Brian Gallagher http://bdgart.com/blog illustrator Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:53:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Step by Step http://bdgart.com/blog/2012/02/step-by-step/ http://bdgart.com/blog/2012/02/step-by-step/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:53:50 +0000 Brian http://bdgart.com/blog/?p=791 Here is a simple step by step of my scraperboard technique. This is the initial pencil drawing of Gort an Choirce>>

Once I’ve transferred it to a piece of black scraperboard>> I begin scraping out the white areas

More white is gradually revealed……..

Adjustments made, the piece is now finished.

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This Thursday sees a preview of
Book Publishing work
from a selection of IGI members which will be opened by
Siobhán Parkinson>>
Laureate na nÓg>>
Thursday 26th January @ 8pm

The United Arts Club>>
3 Upper Fitzwilliam St
Dublin 2

Exhibition continues until February 13th 2012
Viewing Mon to Friday 11am to 11pm
www.illustratorsireland.com www.scamp.ie

Featuring:

Eoin Coveney
Peter Donnelly
Brian Gallagher
Adrienne Geoghegan
Joven Kerekes
Chris Judge
PJ Lynch
Kevin McSherry
Karen Nolan
Donough O’ Malley
Maurice Pierse
Niamh Sharkey
Steve Simpson
Margaret Anne Suggs
Annie West

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This is another one from a series of Legal books I worked on just before Christmas.

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To start 2012 here’s a recent book cover I did.

It’s one of a series of Legal books I worked on just before Christmas.

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This was done for the Westend stage adaptation of Ladykillers>>
Graham Linehan>> was involved with the script….

It was commissioned as a present for the Producers of the show.

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I currently have a small pop up exhibition in The Wine Buff >>

The shop is located on the Triangle in Ranelagh. If you like wine it’s a really great store.

The work will be on display there till January, please call in if you are passing.

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Here’s a scraperboard that is on show at The United Arts Club’s >> Christmas show.

It’s an old farmstead behind Aghla More>>

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I’m lucky to be one of the 10 finalists for the Fire- Illustration Competition.

Exhibition is opening this Thursday night at 6pm

Thanks to all at Fire>>

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Another mornings work in the life room of the RHA>>

Charcoal, Pastel and Conte on Canson Mi-Teintes paper.

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A drawing of Guisseppe, who posed at the RHA>> the other week.

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