Wendy Bailey

Life Drawing is my passion. I love the challenge of curves, angles, texture and context.   When I draw, I’m only thinking about mark making shapes and spaces.   The complexity of a foot intrigues me, or that an ear is next to the elbow in a certain pose, of sometime it’s nostrils that really complete the image! 

I love to draw on a huge scale.  This probably stems from my earlier career as a scenic artist in the theatre where I had to paint on large ‘flats’ or canvasses.

 I love the freedom and joy of making a life size sweep of charcoal on paper to capture the line from neck to toe.  I’m hands on and exhuberant with marks.  Knowing when to stop is an art.

 I use dramatic coloured pastel, conte markers, charcoal and silk screen printing. 

 Art called me back after a gap of 30 years since I last picked up a piece of charcoal. 





Wendy is a member of the Essex Network of Artists' Studios.
 http://www.essexstudios.org.uk/users/wendy-bailey