About

I have always tried to draw and paint but somehow life got in the way. I am now retired and have time to indulge my passion for creating art.

Over the last couple of years I have realised that I like drawing people. People working, playing or just walking along the street. People in cafes and parks, formal portraits and nude studies, as long as there are people to draw I am happy.

I am proud to have been appointed the artist in residence to the Lord Lieutenant of Dorset. I attend civic ceremonies and community events where I record the day doing real time sketches in pen and watercolour. I also offer workshops to local schools and youth groups to help young people explore their creativity and prove that anyone can create.

I belong to two art societies, Broadstone Art Society and Poole and East Dorset Art Society. I also go out with the Bournemouth and Poole urban sketchers who are part of the global urban sketchers movement.

For the last two years I have led workshops in the fringe tent at the New Forest Folk Festival demonstrating to festival goers how they can easily create a visual record of their experiences while listening to great music. I am pleased by the feedback I have received and the sketches festival goers have shared with me following the workshops.

I also offer workshops to local art societies and craft groups showing other creatives how they can add figures to their repertoire. Contact me for details.

You can also see my work on Instagram at roberts1253 and on Facebook at Art by David