'Mad About Music' Exhibition

Here are the pics I promised of my work appearing in The Gallery, Clayton Square. Madelaina is holding an arts and crafts fair there on the 8th May 2010 so I am looking to book a place. Hopefully I will have enough work by that time to fill it!
Visit Madelainartz for more info on Madelaina and her Gallery :)

Stevie Wonder

Next drawing on the cards - Stevie Wonder!
Found this great image on the web of Stevie so I am going to see what I can do with it. I may add some text or musical elements to help personalize the piece.
I couldn't have asked for a clearer or more characterized image to work from! Hopefully should be finished within a weeks time.

John Lennon Print

During the raffle competition at the private viewing for the 'Mad About Music' exhibition, I won a limited edition A3 print of John Lennon by Madelaina (The Galleries owner). She was kind enough to personalize and sign the print for me! You can just about make it out below.

Milton Glaser on Drawing

"Milton Glaser talks about drawing and how it makes you look at things more closely.

He also talks about the importance of learning to draw accurately before you can draw expressively. These days art schools (at least in the UK) have their students draw less as they advance through their years of study. During my time at University our drawing classes ended half way through our third year and I noticed a huge difference in my sketches. The less we were made to draw accurately the more basic my sketches became.

If you’re at uni do you still have drawing or life drawing classes in your senior years? How do you feel about getting your ideas down on paper first before you get started on screen? For all the illustrators and artists reading this the answer might seem obvious, I suppose."

MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo.

Martha Graham

I recently completed a piece based on the famous American pioneer of modern dance, Martha Graham. The client had a particular image of Martha they had their heart set on but the image was so small and of poor quality that it would have proved difficult to draw. With that in mind, I decided that this piece would probably work best as a monotone ink drawing, capturing the shape of Martha Graham rather than all of the shading and detail. The curves of the black shape are intended to flow with Martha Graham's dance move. The client also wanted the following quote to compliment the image - "That which cannot be spoken can be sang and that which cannot be sang, can be danced."

Birthday Portrait

Recently completed this drawing for a friend for his sister's 21st birthday. It's not easy working from a small photograph but I counteracted this by keeping the portrait quite small itself and then using the roses and scroll to frame it and give it the size it needed.

'Mad About Music' Exhibition

I've spent that last few weeks preparing 3 pieces for the 'Mad About Music' exhibition that is currently taking place at The Gallery, Clayton Square in Liverpool city centre. The Gallery will be exhibiting the work of local artists based on the theme of music and will also have live music entertainment to compliment it all.
It's my first time entering my drawings into an exhibition and I have been fortunate enough for them to be selected for the show, and even appear in the gallery's front window. Surprisingly my work seems to be the only pencil based art in the exhibition - the majority of work being paint - but I quite enjoy having something to offer that is different to everything else.
See Madelainartz for more information on the Gallery and it's current exhibition.

I chose The Beatles, Bob Marley and Elvis Presley as my subjects.
I will be posting pictures from the exhibition soon!