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Fish market, Syracuse, Sicily
Strength and beauty
#ancientstructures – spiritual presence 02
This vaulted ceilings in the Chapter House is a testament to the skill and ingenuity of the stone masons, unhindered by what we would consider to be crude tools today. They combine beauty and strength, quite deliberately, to produce these magnificent forms that have stood firm for over a thousand years.
Unmistakably William Blake
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#capturingalikeness – observation and perception 08
Walking round the National Gallery while thinking about my portrait project, I snapped these close-ups of paintings I liked, selecting them for their range of styles and treatments. Live models would have been used by the artists in all cases, but in some, only as a starting point.
Quick research 07
#capturingalikeness – observation and perception 07
Walking round the National Gallery while thinking about my portrait project, I snapped these close-ups of paintings I liked, selecting them for their range of styles and treatments. Live models would have been used by the artists in all cases, but in some, only as a starting point.
Fish market, Syracuse, Sicily
A detail from Frank Bowling’s painting
Dutch 1930s Travel Poster
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#capturingalikeness – observation and perception 06
Walking round the National Gallery while thinking about my portrait project, I snapped these close-ups of paintings I liked, selecting them for their range of styles and treatments. Live models would have been used by the artists in all cases, but in some, only as a starting point.
