THE GALLERY

Welcome to The Gallery. A place to view my drawings and artwork.
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Graphite Drawings
Colour Artworks
Digitally coloured & non traditional
Other drawings

Various black and white graphite pencil drawings, including people & portraits, fantasy art, animals and landscapes.

Eliza

Drawing of the film and television actor Eliza Dushku,
A very detailed and realistic portrait.
A lot fine detailing went into doing that necklace on this piece.
One of My Favourite portraits that I have done.

Sarah

Pencil drawing of the film & tv actor Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Known for her star role in tv the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

A pencil portrait of a woman wearing black, set against a dark background. She has her fingers on her lips. She has a secret to keep. Drawn on A4 smooth cartridge paper (220gsm) using HB & 2B 5mm mechanical pencil and various grades of pencil ranging from 2h to 5B.

Keeping Secrets

A pencil portrait of a woman wearing black, set against a dark background. She has her fingers on her lips. She has a secret to keep.
Many thanks to SaligiaStock – https://saligiastock.deviantart.com

Stormbringer

A woman in front of a round window, there is a crow on the window ledge outside. In the background, across a stretch of water, there is a cityscape. There is lightning in the night sky. She has a timepiece around her neck and the hour is late.
Many thanks to lady-death-stock in Deviantart for allowing me the use of the photo I based the girl on - https://lady-death-stock.deviantart.com/art/NR7-75505584 , and thanks to peroni68 for the crow reference - http://fav.me/d4mldcr

Graphite pencil drawing based on the British science fiction show Doctor Who. Featuring Matt Smith as the Doctor. The drawing also features his companions - Amy Pond, Rory Williams, and River Song, along with two of his enemies, a Dalek and a Cyberman. His time travelling Police box is flying off into the time vortex in the background. Size is A3 (420mm x297mm). Drawn using HB and 2B 5mm mechanical pencils, HB 7mm mechanical pencil, various different grades of pencil ranging from 2H – 5B, blending stumps, tissues and erasers.

Doctor Who - The Pandorica

Lots of things going on in this pencil drawing.
It's based on an episode of the British sci fi show Doctor Who.
Featuring Matt Smith as the Doctor.
The drawing also features his companions -
Amy Pond, Rory Williams, and River Song, along with two of his enemies, a Dalek and a Cyberman.
The Doctors time travelling Police box is flying off into a time vortex in the top right corner.

The girl has tears running down her face, her hand on her heart and there are storm clouds in the sky. There is an old castle in the background. Size A3, drawn with HB and 2B mechanical pencil and various other grades of pencils. The building behind her is Tamworth Castle.

Leaving

The girl has tears running down her face, her hand on her heart and there are storm clouds in the sky. There's an old castle in the background. The building behind her is Tamworth Castle.
Thanks to Alraunie-stock who the girl is roughly based on - https://www.deviantart.com/alraunie-stock/art/182-133553927

Scarlett

Pencil portrait drawing of Scarlett Johansson.
Lots of detailing went into doing that white dress with all those folds and ruffles.

Pencil drawing of the film and TV actor Jessica Alba. A lot of time and detailing went into the long flowing dress she's wearing. Size A3(42x29.7cm). Drawn on 30gsm cartridge paper with various grades of pencil ranging from 5H to 5B, HB & 2B mechanical pencils(0.5mm), blending stumps, tissues, cotton buds and erasers.

Jesssica

Drawing of the film and TV actor Jessica Alba.
A lot of time and detailing went into the long flowing dress that she is wearing.

A pet dog portrait that I did. Drawn on A3 (42 x 29.7cm) 250gsm extra smooth Bristol board. Using various grades of pencil ranging from 4H to 5B, mechanical pencils (0.5mm), blending stumps, tissues, cotton buds erasers.

Alice

A pet dog called Alice that I drew.

A pencil portrait drawing that I did for someone of their pet dog called Ice. It was drawn on Canson Bristol board, size (21cm x 29.7cm). Done using various grades of pencil ranging from 8B to 5H, HB & 2B mechanical pencils (0.5 mm), normal and putty erasers. Blending stumps, tortillions, cotton buds and tissues were used for blending.

