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Art at Number 41
Watercolour Oils Pen & Ink Commissions
This pen and ink drawing is of Monk Bar in York at the junction of Lord Mayors Walk. Measuring 760x1500mm/30x59 inches it took me approximately 1 ½ years or 500 hours to complete. I was inspired to start this work when I came across an old photograph online which showed the street corner in the early 60s and I started to set out the view in pencil then with a 0.18mm ink pen.
The panorama shot of York came about as I was using Google Earth to move over and around York to look for new areas for a new view to paint when I stopped with the minster in full view and the surrounding streets spreading in to the distance and I thought, well that would make a wonderful painting. I started in May 2018 with a clean sheet of A0 sized paper (850x1200mm/33x47 inch) and as of December 2018 I have almost completed the pencil work which has taken approximately 100 hours and a thousand rooftops to complete. I hope to have the piece completed by early spring 2019.
The watercolour drawing below shows a cross section taken through York Minster
The pen and ink drawing below is of St Helen's Church in York with the Minster in the background.
The drawing is pen and ink on watercolour paper, 1100x800mm (45x30 inch)
The watercolour painting below is a work in progress of Stonegate in York.
The watercolour painting below is a view of Bootham Bar, York.
This is one of my favourite views of York when you travel down Bootham in to York.
The painting is A0 size, 1200x840mm (47x33inch) pen and watercolour
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