{"id":2847,"date":"2013-10-16T08:02:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T08:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2013-10-16T08:02:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T08:02:20","slug":"alexandras-write-up-about-boris-my-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/2013\/10\/alexandras-write-up-about-boris-my-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandra&#8217;s write up about Boris My Bengal&#8230;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was really over the moon to receive runner up in the LAC Competition 2013 for \u201cBoris my Bengal\u201d<br \/>\nMy name is Alexandra, and I live in Maidstone, Kent. I have been married to Alan, a forestry consultant, for 33 yrs and have a daughter, Lisa, and two grandsons.<\/p>\n<p>I have 3 cats, one Persian and two moggies; Boris was a fun loving, mischievous Bengal, who enjoyed playing with other cats and was also very friendly. Unfortunately he developed a tumour and had to be put down last year and it was a great loss. The drawing is my way of remembering him.<br \/>\nI am a self taught graphite pencil artist, and have only been drawing seriously since 2010. I was given \u201cDrawing from line to life\u201d by Mike Sibley, for Christmas and was so inspired by the detail in his drawings that I decided that I was going to adopt the same approach.<\/p>\n<p>I used Mellotex white 250gsm paper, Staedlter 780 clutch pencils (2H, B, and 2B), and my trusted Blu-tack eraser. When I draw, I imagine that every 1\u201d of my drawing could be a picture on its own right. It takes me quite a long time to draw as I want the viewer to see the detail and more than just pencil strokes. I think I spent about 12 weeks drawing Boris until I was happy with the texture of the fur.<\/p>\n<p>I enrolled on the Coloured Pencil course with Julie Douglas, and have nearly completed the first set of assignments. 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