About Me

About Me

My name is Dawn Hales.

I have always enjoyed drawing from a young age and everything I have learnt has been self taught and with each drawing that I complete, I learn a little more.

It was in 1992 that my hobby took a different direction. I found that I was spending too many hours at work and by the time I got home, getting out the pen and pad was a bit of a task. So, to ensure that at least one night a week I would finish work early, I enrolled in evening classes at my old school. It was here that I learnt to draw with a mapping pen and ink, but frustrated with blobs of ink from an overloaded pen ruining picture after picture, I bought a technical drawing pen. The pen I use is .13mm which is extremely fine. I use this for architectural drawings which need fine lines and detail, and sometimes for animals using a stippling (dot) effect which is gradually built up to produce a realistic drawing.

Shortly after the evening classes finished, I was commissioned by the company I worked for at the time to draw various construction projects they had built, which were then printed and produced as Christmas cards. I then started to get commissions from family and friends which ranged from pictures of pets to favourite landscapes and buildings using either graphite pencils or the technical pen.  And then I discovered Corel Painter and it was using this software that I started producing art in colour. It’s great knowing that if you make a mistake, edit/undo is so much better than starting all over again!

For all commissions, I always work from photographs and if I don’t take the photo myself, my only request is for as clear a picture as possible, preferably a good quality digital photograph with as much detail as you can get. Especially the eyes for portraits/pet portraits.

The finished work would be delivered to you unframed and any hard copy photographs returned. So, if you would like to treat yourself or give someone special a unique gift, please contact me using the link below.


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Testimonials
Ian & Maree says: We love your work!
Sarah S. ”The drawing of Magic looks fabulous”
Kathleen M. ”Absolutely thrown by how accurate you have drawn them”
Sheila C. ”Absolutely fantastic photo restoration. My Mum is over the moon and so am I”
Kevin H. ”Portrait is fantastic”
Paul O’Neill (album covers). ”How do you come up with these ideas? Totally blown away. Brilliant”
Mike Tattam – ”We commissioned Dawn to draw a picture of Rick Parfitt from Status Quo & we are delighted with the outcome. Professional throughout she checked with us at every stage of the process & kept us informed of how the artwork was progressing. An extremely gifted artist, we would definitely use her again, thank you Dawn”.
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