Impressive Hyperrealistic Pencil Drawing Of An Old Man.
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The girl drew the portrait from a photograph she found in the Vanishing Ireland book. It took McDonagh around one month to create the portrait, which won her the top prize of $2,075 (euro1,500). The young artist is the winner of the 16-18 year old category and of the whole 2014 competition.
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Prof. Declan McGonagle, the judging panel's chairman and director of the National College of Art & Design, says that the girl's work has positioned her "as one of the most talented artists of her generation, and one whose skill could see her become one of Ireland's foremost portrait artists of the future."
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McDonagh says she has been drawing for as long as she can remember. "I spend most of my free time at it," she says, "I might have two or three drawings going at the same time." This piece in particular took her a month to complete.
