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Published: 2008-07-31 06:34:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 2868; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 254
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This is a sketch I did early this year after Gerard's lovely portrait of Madame Recamier. Even the lady herself preferred Gerard's lively, vivacious rendition to David's harsh, starkly-lit example.
I love the chair, and the drapery of her clothing is absolutely fascinating to me, so I just had to draw it! Done in pencil, I used a print of the painting from a library book as a reference. I know she's not perfect (I ran out of room to draw her foot, for one thing!!) but I am pretty satisfied with her.
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Beautiful! You did a great job on all of the folds in the clothes!
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I love your soft and delicate pencil strokes.
A lovely drawing indeed.
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This one is good enough to NOT be considered a sketch but a full GREAT drawing, AWESOME WORK! instant fave, the detail is outstanding, its all just so good, and the shading! Not to mention the clothes, how long do these take you?
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Wow, thank you very much! 
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Ooohhh, cool! It takes me about 1, 2, or more hours to do it, not usually many more. and it only takes me days if I'm procrastinating on it. XD yeah, I rush things. if your interested at all u could check out my artwork account ~stargate4ever23 though I've never drawn any pride and prejudice or jane austen type things...
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Sometimes I rush things, or do a quickie sketch more for fun than polish.
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hahaha, I hate sketches(in my own work that is, me actually doing them) because I like my worked finished.
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I like doing both, because sometimes I'm just not up for a finished drawing, or if I have a few minutes to kill I'd much rather have a full sketch than a fragmentary drawing.
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WOW 
Beautiful!
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Heheh!
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No, I'm not! You are! 
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Oh, wow. This is excellent. I hadn't even seen this yet when earlier I said that you have an aptitude for drawing fabrics and clothing. This particular piece definitely proves my point. Great job.
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her dress is pretty. and her skin looks pretty dewy even without color.
this is good.
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Thank you! I was oh-so-tempted to color it, but I refrained, because I always end up not liking as much as the black and white.
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coloring does make things more complicated.
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That it most certainly does!!
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You did a good job shading the arms (I have the most difficulty with arms). Another lovely job with the folds on the dress too.
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Thank you very much!! Limbs are very difficult for me, so I'm glad someone thinks they're tolerable!!
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