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Published: 2012-04-18 07:44:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 1115; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 19
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Craig Gerrard was a wonderful man and a superbly gifted musicianYou can listen to him playing "Remnants from Braveheart" here [link]
Commisioned Portrait
Modelled by Craig Gerrard
Watercolour pencils on card
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Comments: 33
what a great portrait! the composition, the colors fit amazing!
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Thank you so much, Victoria, glad you like this one
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A fantastic portrait, James. He was an amazing musician indeed.
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Aw hey thanks for checking him out, Maria, I think the best honour we can hope for is to be remembered 
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you always do so amazing with faces and expression
beautiful ;D
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Thank you, Regina, I try to get the best expression I can that brings out the nearest likness in a person.
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and you're doing an amazing job at it!
...I'm pretty sure i said this quite often already, but well... ;D
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Heh heh thank you so much, Regina
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A beautifully expressive piece of work. Having had the advantage of seeing the photo ref, I am in the position to say that you have captured the likeness perfectly. I have also had the privilege of seeing the work progress through its different stages and know how much you have put into it
It is a real reflection on your talent and versatility as an artist
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Thank you, Lizzie, there is always a certain amount of worry about likeness in a portrait with most artists and so a comment like this is like music to my ears, very much appreciated my dear 
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I was pretty much limited by my ref material on this one, Mike, I think too that I wanted to keep the portrait uncomplicated and purely focused on the man. Thank you
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You managed again to get so much expression in your work!
Beautifully done!
And I guess that background has a special meaning.
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Thank you, Rita, hey you are totally right, Craig loved and visited the Shetland isles in Scotland quite a lot and the landscape here is very similar
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because I know you not just add a background - you think about it!
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Thank you, Katerina, much appreciated
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Thank you, PH3....oh hey I'm progressing nicely by the way, hope all is well with you
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All IS well, thanks! I wondered how you were getting along!
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This is a lovely portrait. Obviously, I don't know the subject, but it's the kind of drawing that makes the viewer feel the artist (you!
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Thank you, Rachel, I'm so glad that you could get that certain human feel behind this portrait, my motivation was just as much personal as it was inspirational on this study of the man
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Thank you, Toni, glad you like
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