Andrew Forkner
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Artist Name: Andrew ForknerTuition
I am happy to visit art groups and clubs to give illustrated talks and demonstrations, or to hold half-day or whole day workshops in the use of a variety of media.
Send me an email with your contact number and I will get in touch to discuss your requirements.
More details can be found on my website.
Also;
I regularly teach drawing workshops at Nature in Art, Gloucester.
Contact:
Nature In Art Museum and Art Gallery
Wallsworth Hall, Main A38, Twigworth, Gloucester, GL2 9PA. UK.
Tel: 0845 450 0233 (local rate from anywhere in UK)
Fax: 01452 730937.
e-mail: ninart@globalnet.co.uk
www.nature-in-art.org.uk
I also teach 1-day workshops in my own home, for 1 to 4 people.
These days can be arranged to cover working in Pencil, Pastel or Acrylic and they take place in my light & airy work room.
See the 'Tuition' page on my website for more details.
Biography
At the start of his career Andrew produced mostly illustration
work, drawing birds and animals for journals, magazines and
books (most notably as principal illustrator for ?The Birds of
Oxfordshire' for which he produced the colour plate for the
dust-jacket and 87 of the 147 ink drawings in the book).
A self-taught artist, he has works in graphite pencil, acrylics and pastels to complete his originals. He has produced several commissions for the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds), of which he has been a member for over thirty years.
He is a keen naturalist and has travelled in both this country
and abroad in search of wildlife. His artwork has also travelled
widely, with examples of his art in collections in the UK, Europe, Kenya, Nepal, Canada and USA.
His work has been displayed at many British venues including
Nature in Art at Gloucester (where he participates in their
‘Artist in Residence' programme and runs drawing workshops),
The Mall Galleries, Christies, Sotheby's, The Artist and
Illustrator's Show at Olympia and Galleries at WWT Slimbridge,
Arundel and The London Wetland Centre.
Andrew draws his inspiration from a multitude of sources, either
through direct experience of a species or it's surroundings,
or from the indirect influence of his own sketches and photos.
Media
Acrylics, Coloured Pencil, Drawing, Pastels, Pencil/Charcoal
Subjects
Animals, Pet Portrait, Wildlife
