Duppy Art

15/06/2023

+ Quick reminder that I'm still doing Art and weekly live streams on TIKTOK is my channel , its like an old skool radio phone in mixed with live drawing, I draw people from TIKTOK on live and have a playlist of satirical digital cartoons * Nostrils & Co * come check me out and drop me a lion or universe 😜🤣🤣 +

30/06/2022

+ A regular figure in my early work in clay , first attempt at drawing him in pastel , Haile Selassie + https://youtu.be/wYwE0ghTfNI

A quick pastel drawing of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie and his dog

11/06/2022

+ Haile Selassie Speaks - "David will still beat Goliath" +

29/05/2022

https://youtu.be/NiCmrco8qKI

11/05/2022

+ I absolutely loved drawing this as I had no idea in which direction it was going 😄 +

https://youtu.be/oZqzKp-epgs

Lowry returns to Salford,to the banks of the river irwell to pay a visit to his 'Man on the wall'musicPeter, Paul & Mary - Don't think twice its alrite https...

19/03/2022

+ This weeks video just passed 500 views 🙀 which is massive for my small YouTube channel, im already half way through the next one 😉 +
https://youtu.be/CglKGr6hC24

A Pastel sketch of 2 people who brighten everyday, Colin & Shaun Afloat 😊 or monetized so i don't control adds that may appear in this...

09/03/2022

+ Not my usual Lancashire inspired work but a commentary on current world events
Drawn with Derwent pastels +

https://youtu.be/UnPRkwdfLj4

This is the 4th in the series of pastel drawings on corrugated cardboard , that's an entire box saved from being thrown away and turned into something diffe...

25/02/2022

+ I am terribly bad at updating this page 🤣 🙈
This year so far I have focused on Pastel sketches, these can take a couple of hours unlike the acrylic paintings which can take weeks or even months to complete.
I have always enjoyed working on corrugated cardboard, this gives me a bigger canvas to work on and I feel I can express myself better, the drawings below all have associated videos on my youtube channel > YouTube.com/c/DannyRanks or simply search for Duppy Art 😁 +

13/11/2021

+ I've finally started the Wet Earth Colliery repaint, making the Pastel drawing into an Acrylic painting 😁 + https://youtu.be/9HwxJLTJNZ4 +

11/11/2021

+ 2 video's up on my youtube today , both pastel sketches which I never made into full video's +

14/10/2021

+ Back for a second part to 'Painting Collyhurst' , mostly under-painting and composition 🎨🖼👍 +
https://youtu.be/VitBNTI8IZs

Earlier this year me and Martin Zero had the opportunity to visit HMG Paints as part of an investigation in to the Moss Brook and its outflow in to the River...

04/10/2021

+ So after months of using pastels I'm back to Acrylic, these take much longer, but 'Painting Collyhurst part 2 is taking shape 😁 ..a familiar scene from Collyhurst road of HMG workers having a catch up on their dinner break ☕ ..coming soon 😝 +

11/09/2021

+ The River Irk, Collyhurst, a River that holds the past like my Canvas holds the paint, like my mind holds an idea..this idea, prompted by a visit with Martin Zero , the Culvert, once an open watercourse , a tailrace for water wheels, water being provided by both the river at a weir and the Moss Brook, such a small area of massive industrial ideas and innovation.
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https://youtu.be/LrGbFB4pY7A

Back to the Irk valley and back to AcrylicThis painting is inspired by a visit to HMG Paints whilst researching the route of the Moss Brook as it passes in i...

06/09/2021

+ Back to the Irwell Valley with Martin Zero and James , this place just keeps giving 😜 +
https://youtu.be/duJ4GTU9fsM

Somewhere in the Irwell Valley we found a place ..exploring with Zero and James in the irwell valley https://youtu.be/_8d-3TlGRcomusic is ...

26/08/2021

+ Another Drawing of Lowry at a different age, this one felt very different, a pure sketch with no under-drawing , no defined palette and no plan, the background is a zoomed in composition of lowrys 'The Rush Hour' + https://youtu.be/ezaVhl9XV6A

I never get tired of drawing Lowry.Taking something as ordinary as a damaged piece of cardboard and giving it a new meaning, that's the kind of Art I love.mu...

09/08/2021

+ It's probably a good guess to say alot of Art is created from pain , be it felt directly by the Artist or empathetically captured in the Artist's mind from the suffering of other's.
*Materials . Soft Pastel sticks , pastel pencils*
Charlie Veitch & Alan Watts, Video here > https://youtu.be/5FdqMhW8vQw +

12/07/2021

+ In regards to my last post i decided to speak first in my most familiar way, with a drawing and my first attempt at drawing someone who if you squint your eyes kinda looks like me... i duno but i enjoyed this fast pastel sketch + https://youtu.be/5BArHLqhayo

This is a very fast pastel sketch of someone who kinda looks like me :)Music - Tracey Chapman - All that you have is your soul

11/07/2021

+ For the past X-amount of years i have been writing a book in my head ... i say book but its more thoughts and feelings about being a struggling Artist and how via my Art many doors have been opened, and in turn slammed in my face, how the urge to create ultimately leads to self destruction. Stories of unimaginable joy and periods of terrible despair, i have never been able to come up with a title for these stories so i shall be writing them in letter format, i am heavily influenced by the life and work of L.S Lowry and the letters sent by Vincent van Gogh to his brother , i in no way compare myself or my Art to Lowry or Vincent but i feel a kinship with their struggle, the pressure we put on our selves to attain the illusion of success and to fit in with an ever changing world.
As i take a step back from drawing and painting I'm finally going to start this and i totally understand that you probably came here to see visual Art and from time to time i will still post visual art that i feel compliments the writings.
This project will start later today with "Dear Laurence" 😊

24/06/2021

+ Today's video - a quick practice of skin tone layering using Pastel Pencils and Soft Pastel Sticks > Subject is me ol'mucker Mr Lowry 😁 video dropping Thursday dinner time 👍 +

14/06/2021

+ One Afternoon at Bill O'Jacks *Pastel on Canvas* & One Evening on Station Road *Acrylic on Canvas* both gone to their new homes 😁😁 +

22/05/2021

Playing with Pastels: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeX4GiNF1N2prz7DuI0XQrkvhfm6ntq1u

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15/05/2021

+ An absolute delight to work on this one, Session 2 dropping tomorrow afternoon 😁💯 +

13/05/2021

+ Today's Video , Trying to transfer canvas prep skills from paint and clay to pastels, I'm very new using pastels but very much enjoying them! 😁 Featuring 4 new pastel drawings that I'm currently working with including one of my favourite filmmaking duo's 😉🐵👻 +

https://youtu.be/cpNXrIQE3PI

In this video i show my particular way of darkening/blacking a canvas and how i think it improves overall light control , i show this in action on current pr...

12/05/2021