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"Renaissance Woman" is loosely based around the portrait painting of "Lucrezia Crivelli" by Leonardo da Vinci, so captivating a picture, that again was in a lovely pose to draw from. The only similarity I share with the greatest of Masters is that I am left-handed too, not much of a similarity I guess, but that's as close as I am going to get I think! Left-handed people when drawing, their shading runs generally down to the right from the left diagonally as opposed to right-handed artists where it's the opposite. However I don't write back to front (mirror writing) as da Vinci taught himself to do.

Again drawn in a 'softish' sepia brown coloured pencil onto a dark vellum coloured Ingres paper for added effect! Sometimes the bonus with drawing or painting with something that is difficult to rub out when an error is made is that it teaches you to respect your mark making process and surety of line. When, (many years ago now) I was at Art College we were definitely discouraged from erasing mistakes, so that's probably where I have got that from?

I am always willing to accept commissions for drawing, painting, Illustration and designing etc, (depending on current workloads), please feel free to drop me a line via the 'Contact Us' page to discuss your requirements, thank you.

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