Welcome to my site.I am Joan Batty, a 'spare time' pencil artist, living in a Yorkshire
village called Queensbury set high on a hill between Halifax and Bradford.
I have lived in Queensbury for almost
forty years. Although I have never had any formal training, drawing has been a major interest of mine since I was a child.
Buildings and stone feature quite a lot in my work.
I find the colours and textures fascinating.
One of my other interests is in maps and their creation.
I have devised two local, pictorial maps. One featuring Queensbury, its many pubs and snippets of history, the other
- a similar one of Halifax.
I gain an immense amount of satisfaction from drawing. Watching work grow is very pleasing!
I use a variety of grades of pencil to get my results,
none of them expensive, indeed Rexel 'Office Pencils' are ideal for certain tones. I generally draw on to white mountboard
but occasionally use a smooth cartridge paper.
People often ask me how long
it takes to complete a picture. The answer is, I don't know. A lot depends on the amount of detail involved, the colour blends
required and, most important of all, my enthusiasm! Only once or twice have I struggled to summon up the excitement of creating
a new picture when commissioned. I try to remember at such times that the particular view or building asked for, means something
special to my client. Normally, though, when I embark on a new project, I am eager to get started.
Feel free to browse my pages and
please use the box below to get in touch and send me your comments. I would
love to hear from you .
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