Bec Winnel

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I have been watching Winnel for years now, I think you can find her almost on all illustration websites, and for me there’s no wonder, being as fantastic as she is. Her style is very delicate; I think she mostly uses colored pencils as a medium from what I can see in her drawings. She is ‘inspired by all that is beautiful’ (Gemma Freeman, 2011), and conveys that in her own images, using the softest lines, shadows and colors. It’s also common in her art to find portraits of women, accentuating their features and making them look stunning.

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What I also love about her art is the breathy feeling, the fact that there isn’t much contrast to make it bold, but thanks to her lovely faded shadowing with light colors, it gives the feeling that the page is breathing, and the air is just floating around the character she drew. It’s straight forward that she is a nature lover, all the bits she ads to a portrait, like a leaf or flowers make them stand out and look gorgeous. I sometimes get the feeling that when she draws a character so faded, it’s almost like is about to disappear, and it has a strange fairy feel.

Image found at: http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/BecWinnel/view (Accessed: 27 April 2012)

Reference list: Freeman, G. (2012) ‘Artist in Residence: Bec Winnel - new Element Eden Advocate’, Nollie, 21 October. Available at: http://www.nollie.tv/2011/10/artist-bec-winnel-is-a-new-element-eden-advocate-sister-of-daydream-lily.html (Accessed: 27 April 2012)