Pete Canvas Print

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Drawing of Pete in charcoal and compressed charcoal on heavyweight cartridge paper, smudging done with fingers, kitchen towel and a cardboard stick.

Interesting from my perspective as the drawings seem to be taking on characteristics of the figure drawings I'v been doing. I love working with compressed charcoal, as you cant erase it... the work proceeds in fits and starts as I work myself up to make the next mark.

I started off in fine art, by going to Wakefield School of Art and then St Martins in London to do Sculpture, I have spent most of my time (after going to Camberwell School of Art for a Graphics degree) doing graphic design, working through various sectors including publishing, sales promotion, marketing, and design consultancies, before starting my own company in 1995. I have always to some extent kept up with the fine art - even when this just meant going out sketching with my dad... and its always played a big part in my design work. Most recently though I have being doing rather allot of drawing, re igniting a passion for my long lost love of fine art (or scribbling). From sketching my neighbours little girl, I found myself...