The background was done with watercolour paints and the figure was done with artists coloured pencils. It measures about 10"x14".
To celebrate his 70th birthday, the wife of our Town Crier asked me to do a painting of him in a local beauty spot. We looked a various alternatives and eventually chose this scene based on a press photograph of him (Apologies that I do not have the name of the photographer to credit their photo)
The background was done with watercolour paints and the figure was done with artists coloured pencils. It measures about 10"x14".
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This is Suni the Chocolate Labrador. Her owner wanted a portrait of her done with coloured pencils. She was a very reluctant model and hated having her photo taken. Every time she saw the camera she put her head down and pulled a miserable face. Eventually we managed to get this photo which her owner felt best represented her and I was able to start working on it. Coloured pencil art is a long, slow process as it involves careful pencil strokes to represent the hairs and layer upon layer of different colours to give a realistic look. This one probably took about 12 hours in total but I think the result is worth it. And so did Suni's owner :-) I've just come back from a Coloured Pencils Art weekend course at Knuston Hall in Northamptonshire. The course tutor was Peter Weatherill and, as always, I had a great weekend. The other people on the course were a mixture of beginners and old hands and we all learnt from each other and the tutor over the three days. I took with me some reference photos of local scenes featuring the Seven Sisters cliffs, hoping to complete at least one picture while I was there. I finished the first one and made a good start on the second one, which I completed when I got home. It was altogether a very enjoyable weekend. Another little exercise with graphite pencils, this time on slightly textured paper which gives an interesting finish to the drawing. Once again this was done with just an HB pencil and a paper stump blender (aka a torchon) and a tiny bit of bluetac to lift off the graphite if I made a mistake. The coffee pots were part of a still life display set up for us at the art group a couple of weeks ago.
A recent monthly challenge at my local art club was 'A Beatles Song.' So many options to chose from but I found this beautiful image on the internet and decided to copy it with just an HB pencil to give a soft feel. The photo was from a Google image search and I would love to be able to give credit to the photographer but I haven't yet tracked down his / her name. A couple of weeks ago I set off in the sunshine to go for a walk at Cuckmere Haven in East Sussex. By the time I arrived in the car park it had started to rain a bit but I decided to continue anyway. As I walked the mile or so towards the beach the skies really darkened and people coming back the other way looked a bit wet! But I was lucky, the rain only lasted a few minutes and the wind blew those storm clouds away (but not until I had taken a few photos). The sun came out again and my walk back was under warm sunshine and clear blue skies with not a cloud in sight. Fantastic! This is my watercolour painting of the storm cloud scene. I have sold a few pictures from time to time through my Facebook page and at exhibitions but I have been looking at having a better way of displaying and selling my art online. So I have set up an online shop. I hope it will mean that people who look at this website or my Facebook page can buy pictures that they like or contact me to make something specially for them in an easy, straightforward way.
So, if you would like to have a browse and maybe buy a piece of original artwork for yourself or as a gift for a friend, this is the place to look - Daryl's Drawings Shop Click on the link to go to the shop. As this is a new venture, I would be very grateful for any feedback about how the shop looks or how easy it is to use. Many thanks, Daryl Have you heard of Art Cards, ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) or ACEOs (Art Cards, Editions and Originals)? All much the same thing really except that some are made for selling, some for swapping or trading and some just to be given away. The only real rule is that they must be the size of a standard trading card (like football or Pokemon cards) 3.5" x 2.5" Recently someone at the art club suggested that all the members could make a few cards and we could use them at our forthcoming exhibition to raise money for the RNLI. So we all had a go and the results were fantastic! Between us we made over 250 mini masterpieces - it's really quite addictive once you get started. Everyone worked in their own style so the finished collection looked like a miniature art gallery. We used them as prizes in a tombola for £1 a go and raised £400! |
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