grey paper – Dawn Waldron Art

Sunflower Boy

Snapped on my 60th birthday weekend while visiting the Van Gogh museum. Sunflowers are Chris’s favourite, and he often wears colours in the same palette. A4 ink and coloured pencil on Paint’On grey paper. I’m reliably informed that this counts as ‘fine art’ because I’m referencing Van Gogh!

Molly Lemon and Winnie

Sometimes you see an image on Instagram and it just demands to be painted… this is one of those. And it’s a tribute to Molly and her utterly delightful and exquisite woodcuts. 20 x 20 coloured pencil on Paint’On grey paper.

Famous Faces – Kadeena Cox

Continuing my series of ink and coloured pencil portraits of famous faces completed in 4 hours in preparation for the Portrait Artist of the Year competition. I did a ‘grisaille’ underpainting on this one to emphasise the shadows. A4 ink and coloured pencil on PaintOn Grey paper.

Famous Faces – Leslie Manville

Sharing some of my process. I found this one tricky. A beautiful complexion with a few visible signs of ageing (not many) means you have to tread a find line. Leslie has such a distinctive and humorous mouth and I struggled to capture it. The crayons struggled to create the dark blacks so I usedContinue reading “Famous Faces – Leslie Manville”

Anne Wagstaffe

A4 ink and coloured pencil on grey paper. The first in my series of portraits of breast cancer survivors. Read on to learn about Anne’s story.

Dogs

Rule 1: Absolutely no dogs on the bed. A4 pen and coloured pencil sketch of Ruff and Enzo. 6 November 2021

Reflections

This image of the One With the Ocean group, based in the US, appeared in The Guardian in November 2021 and I immediately wanted to have a go at rendering it myself. After posting on Instagram the group got in touch along with some of the people in the painting! I had a couple ofContinue reading “Reflections”