1. Bec Winnel - OZ Commercial artist, illustrator
Colour pencil and oil paint (teaching herself)
Started selling work on Esty
Went to Tafe at 27 to study art
Enter as many competition as you can, have work on multiple websites
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2. Bec Winnel, Ginta Face study 2

3. Influenced by Sarah Moon and Lilly Piri

4. Composes image in photoshop sometimes using stock images that she buys, traces outlines on to paper – especially eye shape, nostrils, and lips - does drawing in colour pencil, scans, adds more colour, adds pattern….

8. Time lapse portrait by Bec Winnel on Vimeo

10. My piece is called Contemplation
My piece is called Contemplation. It plays on questioning ones life direction, what is important and how to get there. The dark background symbolises the solitude of these moments and the moth is a light of hope, a sense of having a guardian angel close by. This is my 1st oil painting. Started with a monochrome under-painting. Was great to focus just on light, shadow and form without the complication of colour. Adding the colour in thin layers.
I thoroughly enjoyed working on this little oil on canvas piece (approx. 16 x 22 cm). I have been playing with oils on and off for the past few years, this it the first piece that has been finished! I think, with the other failed pieces, I started too large! I’ll slowly build up to larger pieces ;)