Projects
Welcome to my projects page. Here I share my art projects, which are usually small and comprised almost solely of graphite drawings and pen and ink sketches of animals and buildings.
I am self-taught, and draw as a casual hobby. I like the idea that through creating art I can add more value to my life, somehow, or potentially to others'. I often draw for other people. As a result, most of the drawings here have not been photographed in their final forms, as I am forgetful and have forgotten to photograph them before giving them away as gifts.
Some of the photographs aren't great, but nonetheless; click on the arrows to see the images, and feel free to click on the images themselves to open them in a new tab, if you so desire.
Animals
'Heidi', 2023, graphite pencil drawing
A Valentine's gift that I framed and gave away to the owner of the dog pictured. This photograph was taken a while before I finished it completely. The perspective in the photograph that I worked from for this was rather strange, and certainly not optimal, but I liked how expressive the eyes were in it, so I stuck with it anyway.
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'Stag', 2021, graphite pencil drawing
A birthday gift that I gave to my brother, who has a fondness for deer. The white space on the antlers is meant to signify snow, but it doesn't translate well without a background, which I didn't want to add. Fur is hard to draw.
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'Haskell', 2021, graphite pencil drawing
A drawing of a Maine Coon that belongs to someone I no longer speak to. This was my first ever attempt at drawing fur properly, and as a result I think I was too timid to add the contrast that I should have, but I'm still pretty happy with the cat's face and ears. The photograph provided is not of its fully finished state.
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Buildings
'Natural History Museum', 2022, drypoint etching printed with black ink
Something I made whilst testing out drypoint etching, which I found I really enjoyed. Printmaking in general is a lot of fun, but I preferred this to lino cutting and monoprinting. To produce this piece, I etched the reversed image into plastic, applied black ink into the grooves produced, and then I pressed the sheet of plastic against damp watercolour paper.
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'Natural History Museum', 2022, fineliner sketch
A drawing of the same building that I used as the subject of my drypoint etching, which I visited during a trip to London. I didn't use a ruler at any point whilst working on this sketch, as I enjoy the slightly shaky look that freehand work provides. I think it adds a kind of charm.
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'Unknown Landscape', 2019, fineliner sketch
I'm not actually sure where the landscape pictured in this is from. I drew it from a photograph that I found on the internet years ago, back whenever I was only beginning to find an interest in drawing buildings. It was my first ever attempt at such a thing. Again, it is freehand, because I have a vendetta against rulers, apparently.
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