Off the drawing board. Over recent days I have been planning out new paintings and as with most of my work I produce simple preliminary drawings before I commit paint to paper. One such work was to be of Swaledale sheep, tups (rams) to be exact. For one reason or another this simple sketch ended up being a more complete drawing. It so happened that I filmed the progress of this pencil artwork and I uploaded it on to You Tube, more of a fun thing than for any other purpose.
Once it was finished and framed I added it to this website for sale on the pencil sketch page here. Following the response to the posts that I made on social media I have now also had this image turned into a limited edition print. There are only 50 copies of this edition so don’t leave it too late if you would like a copy. The edition is now sold out.
For me it is now back to the drawing board to work out another layout for this Swaledale sheep painting. So watch this space- even better, do so by subscribing to the website to be informed of future work.
Thanks for reading.
Andy Beck-
Having been a professional artist since leaving the Royal Air Force Regiment in 1988 Andy Beck has now become well known for his recent major project- The Wainwrights in Colour which has seen him exploring the Lakeland Fells to capture all the scenes in Wainwright’s Pictorial guides. Up until early 2013 Andy ran The Teesdale Gallery in the heart of Barnard Castle, County Durham which he did for 20 years. Reluctantly he had to close the gallery so that he could concentrate his efforts on completing the project. This has given him the freedom to paint at home in his studio or go out gathering references for his work. Andy lives in Teesdale in the north Pennines of England.
