John W Johnston
 I started dabbling with watercolours about 10 years ago, in my mid-fifties. I started by accident but found I thorougly enjoyed it. My progress has been slow and I don't think I'll ever consider myself as anything more than a beginner. One day, feeling quite pleased with the pencil outlines I'd laid down for a new painting, I decided to attempt a pencil drawing proper. I was thrilled with the result and excited that I'd made a picture just with paper and a pencil. I was hooked.
Though I've persisted with watercolour, I have to confess that I am much more at home working in pencil, though my favourite medium is the pen. I will feature some of my pen work in my next Showcase. For now, I'd like to show my pencil work and have chosen drawings across a range of subjects from buildings to animals to portraits. The only noteable exclusion is a Landscape, and that is something I intend to rectify very soon.
For anyone who may be interested, I'd like to mention that all of my art is on my web site. It is easy for us to feel that we are not progressing and it's a good thing to look back from time to time and take note of just how far we've travelled on this incredible journey. All of my pencil work from my very first drawing can be seen in chronological order just by clicking through the four Pencil pages in my galleries. Maintaining a good web presence is important to me, not only because I enjoy sharing art with others, but because I want to encourage and inspire other people who have never tried art, to have-a-go. A respectable end result is the icing on the cake, but the main enjoyment is in the 'doing'.
Currently I have the following sites :-
My Art Galleries
Personal Web Site
Art Web Site
Art Forum for Beginners
Blog
and I can be found on Facebook and Twitter.
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