Where ART Lives Magazine Volume 4 Number 4 | Page 90
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“When making art I’m drawn to the urban environment; where people
interact with the busy spaces that surround them. I try and draw people
without actually putting them in - partly because they never keep still.
But I like drawing the spaces they’ve been in, or the cobbles they’ve
walked on, the windows they’ve looked through and the street signs that
have bossed them about. I love location drawing as it enables me to
record the experience of being in a busy place.
I generally begin with a watercolour wash to break up the space in front
of me. This establishes the broad shapes of my composition. This is a very
emotional part of the process as you are dealing with colour which affects
us all in different ways. Then I work on top of this with brush pens which
adds depth and tonal value to the image. Then I use fine liner ink pens to
add the texture and detail.
Eventually, if I am lucky, it will be complete. In between all this I’m
constantly jumping around, bouncing up and down, nipping to the
toilet or buying a coffee and cake. I tend not to sit still, so the angles
can change. If a car or van parks up in front of me, the choice is to draw
through it, or move around it – either way you have to get fully involved in
the scene, both physically and imaginatively.”
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