Thursday 19 July 2012

Pencil Drawings Of Dogs

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Pencil Drawings Of Dogs Biography
At the start of his career Andrew produced mostly illustration work, drawing birds and animals for journals, magazines and books (most notably as principal illustrator for ‘The Birds of Oxfordshire' for which he produced the colour plate for the dust-jacket and 87 of the 147 ink drawings in the book). A self-taught artist, he now works mainly in graphite pencil, pastels or coloured pencils to complete his originals. He has produced several commissions for the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds), of which he has been a member for over twenty years.
He is a keen naturalist and has travelled in both the UK and abroad in search of wildlife. His artwork has also travelled widely, with examples of his art in collections in the UK, Europe, Kenya, Canada and USA. His work has been displayed at many British venues including Nature in Art at Gloucester (where he participates in their ‘Artist in Residence' programme and runs drawing workshops), The Mall Galleries, Christies, Sotheby's, The Artist and Illustrator's Show at Olympia and Galleries at WWT Slimbridge, Arundel and The London Wetland Centre

Andrew draws his inspiration from a multitude of sources, whether through direct experience of a species or it's surroundings, or from the indirect influence of his own sketches and photographs. The use of a limited palette (i.e. a small range of colours) can produce both subtle and dramatic effects and by switching to the use of graphite pencil for the majority of his art Andrew has taken this process to it's ultimate extreme.
The absence of colour means that he must search for other aspects (e.g. pattern and shape) to give his work life and interest. Working on textured watercolour paper and using a full range of twenty different grades of pencil, the versatility of this medium provides Andrew with the means to achieve his desire to depict wildlife in detail.
However, in a new departure, Andrew has recently begun working in Pastel. This has given him the opportunity to work in colour whilst still using his tried & tested pencil techniques.
For this work he uses Velour paper which has a smooth, velvet-like surface and lends itself to working in this soft medium. The versatility of pastel pencils ensures that it is still possible to create highly detailed work and is particularly suited to depicting fur. So the future may bring more mammal paintings, with big cats high on the agenda.
Pencil Drawings Of Dogs
Pencil Drawings Of Dogs
Pencil Drawings Of Dogs
Pencil Drawings Of Dogs
Pencil Drawings Of Dogs
Pencil Drawings Of Dogs
Pencil Drawings Of Dogs
Pencil Drawings Of Dogs
Pencil Drawings Of Dogs
Colored Pencil Drawing Of A Dog
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