Clare Caulfield

Clare Caulfield

Came across her work at the Yorkshire gallery in the Piece Hall, Halifax.
I really liked her work and it reminded me a bit of more sophisticated drawings of my continuous drawings of buildings.
All my drawings so far have been fine liner pen drawing but I think that they would translate well into etches like these!

Saltire

 I immediately recognised this as an arcade in Leeds. Somehow she has really managed to capture perspective but not in an architectural way, it is still inaccurate and has character.

Leeds Archade

One of the first continuous line drawings I did last year was sat on these railings, drawing the shops on the left and the entrance to Kings College Cambridge (as shown here). I like how there are blocks of colour... not too bright. Also there is still character in this piece. I like how it has captured how gloomy Cambridge by here which is created texture on the etching plate i guess.

Cambridge

 I really like that she draws in different places, Europe and America. I have drawn a view of Venice from a holiday I went on and appreciate how complicated it is capturing the water and the magical atmosphere. Her inclusion of colour creates a sense of life and beauty. The tone of the blues and pinks particularly creates a very vibrant effect. Maybe this is something that I need to start including. 

Venice

 This has inspired me to not just draw using fine liners, that I could perhaps also use coloured pencils with watercolour as shown here. This creates quite a naiive effect but it works because Caulfield understands the basics of image making so she can really pull it off.

Paris