Portrait of Diana Princess of Wales  

Portrait of Diana Princess of Wales 1999         by Paul Noonan

Pencil and wash on card

This is one of my smaller portraits in pencil and wash. There's been many good photos taken of Diana, Mario Testino's work particulary comes to mind, but it was a picture in a book at the library that for me had something different. In this photo she looked, to me, totally lost in her thoughts. Even with a shawl half covering her head and not a hint of jewellery in sight, she still had the look of a princess.

Pencil and wash would lend itself perfectly to this picture. The drapery seemed to ripple and cascade down from her head and I particularly enjoyed drawing this.

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