#eleanor spanton

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The original demon cat. A sketch for my youngest sister’s 21st birthday 🥰

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Eleanor Spanton

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Eleanor Spanton is a visual artist based in a tiny village in rural Essex, UK. She graduated from UCA Canterbury in 2014 with a degree in Fine Art, and is now attempting to put her creative skills to good use. Specialising in drawing and painting among a variety of other media, her work often combines anatomical studies with narratives from mythology and folklore, exploring the connections between body and landscape.  

 Check out her tumblr and Behance account.

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Dahlia painting

This is going to be part of a poster for a workshop I’m organising, but I might make it available as a print too!

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Simple flower structure diagrams for my botanical painting workshop on Sunday. Thinking of making digital versions and posting them here if anyone would find that useful?

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Little peony petal glass frame painting

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My etsy shop is now open again! Take a look at the new prints and cut out cards here

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Getting there! Working on values at the mo, this is going to be part of a poster to advertise an art workshop I’m running in August

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Part of my chalkboard design for Ashlyns Farm Shop deli, slowly making my way around the shop and restaurant redesigning their chalkboards!

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Hand signed giclée print now available in my Etsy shop! I've always loved the structure of Dahlia flowers, and couldn't resist painting this gorgeous blush variety! Printed on beautiful Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper (a 308gsm cotton based paper with a slight chalky feel and excellent colour depth) using archival inks.

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This morning’s warmup, hands from a painting by Victorian artist Frank Dicksee.  Would like to continue with this if I get time!

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Ready to scan and paint! 

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This morning’s warmup sketch. Think it’s important to show the drawings that I struggled with (as evidenced by the 4 or 5 extra legs scrubbed out here...) even though that upsets my perfectionism!

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Render render render, so much pink! Working on adding depth.

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Starting to refine petals now 🌸