‘Polly’                              Drawing pencils on board

Commission / sold

Graphite on textured ghesso and board

Overall, my explorations over the summer have been successful and it’s a style I will return to in the future. It has been frustrating at times when the surface has prevented me from being as neat in my usual detailed style but overall I am pleased with the results and plan to take this further.

Graphite on textured ghesso & board

Graphtint pencil on tissue, PVA and paper

Graphtint pencil on ghesso on board

Another drawing on a textured surface – patterns in the sand

Graphite and watercolour on tissue paper and PVA on cartridge paper

This was inspired by the cracks on the cliffs in St Ives bay at sunset.

The sky begs to be painted here at sunset when the sun, sea and sky turns wonderful golds, oranges and crimsons. I take my camera, sketchbook and a big flask of hot chocolate and settle down for the evening - much better than TV!!

Graphtint pencil over graphite powder  & gum arabic on textured paper     20 x 20cm

I love textures – smooth, sandy, wooly, shiney, rough, wet  ….. and I love capturing them with my pencil.

Over the summer I prepared several sheets of paper to create various textures to explore  working my  detailed drawings  into a textured surface.

Graphite drawings

St Mary’s Church, Thornbury.

This is a beautiful Tudor church sits along side Thornbury castle. Built in the reign of Henry VIII – although parts are believed to go back to the 12th century, it was used by the King and his wife, Anne Boleyn and his daughter Mary Tudor lived there for a time. The large drawing looks down the churchfrom the altar towards the old carved wooden pews and one of the magnficent stained glass windows.

These drawings were made for my son and his fiance’s wedding stationary for his marriage in August 2009

FOR SALE

Sun, sea & spray                    Graphite                         20 x 20cm

Inspired by the surfing waves in St Ives bay, Cornwall.

FOR SALE

Sun, sea & sand                       Graphite                       20 x 20cm

Inspired by a sandy pool on Gwithian Beach, Cornwall

‘Sun, wind and rain’                               graphite on paper 24″ x 18″

after David Cox

David Cox (1783 – 1859) was a brilliant artists who was born and lived in Birmingham. This copy  is a graphite drawing of his painting of the same title which was included in a recent  exhibition of his work at Birmingham Art Gallery.