copying the contents of each square….
Face on linen (3) – first oil layers
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An evening on the radio
I’m very fortunate to be surrounded by friendly, supportive people so, when I put out a call to friends and acquaintances looking for folks happy to sit for me while I practise portrait painting from life, I had a number of responses. However, I didn’t anticipate being invited to paint the 3 friendly guys who…

Amazing painting
Absolutely fabulous, Jackie. Really beautiful painting.