Jan Szymczuk

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About.Me

May 2011 Juried Invitational Exhibition

MY LATEST ARTWORK
WIP – Lily’s Story
WIP – Gypsy’s Story
WIP – Toby’s Story

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Local Gallery in Rothbury

LATEST NEWS

Well it seems my son, Jordan is now following in his dad’s footsteps, if you’ve a couple of minutes, take a look at his art, he needs all the encouragement we can give him.

BIO
I`m really a self taught artist. A Geordie lad, hailing from a small mining village called Pegswood in Northumberland, originally, from Polish parents. I now live in Stannington, Northumberland, where I’m enjoying all that retirement has to offer.
My art education began in earnest when I started 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 etc.

I served in the Metropolitan Police in London where, after 30 years service, I finally retired in March 2009 as the senior Police Artist at New Scotland Yard. I`m now looking forward to at least a few good years exploring the art I have waited so long to do.
My favourite medium is and always will be, is graphite pencil, as I can achieve a high degree of detail in my sketches, some say photographic. I also take great pleasure in drawing cartoons and caricatures of subjects in both colour pens or simply in black ink.
In the past few months, I have started painting in colour using a selection of different mediums, acrylics, watercolours, colour pencil and pastels. Of these, I have found that I enjoy using acrylic paint the most as it dries sufficiently fast enough for me to paint in the style I enjoy. This is probably due to the time constraints I had imposed on me during my employment as a Police artist, interviewing witnesses and victims of very serious crimes.

I love going out for walks with my three Siberian Huskies, into the countryside around me and all over Northumberland, where I use my camera to capture reference material for use in my artwork.

I am available for commissions, including portraiture, animals and also for one off caricatures, for hire to wedding receptions, parties, local schools, fun fairs and fetes etc.

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I’ve decided to do some housekeeping and have created another Redbubble Profile which will only show my photographs, I want to try and keep my Artwork seperate from my photos. This profile will now show only my artwork.

To see more photos of my Siberian Huskies then pop over to my OnlyPhotos Profile

My Canine Art Calender is now available

My Siberian Huskies Calender is now available

To all my Redbubble friends everywhere, all the best for 2010

I love my family and friends, always have, and always will.
I love walking my Huskies, always have, and always will.
I love looking at art, always have, and always will.
I love taking photos, always have, and always will.
I love life, always have, and always will.

but…

I REALLY LOVE creating art

More of my art can be found

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My authentic japanese name is Kojima (small island) Kazuki (one wood).

Tutorial – sketching a Collie

Tutorial – Drawing Old Belle

Tutorial

Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 1 – Face outline
Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 2 – Hair
Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 3 – Eyes
Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 4 – Nose
Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 5 – Mouth

Dog Sketches
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Horse Sketches

Rough Sketches