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Go to the Galleries below to see some of the work posted by members so far

Members of the Portrait Group are taking it in turns to suggest topics to keep our hand in during this period when we can't enjoy our weekly meetings with a model to observe.

List of challenges so far:
2021
David Whiting - David Attenborough

16. Self Portrait from a reflection in a metal object

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I am so inspired by this wonderful portrait by Swiss artist Mario Leimbacher (another member of the Facebook group Self Portrait Sundays) that I have asked his permission to use it and to challenge you to make a portrait of yourself from your reflection in a metal object.

Mario calls this a teapot, but I'm sure a kettle, coffee pot or even a saucepan would work equally well, Something with a curved surface will produce the distortion and foreshortening required to make this a real challenge!!

Good Luck with this one, please send me your results for the website or post your work on the Portrait Group Facebook page.

Annabel Maamoun
David Whitney
David Whiting
Karen Whitwam
Linda Downs
Nina Bensley
Shirley Waddington

15. Self Portrait with Palette Knife and Restricted colour Pallete

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" Taking inspiration from the work of  artist David Andrus from Massachusetts USA, this challenge involves working with a palate knife and limited colours to create a self portrait with minimal features"


15. SP with Restricted palette and number of marks

Annabel Maamoun
Jayne Clegg
David Whiting
Nina Bensley
Tilly (Laura) Davies
ReneƩ Wild
Judith Bleazard
Linda Downs
David Whitney
Shirley Waddington
List of challenges for 2020:
  1. Someone in the kitchen
  2. Hand Studies
  3. Self portrait in a small mirror
  4. Smiley Face
  5. Ear study​
  6. ​Curled up with a book
  7. Back to basics, this time! Draw a self portrait using only a biro and one continuous line.Here's a great example to get you going.
  8. White on Black. Portrait or SP using white on Black paper.
  9. ​Draw a portrait, photograph it, then cut it up in to equal sized chunks, mix them up to create an abstract
  10. Portrait as Child You are challenged to make a portrait of yourself as a child and, if you send them to me, I will put them on the Facebook page with no name attached. Let's see who hasn't changed much over the years and make it a guessing game (the black and white portraits will give the age away though)
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  11. Portrait En Plein Air
  12. ​A Portrait from behind in a medium you are not familiar with.
  13. A Self Portrait with strong light from one side - this one is suggested by Bob Hryndyj
  14. Self Portrait in a mass

14 Self Portrait in a mask

Barbara Goodall
Nigel Proud
Tony Horne
David Whiting
Jayne Clegg
Annabel Maamoun

13 A Self Portrait with strong light from one side.

Bob Hryndyj - SP
Carol Wood - SP
Shirley Waddington - Graeme Norton
Linda Downs - Picasso
David Whiting - SP

12 A Portrait from behind.

Carol Wood
Kay France
Shirley Waddington
Linda Downs
Renee Wild

11. Portraits En Plein Air - Click on an image below to enlarge

Nina Bensley - Man on a Bench
Shirley Waddington - Cat
Linda Downs - Richard Reading
Carol Wood - Girl With Brown Hair
Renee Wild - Girl with Blonde Hair

10. Portrait as a child - Click on an image below to enlarge, names added 14/6/20

Portrait Number 1 - Chris Ridsdale
Portrait Number 2 - Linda Downs
Portrait Number 3 - Annabel Maamoun
Portrait Number 4 - Nina Bensley
Portrait Number 5 - Barbara Goodall
Portrait Number 6 - Carol Wood
Portrait Number 7 - Keith Harris
Portrait Number 8 - Jo Sykes
Portrait Number 9 - Rachel Sykes
Portrait Number 10 - Bob Hryndyj
Portrait Number 11 - David Whiting
Portrait Number 12 - David Whitney
Portrait Number 13 - Shirley Waddington
Portrait Number 14
Portrait No 15 - Kay France

9. Portrait re-composed - click on an image below to enlarge

Linda Downs
Jo Sykes
David Whiting
Shirley Waddington
Kay France
Carol Wood
Nina Bensley

8. White on Black - click on the images to enlarge

By Bob
By Linda
By John
By David SW
By Shirley
By Carol
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