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"Nobility" 
16" x 20"
Coloured Pencil on Ampersand Pastelbord 

[This was the first time I worked this large using coloured pencil! I used a mixture of the Brush and Pencil Products and Odourless Mineral Spirits to blend the coloured pencils in this piece. I wanted to create an impact with these bold colours against a dark background, and my goal was to have it look more like an oil painting, than coloured pencil. I thought this subject was fierce, yet beautiful and would make a fantastic example of the beauty in nature!]

I was always "the kid who could draw". As a young child, you could give me some toilet paper rolls, egg cartons and some craft glue and I'd be set for days. During primary school, I was the kid who rocked up to school with a colourful poster filled with drawings and fancy block lettering... for my maths homework. In High School, I would find any excuse to spend my day in the art/design rooms, even if I was supposed to be in another class... I would sit at the back of the art room and draw. I even started selling graphite portrait commissions and advertised my business by putting pamphlets in letterboxes and hanging up flyers at my local supermarkets and community noticeboards. My art teacher had suggested that I could potentially make art...