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Sofie Dieu
- Nov 25, 2017
- 1 min
Portrait study or getting to know your model
I have heard many people saying that being able to imitate a photography, by drawing, to the perfection, is "talent". This comment always makes me jump. Anyone can draw exactly like an already existing picture. Itis a simple technique. Google it, I am sure there are many tutorials out there. Copying doesn't require much talent. It is just a question of a good eye for detail and a bit of patience. What does take talent though, is the capacity of an artist to show with depth ho
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Sofie Dieu
- Nov 21, 2017
- 2 min
12 portraits of East Gippslanders, what if one was yours?
12 huge portraits of East Gippslanders (2.20m high by 1.50m large) will be exhibited in East Gippsland Art Gallery in March next year. 6 of them will hang by the windows and will look at the passers by in Nicholson street, the other 6 will look at the visitors inside the gallery. The portraits will be painted using Chinese ink on multiple paper panels and the end result will look a bit like this. I am currently working on the portrait of a fantastic woman I have met during my
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Sofie Dieu
- Jan 17, 2017
- 1 min
Bridges
Bridges is my new ink painting project. In 2005, I left France and went living for 4 years in China before immigrating to Australia. This portrait series is an attempt to record and recall all the people I've met during this journey. #portrait #inkpainting
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