Here's an experimental piece I did when I was playing about with wax resist and watercolour.
Shows a bit of the influence of Egon Schiele I think.
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4 comments:
Dear PJ,
Thank you for sharing the wonderful and very interesting approach.
Kind regards,
Sadami
also kind of reminds me of alan lee for some reason, nice work anyways
Love this one!
Thanks guys.
Alan Lee has always been a major influence on me, particularly in the early years when I was mostly using watercolour.
All the best
PJ
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