Portrait's in Graphite
Puppy Love 25cm x25cm, graphite on paper, 2020
The Hipster Barrista, 30cm x 30cm, graphite on paper, 2020
This man is the barista at La Boca cafe. When I was temporarily out of work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Joel immediately and happily agreed to allow me to draw his portrait. Then he and his wife bought the portrait from me when it was finished.
Natural History Illustration
It was a pleasure developing my skills when a COVID-19 pandemic lockdown caused a temporary state of unemployment for me. I studied University of Newcastle's six-week digital course: "Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration" during the Autumn of 2020. This course allowed me to revisit drawing in a very focussed way, and keep my thoughts in a productive and positive stream. I learnt and applied skills in observation, keeping field notes, drawing from nature and creating visual records of natural objects and locations.