D a r r e n C o o k art
Using graphite pencil and charcoal is often a lengthy process sometimes taking a full day to complete a square inch of work. A combination of photographs are used as the basis for the pencil artwork helping the artist to engage and capture using various grades of pencil. As a painter uses colour to express the subject, pencil art is the study of tonal value depicting the purity of a subject.
The artists Pen and ink drawings are depictions of imagination and are expressive in nature. Using Indian and acrylic inks with traditional dip nib pens and a small dose of humour. These light hearted pieces offer a change in thought pattern between the more intensive graphite work.
