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Portraits by John Black

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Brian Selley

I include this drawing to illustrate some mistakes! The biggest error is the lack of foreshortening of the hands. These should have been drawn much larger. That alone destroys the drawing. (The hands were an ‘add-on’ and I should have been more aware). The other error is overworking the image. There is too much highlight used on the face. The second drawing comes a little closer to capturing Brian. Since completing these I have done a third drawing which is a huge improvement on these (see “Brian”).

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