Artist Spotlight – Allan kirk

Artist Name: Allan kirk

Location: France

Title of Artwork: Porto Riverside

Dimensions of Artwork: 27 x 22 cm

Medium: Pen and wash

Support: Cartridge paper

Website: http://tarnincolour.blogspot.com/

Describe this Piece: Sketched from a cafe on a short break to Porto in Portugal.. A classic historic european city, down by the riverside has beend designated a UNESCO world heritage site.

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Artist Spotlight – Guillaume

Your Name: Guillaume

Location: Paris

Title of Artwork: Chistoph Leray

Dimensions of Artwork: 24×32 cm

Medium: Monolith Graphite pencils

Support: 180 g/m2

Website: http://www.tonalpainting.com

Describe this Piece: This is a drawing style I invented that is based on the Tonal Painting Method called an ‘Estompe’ which is ‘to blur’ in French. There are no lines only statements against the form. This is a portrait of the Editor in Chief of ‘Le Courrier’ here in Paris. http://www.lecourrierdelarchitecte.com/expoconcours_352 This work will exhibited in Paris the week of April 14, 2011.

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Artist Spotlite – J D Hillberry

Artist Name: J D Hillberry

Location: Westminster, Co

Title of Artwork: A String of Memories

Dimensions of Artwork: 14 x 18

Medium: Charcoal and graphite

Support: White watercolor paper

Website: http://www.jdhillberry.com

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Artist Spotlite – Paul J. McCall

Artist: Paul J. McCall

Location: Blackstone, Massachusetts

Title of Artwork: “Late Fall Country Road”

Dimensions of Artwork: 8 ½” x 11”

Medium: Pen and Ink

Support: Paper

Describe this Piece: I did this piece in 1984 strictly from imagination. I began with the barn and let the rest happen. Now that’s freedom.

Artist Spotlite – Robert Reynolds

Artist: Robert Reynolds

Location: Clinton, Tennessee

Medium: Colored Pencil

Dimensions: 22″ x14″

Support: Poster Board

Comments From the Artist: I’m a 70 year old retired carpenter/cabinet maker and factory worker. Presently living in Clinton, Tennessee, inflicted with end-stage emphysema. It progressively got worse in 2006 to the point where I am unable to do much of anything, except return to pencil drawing, which I haven’t done for some 20 or 30 years. At least I can still do that .

I’ve drawn over 400  No.2/HB pencil drawings since starting again in 2006. I was considered legally blind in 2007, but with cateract surgery and implantation of artificial lens in both eyes, I now see better than I ever have in my liife. I didn’t do much of any drawing in 2007 from the disability. I was introduced to Prismacolor pencils by a very fine artist on-line and bought a set and started using them as well, occasionally.

This drawing is my drawing of William Adolphe Bouguereau’s 1887 “Fardeau Agreable”  or  “Not too much to Carry”.  I drew it on a piece of poster board 22″ x14′ to keep my expense down as I’m on fixed income of Social Security.  I admire Bouguereau’s work so very much that I’ve done quite a few of his fine works….

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Artist Spotlite – Brenda Levasseur

Artist: Brenda Levasseur

Location: Massachusetts

Title: The Window’s to Our Soul

Dimensions: 33″x23″

Medium: Charcoal on Stonehedge paper

Comments From the Artist: I have been drawing since age 11. Mostly self taught from books, in 1982 , went to a night art class with Joseph Souza for about 6 months, sold a few portrait pictures then didn’t draw for about 21 yrs..I took an oil class with Susan Cabral in South Dartmouth in 2003, she asked me to do one of her commissions in charcoal and haven’t gone back to oil. This charcoal was done in 2007… I used compressed charcoal rubbed on paper and transferred with a tortillion. I put on dark and lift to light, blending with stump ..

Artist Spotlite – Jade

Artist: Jade

Subject: North American Sioux Indian

Dimensions: A2

Medium: Soft Pastel

Artist Spotlite – Nicole Roy

Artist: Nicole Roy

Location: Chelmsford Ontario, Canada

Title: “Zindy”

Medium: Charcoal on Canson paper

Dimensions: 6″ x 8″

Website: http://www.artbynicole.4t.com

Comments From The Artist: My first love is drawing people and/or pet portraits in charcoal…I welcome commissions and enjoy the reactions of clients… I love to paint landscapes (and the likes) in acrylics on a variety of items and surfaces (canvas, rocks, leaves, seashells etc…) I anticipate challenges big or small!
Recently, I’ve started to experiment with soft pastels, which I like very much… My work space is my cozy Studio/Shop which is my haven. I am self taught and also enjoy teaching painting.

Artist Spotlite – Linda Remington

Artist: Linda Remington

Title: “Newlyweds”

Medium: Prismacolor Pencil

Dimensions: 9″ x 12″

Support: Bristol Vellum

Comments From The Artist: This is my second portrait in pencil. I named the work newlyweds. I am now retired and have the time to draw and really am enjoying myself. I keep two size drawing journals that I work in daily and am trying to work on what i call a project a week of watercolor or pencil.  I use the internet to explore sites where i can view others work. Thank you for the great site you have.