I would love to see some of your beautiful faces, of course your Best Side. If you feel like posting a photo that would be great. Hint: you can even choose one from ten years ago. 
Here is a painting I did pre-stroke in acrylics. I included my turkey-neck. Cheers, Derek
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Wow! I have always wished I could paint and/or draw. I canāt even draw decent stick people 
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Love it!! That is really cool - how long did it take?
This is me at 79 degrees 20 minutes North on the m/v Plancius cold and eye issues!!! But I needed one selfie without my parka with the front of the ship, no overshields, some of a glacier, mini icebergs, the oceanwide flag and west ham and a polar bear pin!!! taken 10th June 2023 08.39 Svalbard time.
K 
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Wow youāre very talented Derek @Outlander i love that pic. Iām very envious as Iāve always wished I could draw/paint.
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Very impressed 
. Iāve never been blessed with artistic talents, even before my stroke. Thank you for sharing.
Regards Sue
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@BakersBunny @Mrs5K @Susan_Jane Thanks very much.
@KGB Thanks Mate. Nice pic of you and what a great backgroundā¦wow! I think I see a P- bear on those mountains.
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How long!!! Please !! several sessions - days??? Iām looking at going to a brain injury charity studio in london to draw some more polar bears and want to know what I could do other than just drawing randomly on my table cloth!!!
But without funding itās Ā£113 a session and I am hoping for funding but I will pay myself if I can and want toā¦
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@KGB oops sorry. As I recall this portrait took me about 3 days. Working 4 hours a session. The size is smallā¦about 12x12 inches. I like that polar bear drawing, very expressive.
Do you have an art supply shop near you? I would use large sheets of what we call here: Newsprint Paper, very economical. It looks like you used charcoal and white chalk?
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Thereās a guy called Bankys who goes round world painting on walls and then theres the polar bear man who sketches on paving slabs in London
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I canāt bend down and donāt go out much but I like that idea!!
Actually that was drawn on my table cloth that I had to then cut in half and frame as one of my two week long hobbies was drawing polar bears and snow leopards on the table cloth as I was trying to get eye rest from watching TV 
12x12 is good and that is much more talented than mine!!!
I used a black biro, a white pen I use for Polarsā birthday cards on his black paper and a blue marker!!! not for that one but Iāll try and take a pic of this if the glass behavesā¦
Iām not talented just repetitive with OCD so I could draw you a polar bear or a snow leopard with a piece of paper and a black penā¦
K
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Is that what vegan polar bears eat cool beans ? An unusual request Outlander. Avoid looking at any image of myself. Fresh out of hospital and down in dumps a friend who had just recovered from a brain infection said I find smiling at a mirror cheers me up. So wish I hadnāt tried thatš©. With bleary vision , couldnāt focus. What a face ! What I found impressive about your portrait was the reflection from your glasses. Have only one photo of me that Iām proud of. Taken when I was off guard, usually look like anugly snarling suntanned polar bear
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No wonder you were smiling after all those glasses of āpopā.
Youāre a brave man exposing your physog.
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@Pds Thanks, hey what a handsome and distinguished face.
ācool beansā is just a funny term we use here in the states.
Kind of like the UK thingā¦āBobs your Uncleā.
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hi all hereās my first bit of art ive done since schooldays and after my stroke !!! its my interpretation of Van Goghs starry night !!
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PS did this at my local Headway which i love going to 
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Good job, instantly recognisable, all you need now is a few buyers. Make them form an orderly queue. And charge at least Ā£5,000,000 for each picture.
Painting can be a great way to express what is inside.
Keep on keepinā on
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That is brilliant pre-strokes I went to the exhibition in Paris with the lights etc! Now no effing way would my eyes cope1!!!
I want to go and draw / paint / whatever polar bears!!! And maybe a couple of snow leopards for JP ā¦
Trying to get funding to go to my local - I will pay if I need to it costs Ā£113 a sessionā¦
Plus return cab Ā£30 plus mini (@Moonie66 - mini - not biker bears) polar bears + 10 hours of prep and worryā¦
My local in Dalston and my OT recommends it.
They have a waiting list and you canāt get on it until funding is secured but Iām going to go for by end of November and I will do it!!!
K
canāt even look at this properly now without my eyes going funny 
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I havenāt drawn for a while so I just said to JP draw me two dots on either side of this page and let me see if I can rememberā¦ So just to illustrate that I am no @Outlander @Moonie66 or @Pds
I just did this.
Average but if I did it 3 more times it would be better because of repetitivenessā¦
Which is why I get easily distracted and no more tonight anyway!!!
Keep cool all K
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