David Sandell

David is an award-winning artist working primarily in oils, pastel and pencil on portrait commissions, landscape paintings and limited edition prints. His background as an illustrator, designer and creative director was built on the ability to draw and sketch well. His commercial art and design experience covering over 40 years informs his current work but also enables him to share his knowledge through art classes and workshops. Although he has employed various types of media to produce art, he has focused on his main interests of drawing and oil painting over the last 15 years.

David’s process is broadly based on classical methods and he tends to follow a similar process for drawing and painting; developing the coloured pencil drawing or oil painting as a whole in stages rather than completing small sections. Although known for his treatment of detail, his pencil portraits often involve surprisingly few colours to achieve a convincing drawing. He uses coloured pencil to develop ideas for paintings; however, these drawings often become finished pieces in their own right and purchased by collectors.