Dear all portrait artists

[Grethe Angen]

Hello all you great portrait artists.I looked around this forum for a while, and I am so thrilled to find names known from my various artists magazines, among the members here. I live in Norway and do not have any connection with other artists interested in portraiture where I live, so it is most valuable for me to be accepted as a member. Thank you. in return I am hoping to somehow contribute to this forum. I have been dedicated to the art of portraiture for many years. I have done some commissions, but consider myself on an advanced student level. I work mostly in dry media , but plan to develop a technique in oil painting. I have been mentored in the discipline known (or maybe not so known )as Nerdrum School here in Norway. I did intensive portrait drawing studies at the Florence Academy ,Italy. I plan to develop further the traditional sight size method . as well as exploring the possibilities whit my Canon 350D
Here is two sample of my work

[Terri Ficenec]

Welcome Grethe! . . . and thanks for sharing your work with us. I especially like the head study you posted -- nicely done.

[Grethe Angen]

Thank you very much , Terri.

[Alexandra Tyng]

Welcome to the forum, Grethe! If you jump in and start posting your work, you will get to know many other artists. I've gotten to know many people through the forum and it has definitely enlarged my "art world." Like Terri, I'm partial to your head study, and I also especially like the composition of your triple portrait and the face of the boy.

Alex

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Hello there Grethe and welcome.

Nice drawings, hope to see more of your work here.

[Allan Rahbek]

Welcome to the forum, dear neighbor's, I should say. I live in Denmark and is one of very few Nordic inhabitants active on this forum.

It is exciting to see that others from our "ravnekrog / utstr