Ice

A portrait drawing that I did for someone of their dog called Ice.

A female vampire crouching at the waters edge. There's a full moon in the background and there are bats flying around. Size A4, I used HB and 2B mechanical pencils, various other grades of pencil, blending stumps, cotton buds and erasers.

Nocturnal

A female vampire crouching at the waters edge.
There's a full moon in the background and there are bats flying around.
Thanks to LinzStock Who's photo the girl is based on - https://www.deviantart.com/linzstock

Geddy Lee

Geddy Lee is the lead singer, bass & keyboard player from the prog rock band Rush. I put all sorts of stuff in this drawing. There's his guitar on a metal studded wall, a keyboard hidden behind some clockwork & pipes and I drew Geddy as if he was on a wall poster.

Dave

Dave Grohl with a cheeky grin on his face. It was fun to draw.

Rose

An older pencil portrait that I did back some time ago.

A Moment In A Dream

Beyond a brick wall is a lonesome dark shadowy figure standing on an empty beach looking out to sea, there are storm clouds in the sky.
No references, just drew what came out of my mind.

Edward

Drawn for a friend. Edward Cullen from the Twilight film series, played by the Actor Robert Pattinson.

These are all drawn using graphite pencils in various grades.
Materials used on them include Mars Lumograph pencils(8B - 2H), Mechanical pencils 0.5mm(HB & 2B), Kneaded eraser, standard erasers. With blending stumps, cotton buds(Q tips) and tissues for blending.
Papers include Bristol board(250gsm) and heavyweight cartridge papers.
For more in-depth details about each of these pieces take a look at my Works in progress and tutorials page.

Some of my colour artworks These include colour pencil drawings, pastels, paintings and any other of my coloured traditional works.

Nova's Gone All Pop Art

This is something a little different.
It's a Pop Art style pastel drawing on my own cat, Nova.
It's a large drawing, size A2 (42 x 59.4cm) on 220gsm paper, done with soft colour pastels, tinted charcoal pencils and some colour pencils.

Fracture

A coloured pencil portrait of a green eyed woman with red highlighted hair. A blue background with glass shattering behind her. This was drawn on A4 Bristol board using mainly Derwent coloursoft pencils..
The girl is based on a photo by Alraunie-stock -
https://www.deviantart.com/alraunie-stock

Mystery

A portrait of a woman looking onwards towards a planet, the darkness of outer space in the background.
The drawing was done with soft pastels on a large piece of black card.
The original size of the drawing is about 60cm x 32 cm (23 1/2 x 12 1/2 inch).

Keith Moon

Watercolour painting on A3 Bristol board (250gsm). I sprinkled salt on the background for added effect.

Spiky Trees And The Cottage

An old pastel drawing done on A2 sized cartridge paper using soft coloured pastels

Tree

An old pastel drawing of an old tree in the sunset. Soft pastels on A2 paper.

Sharknado beer

Quite a surreal colour pencil drawing.
One for fans of beer and of the Sharknado movies.
A sharknado in a pint of Lager.
Drawn for a friend who is a fan of both.
That drink has definitely got some bite to it!
It was a fun piece to draw.
This was done on on A4 size Bristol board(250gsm), using Derwent coloursoft pencils.

Non traditional works. Including digitally coloured & enhanced versions of my original artworks done using paint editing software.

Leaving - Colour Version

A digitally coloured version of my original drawing of Leaving, done using paint editing software.
Leaving:
The girl has tears running down her face, her hand on her heart and there are storm clouds in the sky. There is an old castle in the background.
You can see the original black & white pencil version of Leaving in the Graphite Drawings tab.

Stormbringer - Colour Version

A digitally coloured, edited and enhanced version of my original drawing of Stormbringer, done using paint editing software.
As well as now being in full colour there are a few differences that have been added compared to the original version.

Stormbringer:
A woman in front of a round window, there's a crow on the window ledge outside.
In the background, across a stretch of water, there's a cityscape.There's lightning in the night sky.

You can see the original black & white pencil version of Stormbringer in the Graphite Drawings tab.

Serval

A digital drawing I did of an African wildcat. Drawn completely using only a mouse.

