by Charlie Kirkham | Apr 2, 2018 | Annual Open Exhibition, DRAW, Drawing in the Media, Interviews, Journal, Uncategorized
Sally Friend – HIGHLY COMMENDED PRINT – DRAW17 – “Beach Dogs” “Beach Dogs” is an etching & aquatint on copper plate. Inked in sepia with an aqua blue applied by gel roller to top third of print. Printed on Somerset Satin....
by Charlie Kirkham | Mar 27, 2018 | Annual Open Exhibition, DRAW, Drawing in the Media, Exhibitions, Journal
Highly Commended Work in Colour, sponsored by Stabilo – ‘Self Portrait’ by Jo Barber I returned to my childhood love of drawing later in life and have just completed a degree in Drawing & Applied Arts at the University of the West of England. I studied on a part...
by Charlie Kirkham | Jul 17, 2017 | Annual Open Exhibition, DRAW, Drawing in the Media, Exhibitions, Interviews, Journal, Uncategorized
by Claire Sparkes SGFA My painting ‘threads’, watercolour and pencil on paper, was actually the second painting of this subject. The first painting, is titled ‘Warp and Weft’ and was made using oil paint on canvas. The inspiration for both pieces was my daughter. In...
by Charlie Kirkham | Mar 21, 2017 | Annual Open Exhibition, DRAW, Exhibitions, Uncategorized
David Gleeson entered DRAW16 through the Open Submissions process. His work ‘Triple Self’ won the Best Drawing Award, sponsored by Stabilo International and Derwent. In my self portraits I try to avoid the obvious poses and push the composition. The...
by Charlie Kirkham | Feb 24, 2017 | Annual Open Exhibition, DRAW, Drawing in the Media, Exhibitions, Interviews, Journal, Uncategorized
Robert Gutteridge entered DRAW 16 as a non-member. He was awarded the Highly Commended Work in Monochrome prize, sponsored by Stabilo International. The work was sent from Australia and is a fantastic testament to the global reach the UK’s only society dedicated...
by Charlie Kirkham | Jan 15, 2017 | Annual Open Exhibition, DRAW, Drawing in the Media, Exhibitions, Interviews, Journal, Members only exhibitions, News, The Sketchbook Series, Uncategorized
Mezzotint can be a very laborious process, particularly if making a larger scale print. It also can settle into something of a pattern. With Trotting Hare I wanted to make a print which broke with the convention of the negative (light) image on the dark background,...
