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I did this painting from a photo that I think was taken by a friend of my daughter’s, somewhere in the world (how hopeless am I? I can’t even be sure of my sources……).
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Pastel pencils (Derwent & Stabilo)
Mi-Teintes Tex paper Burgundy colour
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En voilà un beau portrait et les gens âgés ont toujours ta préférence je vois. Il respire la joie de vivre celui-là…
Salut Ben! Tu vois, je les aime toujours, ces gens d’un certain âge, je ne peux pas m’en empêcher….. Mais il y a les enfants aussi, allez.
Merci de ta visite.
– Colombe Cambourne
Love it. Sometimes one can just look at a person and say, “They really enjoy life!” To me this is what you captured with your brushes. Excellent work Columbe.
Thank you Jim, it’s a lovely comment. I do like to depict the reality of human faces, as you know, all the better if they’re happy.
– Colombe Cambourne
Oh les jolis chicots !!! Tu lui as donne l’air bien brave a cet homme et une belle profondeur de rides……J’adore les poils de la barbichette aussi : trop bien fait ! Les tons employés pour la peau sont super bien vus. Son regard capte tout de suite le viewer, la malice est bien perceptible….bravo petit birdie !
Les plus mignons sont ceux qui ont des chicots…… Ha, ha, ha!
C’est vrai qu’il a l’air coquin, ce petit monsieur et ça fait plaisir de voir qu’il est content. Merci Sis!
– Colombe Cambourne
That’s great! Thank you heaps.
– Colombe Cambourne
Ce portrait est très bon Colombe. Une application superbe de couleurs et d’expression
Oh hello Craig! Comme c’est gentil d’envoyer un mot sur ma peinture, merci beaucoup!!! J’espère que tout va bien. Bises
– Colombe Cambourne
Colombe your portraits are getting more and more brilliant! A stunning depiction of this gent with great colours and amazing skin ‘shine’. Congratulations on your feature.
Thank you heaps Val. I didn’t realise that his face was so shiny. Ha, ha, ha…. I only looked at him for 20 hours while painting him!
– Colombe Cambourne
July 3, 2011
Wonderful work! I knew it was yours as soon as I saw the thumbnail Colo. Congratulations on the feature!
Hi Lynda and thank you for your sweet comment (sorry for the late reply, I think you know where I’ve been….). I must get back into drawing, it will be hard after such a long pause! What have you been up to in the last few weeks?
– Colombe Cambourne
Hello again Colombe, and yes I do know where you’ve been. What have I been doing you ask? Very very very busy at work in my ‘day’ job, and apart from that I had a visit from my 4 year old grandson for a few days – we had a LOT of fun together, but it was very tiring for poor old Nanna! I have also been working on a couple of commissions, and finished one today, so I can now start on something new!!!! I’m sure you will find it a bit difficult to get back into things after your trip to France!
Oh wow, you HAVE been busy! Time must fly for you.
I’ll catch you again on RB.
Biz (= bisous)
– Colombe Cambourne