Born This Day Leonardo da Vinci (1452) genius inventor military engineer & Italian Renaissance intellectual renowned for sublime The Last Supper & Mona Lisa epitomised Renaissance man studied laws of science & nature

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Some artists shout and yell, desperate for attention.
A shout is short-term.
Yelling is not sustainable.
I tend to smile.
Lingering.
Enigmatic.
Fraught with hidden mystery.
Like the countenance of the Cheshire cat - still there, long after everything else has disappeared.

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"We are all-American, which is to say, our stories of survival are inseparable from the ever-fraught history of America. After all, what’s a national history but personal histories writ large?"

's "Survivor Files" is in the current issue.

https://t.co/Y3hB6WAgKO

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im needing more practice drawing sad/distraught expressions

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Although František Kupka (1871-1957) is known for his abstract work he was in fact also a skilled draughtsman

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My Amortentia & Draught of Living Death

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This triggers a lethal curse upon his children. To lift it, Cadmus begs the gods turn him into a snake. His wife, Harmonia, distraught at his metamorphosis, embraces his serpentine form as it snakes up her body & begs the gods to transform her into a serpent also.

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Trailblazing 18th-Century Artist Sarah Stone’s Stunning Natural History Paintings of Exotic, Endangered, and Extinct Species https://t.co/Fa0EZ5eXRV via

A professional painter at 17, with extraordinary draughtsmanship she painted animals she had never seen alive

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"We are all-American, which is to say, our stories of survival are inseparable from the ever-fraught history of America. After all, what’s a national history but personal histories writ large?"

's "Survivor Files" is in the new issue.

https://t.co/Y3hB6WAgKO

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TOMORROW | Join us to celebrate the launch of Saint Of Circumstance Citrus Blond on draught along with artwork to purchase on the night from and .

To find out more, click here: https://t.co/4h2JHETsg1

Free entry, 5pm.

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Four Renaissance faces drawn by Italian masters: Bonsignori, Mantegna [2,3] & Bellini.

The mark of genius in a draughtsman is not solely the accuracy of facial features but the striking immediacy of the sitter allowing the spectator to catch a glimpse of his personality.

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(A) Mira is a mysterious doll who seems a bit distraught over losing her owner.
She was put into emotional turbulence by

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John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist

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Zornaraugh, Tanarukk Orc Chieftain
" Leader of the Abyss Walkers, Zornaraugh is a destructive force of orc nature. Vicious yet cunning, he strives to take down every tribe in the name of his God. "

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"Why won't everyone just be friends?"

Pouty baby arch fey design courtesy of -- Niyebe, the domain of loneliness. He was very distraught by our group fighting

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This lithograph view by printmaker and draughtsman Thomas Shotter Boys looks east to John Rennie’s New London Bridge in c. 1840. The view appears to have been captured from the first Southwark Bridge, also by Rennie. Image © Trustees of the

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