Upcoming Classes with Jonathan Newey
About Jonathan Newey
Jonathan Newey is an award winning artist and has been teaching in adult education for over twenty years. He is experienced in a number of mediums including watercolour, acrylic, oil, pencil and resin and has been a demonstrator for Derwent, Karisma, and the UK Coloured Pencil Society of which he is a founder member and signature artist. Jonathan has exhibited at various prestigious venues including West of England Academy, Royal Society of Birmingham Artists, The Mall Galleries, London and the affordable Art Fair, Battersea. Examples of his work can be found on his website:
www.jonathannewey.com
Career Highlights and Achievements
Jonathan has published three books:
Inspirations
I am inspired by nature in various forms such as light, colour, texture, landscape, wildlife and space. Inspiration comes from ideas and sketches gained by looking at books, magazines, painting outside and also the work of other artists such as the French Impressionists and the abstract impressionists of the middle to late twentieth century.
Other Interests
www.jonathannewey.com
Career Highlights and Achievements
- 1997: Winner of mixed media category of PAWS (Paint a Wildlife Subject) national competition.
- 2001: Best of show UK Coloured Pencil Societies inaugural exhibition
- 2003: Finalist in The Daily Mail ‘Not the Turner Prize’ national competition at the Mall Galleries in London
- 2009 Presidents Award UK Coloured Pencil Societies Annual Exhibition
- 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016 & 2017 Selected and exhibited at the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London. 2010 & 2011 awarded ‘Highly Commended’
- 2011 Cass art award for ‘Best Wildlife Drawing’ at the UK Coloured Pencil Society’s annual exhibition held at Westminster Hall, London
- 2011 awarded signature status by the UK Coloured Pencil Society
- 2016 3rd prize International Artist Magazine Abstract Art Challenge
- 2016 & 2017 wild card entrant on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year
Jonathan has published three books:
- Drawing with coloured pencils
- Drawing and painting buildings
- How to draw wild animals
Inspirations
I am inspired by nature in various forms such as light, colour, texture, landscape, wildlife and space. Inspiration comes from ideas and sketches gained by looking at books, magazines, painting outside and also the work of other artists such as the French Impressionists and the abstract impressionists of the middle to late twentieth century.
Other Interests
- Historical re-enactment
- Art History
- Gardening