Jan Szymczuk
Profile
A little about me,
I’m a self taught artist. A Geordie lad, from a village called
Pegswood in Northumberland, both my parents are Polish.
I now live in Stannington, Northumberland, commute and
work all over London.
My art education began in earnest at St. Robert’s Catholic
School in Morpeth, Northumberland.
I then moved onto a secondary modern school, namely St.
Benet Biscops Catholic School in Bedlington, Northumberland. It was here that I took my CSE and GCE’s.
I then spent two years at King Edward VII Grammer School in Morpeth, Northumberland, where I took O and A levels in Art.
I then moved onto a Foundation course in Graphic Design at Newcastle College, it was here that I really developed most of everything I do today, live portraits sketching, design concepts, graphics in different mediums.
I then joined the Metropolitan Police Service in London where thankfully I am still employed, doing what I seem to be good at, namely working as a Police Artist and have been doing so for about the past 30 years.
My favourite medium is still pencil, I find I can achieve a high
degree of detail in my sketches. I also take great pleasure in drawing cartoons and caricatures of subjects in both colour pens or simply in black ink.
More of my art is on my web: www.szymczuk.co.uk
Groups
Jan Szymczuk is a member of 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , Cats and Dogs (1 per day), Equine Art and Photography, Graphite Pencil Artists and Pencil Drawing (2 per 24 hrs).
