Black on Grey on White

It's fantastic! So many of you are asking questions that I know the answer to and that I feel confident answering! Happy dances! Therefore, it may very well be time (after thousands of hours at the drawing table) to, finally, create a wee series of tips and share my experience with all of you here on my blog. My Short Drawing Tips (SDT) are going to be short (yep!), exclusively about the technical side of graphite drawing (double yep!) and will all be based on my trials experienced and errors made. Some of you may remember I shared my drawing recipe a while back with a more poetic focus. The objective this time round, is quite simply to share, in a short and snappy way, how I approach my craft. These SDT s are never going to boast being the right and only way, they are just what works for me . Topics covered will be the very popular topics of choice of paper, pencil choice, drawing surface, sharpeners, fixatives, blending but also extra personal tips of the trade. ...

Unique Trust Pencil on Paper 57 x 46cm Sheona Hamilton-Grant. All rights reserved After spending a little more than six weeks hand in hand with my feelings, memories and pencils, I proudly present "Unique Trust". In line with my 2013 resolutions, I was determined to jump out of my comfort zone and roam a little in the unknown suburbs of my drawing ability. A different approach had to be taken. So I went big much much bigger, stepped away from the classic head pose and began discovering how to convey a very special intimate, precious moment.  "Unique Trust" happened in layers: a layer of technical knowledge topped with a double layer of whipped emotions, sprinkled with a wee bit of pencil magic.