This is a new blog I have created based purely on graphite pencil portraits which I produce in my spare time outside of University work. It will act as an online sketch book of sorts.
I studied Fine Art at GCSE (achieving an A* grade) and at AS level. My interest within art's many genres has always been photorealism, and my most successful pieces were always graphite pencil portraits; I think it holds the most integrity and skill-level to produce something by hand which can look so real and tangible. No ambiguities. No hidden agendas. No paint sneezed on to a canvas and sold for millions of pounds.
Perhaps my interest in photo-realistic artwork is why my creative curiosity has deviated to photography of late - I am currently studying Press & Editorial Photography at University College Falmouth, Cornwall - however, after almost a year of drawing sobriety, I have felt my sketching hand twitching, and the urge to once again put graphite to paper has arisen.
This is where I will be sharing my work, and hopefully there will be a lot of it. Obviously my university assignments come first, but over the coming months I plan to start a few new personal drawing projects. Life in Graphite - watch this space.
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