Creative Artist

Pens!

People are used to seeing images from me like my “Cheetah”, but I will often play around with something else. I have used pastels, oils (not very well), acrylics and watercolours, but I also like pens and have tried various types and styles, not just to put more art on the wall, but to improve the overall standard of my art. It’s not my primary focus but it helps me develop skills that can cross over. If you look at the eyes of my cheetah, you will see that the first style I write about here with pens has directly influenced this scratchboard.

Dots, dots and more dots

Stippling is a great style of art, but you need the kind of personality that can cope with spending hours putting little dots in the right places. I love doing

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