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London based artist Curtis Holder works primarily in graphite and coloured pencil to create large-scale portraits and figurative works on paper. 'I use line to investigate motivations, connections and conversations, working in pencil to create large portraits and figurative drawings. Whenever possible I draw subjects from life as conversation is the starting point of all my work. Through mark …

Based in Devon, Sarah Bee's work is informed by nature, being constantly inspired by the visual commotion of the landscape around her. 'I strive to capture this interplay of light, atmosphere and texture. The combined effect is sometimes subtle, sometimes dramatic – and all too easy to miss if you don’t take time to really look.Ultimately, it’s the challenge of portraying the various juxtapos …

Landscape artist Andrew Barrowman works en plein air, creating a number of sketches and seeking out alternative views of familiar places.Andrew uses a variety of dry media but favours charcoal. He enjoys the subtle tones that can be created by this wonderful medium. He works tonally and prefers to build up his drawings quickly and energetically with random mark making, without using lines that res …

Roger Dellar's enjoyment of painting is the process rather than the end result. It is about finding the subject and letting it emerge. He enjoys the surface created, the brushwork and the differences between lean and fat paint. He wants the painting to read from a distance as reality, but close up to be a series of marks. With composition, he likes this to emerge by looking for the spatial qu …