Linda is definitively a portrait artist.
She can capture the sense of a person with her pencils. She has a unique perception of the subject and can make that portrait come alive.
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| Uncle George - Graphite on Smooth Bristol |
Here is what has been happening with Linda this summer ….
While at a family reunion in June I
spotted a great photo of my husband's uncle, whom I've never met - he died at
59; he would have been 95 this year. His face had such character that I had to
put him to pencil ... I was surprised at how many family members I could see in
his face as I worked on the drawing and I now feel as if I've had a 'visit' with
him:))
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| Anna - Graphite on Smooth Bristol |
This little charmer is the
four-month-old daughter of a dear friend. Several years ago I started doing
baby portraits of the 'new arrivals' in our church nursery. We hang them on the
entrance wall in the nursery and then in a few months give them to the parents
as the church family's gift to them. This little sweethearts' mum left our
church family and moved away to the Netherlands to get married several years
ago, and has happily started her family there; I have already done a
portrait of their first son a year or so ago and have now had the pleasure of
doing one of their new little girl. This portrait will wing it’s way across the
ocean this week.
I’ve wanted to capture another big cat
on paper for a while now and this fellow is coming along nicely. The drawing is
not small (16 x 20) and because of this is not very portable, so he gets
attention when my basement studio isn’t too cool to work in this summer. I
originally started it on white bristol but at the 4 hour mark decided that it may
be better on coloured paper. I went with Stonehenge paper, which has a nice
smooth surface but still plenty of tooth to hold layers of graphite and white
pencil crayon. I started with a basic pencil sketch placing the main elements
of the image and then work from upper left to lower right laying in the
individual hairs and eye detail in graphite and coloured pencil. I hope
to have this completed by the end of the summer to add to the AGL.
Be sure to drop by the AGL this September to see Linda and her work in person. She will be coming in to the gallery every Friday afternoon during the month.
Hope to see you there!!