Various other pieces. Many of which I've not shown before.
I've included some old and some quick drawings for you to see too.

Amy Lee - Purples & Grey drawing. An experimental drawing of the singer/songwriter Amy Lee. A mixture of colour pastels and graphite pencils. It was originally all going to be back & white but I decided to experiment a little and added the bright purple background using pastels to make the whole portrait pop out. I put the drawing on hold some time ago and never returned to it. There are still parts of this that could do with touching up and finishing off. I may get back to it at some point in time if I can.

Amy - Purples & Grey

An older experimental drawing of the singer/songwriter Amy Lee. A mixture of colour pastels and graphite pencils.
It was originally all going to be back & white but I decided to experiment a little and added the bright purple background using pastels to make the whole portrait pop out. I put the drawing on hold some time ago and never returned to it. There are still parts of this that could do with touching up and finishing off. I may get back to it at some point in time if I can.

Sleeping Izzy

A quick graphite pencil drawing that I did some time ago.
Izzy, one of my two cats, having a nap.

Amy Lee drawing. This is a very old drawing of mine. A pencil portrait of singer/songwriter Amy Lee. As you can see, it's not one of my most detailed pieces and it's a bit rough around the edges. A bit of a mix of materials were used. HB pencil for the main and pastels on some of the darker areas and hair.

Amy

This is a very old drawing of mine.
A pencil portrait of singer/songwriter Amy Lee.
As you can see, it's not one of my most detailed pieces and it's a bit rough around the edges.
A bit of a mix of materials were used. HB pencil for the main and pastels on some of the darker areas and hair.

Sad Tiger Cub

A quick drawing that I did several years ago.
A very sad looking tiger cub.
Drawn using graphite pencil on A4 paper.

Chase The Dragon Cover

A large pastel drawing I did many years ago.
It's basically a copy of an album cover by the rock band Magnum.
Not my original design, the album cover artwork was originally done by Rodney Matthews.
I did this for someones birthday who is a fan of the band.
I drew it on A2 sized paper using soft pastels and some pencil.
Magnums official website - www.magnumonline.co.uk
Rodney Matthews website- www.rodneymatthewsstudios.com

Megashark vs The Martians

A quick colour pencil drawing that I did as a gift to someone who is a fan of Sci fi and silly shark movies.
It features a Martian tripod from The War of the Worlds firing it's heat ray towards a giant megashark.
Colour pencil on A4 paper.

Guitar drawing. A pencil drawing of half of an electric guitar. I only drew the left half and it was originally going to be part of a project that I decided not to go ahead with.

Guitar Half

A pencil drawing of half of an electric guitar.
I only drew the left half of it. It was originally going to be part of a project that I decided not to go ahead with.

Eddies Iron Maiden Pumpkins. A pencil drawing that I did for Halloween a few years back. It started of as a sketch while I was listening to Iron Maiden, I started drawing Eddie (Iron Maiden's mascot - the creature in the centre). Then I had the idea of adding pumpkins and putting the band members faces in as if they were carved into them. Size A4 (210mm x 297mm) using various grades of pencil..

Eddies Pumpkins

A quick pencil drawing that I did for Halloween a few years back.
It started off as a sketch while I was listening to Iron Maiden, I started drawing Eddie (Iron Maiden's mascot - the creature in the centre).
Then I had the idea of adding pumpkins and putting the band members faces in as if they were carved into them.
Size A4 (210mm x 297mm) using various grades of pencil..

Robin

A very quick A4 pastel drawing I did of a robin.

Dean Sidwell Artist. Works in progress. Click to see my drawings taking shape.http://deansidwellart.weebly.com/works-in-progress.html

In the Works in progress and tutorials Gallery I will keep you updated with all the latest projects that I am working on.
It also includes progress pictures of my earlier drawings, all laid out in a tutorial style complete with descriptions of how each piece is created. So, if you are interested in seeing my drawing process, this is the place to look.

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You can now buy quality Art Prints and posters of my artwork.
There are also a wide range of gift items including mugs, coasters, zipper pouches & pencil cases, tote bags, cushions, clocks, stickers, greeting cards, phone cases and much more.

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