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It is impossible to create a work of art that is not influenced by other people's art.  What is important is the honesty in the conversation, what is important is not to pass other people's art as your own because you are not able to do it better, or cannot be bothered to do the work.

Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of ‘Young man tuning a lute’, painted around 1529-1530 in oils on panel by Jacopo Carucci, usually known as Jacopo (da) Pontormo or simply Pontormo

Thank you @StudioTeaBreak

Thursday #PortraitChallenge #inkdrawing of ‘Shadows’, painted by Charles Courtney Curran in 1887

Thank you @PAFAcademy and @StudioTeaBreak

Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour of The Painter (or Self-portrait at Work), painted by Françoise Gilot in 1946
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Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of ‘Woman Waiting for the Moon to Rise’ painted by Uemura Shōen in 1944

Thank you @adachimuseum and @StudioTeaBreak

Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour detail from ‘At the Dressing Table’, painted by Félix Vallotton in 1911

Thank you @PetitPalais_ and @StudioTeaBreak

Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of Head of a Black Man, painted in oils on canvas in 1777 by John Singleton Copley

Thank you @DIADetroit and @StudioTeaBreak

Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of Portrait of a young lady, painted by Catharina van Hemessen of Antwerp around 1560
Thank you @artbma and @StudioTeaBreak

Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of Abraham Cowley, miniature painting in a gold locket by Thomas Flatman, around 1655

Thank you @V_and_A and @StudioTeaBreak

Thursday #PortraitChallenge #inkdrawing of Self portrait, painted by Tora Holmström in 1914

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Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of Nancy Lawson, painted in oils on canvas by William Matthew Prior in 1843, in Boston, Massachusetts

Thank you @ShelburneMuseum @FolkArtMuseum and @StudioTeaBreak

Thursday #PortraitChallenge #inkdrawing inspired by Self portrait at the age of 20, seated at her easel, by Catharina van Hemessen, painted in 1548

Thank you @kunstmuseumbs and @StudioTeaBreak

Young man tuning a lute
Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of ‘Young man tuning a...

Shadows
Thursday #PortraitChallenge #inkdrawing of ‘Shadows’, painted by Charles...

The Painter
Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour of The Painter (or Self-portrait at Work),...

Woman waiting
Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of ‘Woman Waiting for the...

At the dressing
Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour detail from ‘At the Dressing Table’,...

Head
Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of Head of a Black Man, painted...

Young Lady
Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of Portrait of a young lady,...

Abraham
Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of Abraham Cowley, miniature...

Tora
Thursday #PortraitChallenge #inkdrawing of Self portrait, painted by Tora Holmström...

Nancy
Thursday #PortraitChallenge #watercolour and #inkdrawing of Nancy Lawson, painted in oils...

Catharina
Thursday #PortraitChallenge #inkdrawing inspired by Self portrait at the age of 20,...

TheDailySketch
When I decided to post my sketches online I scrolled for suitable tags, one of the tags I...