Jonathan Newey

Jonathan Newey

Member since Thursday 27th Oct, 2011


Jonathan Newey is an award winning artist with over 25 years of experience in both drawing and painting. Born in Reading, England, he comes from a long line of artists in his family. He has extensive experience in a wide range of mediums and subject matter and is considered to be one of the UK's top coloured pencil and graphite artists. He specialises in wildlife paintings in acrylic and wildlife drawings in pencil but also does paintings in architecture and abstract in acrylic and watercolour. He has over 16 years experience as a teacher and lecturer and has taught in local and national adult education colleges and has also taught in various countries around the world such as Greece, Cyprus, Spain, France and Italy.
He has exhibited both nationally and internationally and has paintings in various collections both at home and abroad.
Jonathans new book 'Drawing and Painting Buildings' is now available.
The book is a comprehensive guide to drawing and painting buildings in a variety of styles and mediums. Subjects covered include old and new buildings, perspective, drawing and painting with pencil, watercolour, acrylic, oil and pastel. The book is published by Crowood Publishing, and is available from all good book shops and online book stores. Price: £16.99.

Jonathans first book 'Drawing with coloured pencils' is still available.
The book is a comprehensive guide to drawing with coloured pencil with 16 step by step demostrations using both dry and watersoluble coloured pencils and such subjects as still life, animals, landscape, architecture and people.
The book is published by New Holland Publishers of London and is available from all good book shops and online book stores.
Price: £9.99 softback