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  • A portrait format charcoal and pastel drawing of an artists model in the studio, she is standing with hands on hips viewed slightly side on, whilst wearing a red antique silk Japanese Kimono, her hair is tied up in a emerald green and yellow print scarf, we see her profile on, she looks straight ahead.
    The Life Room, Charcoal on Brown Paper, A3 (detail), 2023 – Nina Packer
  • A landscape format charcoal drawing of a sleeping dog on brown paper, his name is Fenrir, he is Deerhound Lurcher, large and wolfy, with shaggy black fur with silver tones and a white chest, beard and paw tips. He is sleeping peacefully, curled up with chin on paw.
    Fenrir, Charcoal on Brown Paper, A3, 2024 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format charcoal and pastel drawing of an artists model in the studio, she is sitting on a cushion and viewed side on, whilst wearing a red antique silk Japanese Kimono, her head is resting against one hand, her hair is tied up in a emerald green and yellow print scarf, we see her profile on, her eyes are closed.
    Amelia in the Red Kimono, Pastel & Charcoal on Paper, A3, 2024 – Nina Packer
  • A portrait format charcoal drawing on brown paper, of a girl sitting sideways on a chair, she is facing us, her left arm is draped over the chair back, her chin rests on her hands, which are clasped together, her eyes are closed. She is wearing an evening dress and bolero jacket, which is decorated with a Theatre mask pattern. She is beautiful, the drawn marks are loosely made.
    Madame Sarlette Dress Study 1 – Charcoal Drawing on Packing Paper – June 2023
  • A portrait format charcoal drawing on brown paper, of a girl standing, her hands rest on a chair back at her side, she is facing us and looking down to her right to the floor. She is wearing an evening dress and bolero jacket, which is decorated with a Theatre mask pattern. She is beautiful, the drawn marks are loosely made.
    Madame Sarlette Dress Study 2 – Charcoal on Brown Paper – July 2023
  • A portrait format charcoal drawing on brown paper, of the head and shoulders of a girl, she is sitting, her hands rest in her lap, she is facing us and sideways to her right. She is wearing a Japanese Kimono. She is beautiful, the drawn marks are loosely made.
    Study for Phoebe in the Antique Kimono – Charcoal Drawing on Brown Paper- 2022
  • A portrait format charcoal drawing on buff paper of a girl in a 1950s ballerina dress, she is sitting perched on the edge of a chair with her hands in her lap looking down and to the right, her hair is pulled back from her face, the dress is covered with black velvet roses. This is a study for a painting.
    Phoebe in Ballerina Dress – Charcoal Drawing on Packing Paper – 2021
  • A portrait format figurative charcoal drawing on white paper of the head and shoulders of a young girl, drawn loosely she is engrossed in making something just out of our eyeshot, her long hair is drawn to one side, the marks are loose.
    Pom Pom Making – Charcoal on Paper – March 2020
  • A portrait format drawing of a child in charcoal on paper, by Nina Packer. The figure is curled up, leaning against the arm of the sofa with her head resting on her arm. She is watching T.V. The charcoal is home made using willow, this drawing is from the first National Lockdown.
    Girl Watching T.V. – Lockdown Drawing using Home Made Willow Charcoal – March 2020
  • A portrait format pencil drawing of the artists daughter, she is sat in a wooden arm chair looking out from the page and wearing wolf t-shirt.
    Girl in a Wolf T-shirt – Pencil Drawing – Nina Packer – 2020
  • A portrait format drawing in charcoal and pastel on paper of two children with tiger facepaint, by Nina Packer. The figures are charcoal line drawings, the faces are the only colour, they are sitting in chairs with faces turned looking towards the right to a TV out of sight of the viewer, which s playing Tom & Jerry cartoons.
    Two Tigers Watching Tom and Jerry – Pastel and Charcoal on Paper – 2020
  • A portrait format drawing of a child in charcoal on paper, by Nina Packer. The drawing is a close up of her head, she is facing our left, watching Worzel Gummidge on T.V. The charcoal is home made using willow, this drawing is from the first National Lockdown.
    Girl Watching Worzel Gummidge – a Lockdown drawing on paper, using homemade willow charcoal, 2020.
  • A portrait format drawing in charcoal on the artists daughter, we see her from the side, head and shoulder, and she is sewing.
    Girl Sewing – Charcoal Drawing – Nina Packer – 2020
  • A portrait format charcoal drawing of a mother feeding her baby, the mother has long dark hair and is very beautiful, the baby has his back to us, there is a whippet on the sofa next to them.
    Mother Child & Whippet – Charcoal Drawing – Nina Packer – 2020
  • A square watercolour sketchbook drawing of the Cornish cove of Portloe, by Nina Packer; the viewer looks down from the coast path onto the rocks and water in the cove, the sea is greena dn blue and the rocks have patches of yellow lichen across them, the sea sparkles, the colours are bright.
    Portloe Sketchbook Drawing, Watercolour on Paper, 2019.
  • Autumn showers at Porthluney. A landscape watercolour drawing of the sea and headland at Porthluney by Nina Packer; the viewer looks across green water to a headland, with sea beyond and stormy skies with a patch of blue, the style is loose with lots of energetic pencil marks showing through the paint.
    Autumn showers at Porthluney – Sketch Book Drawings – Watercolour on Paper, 2020.
  • Sunny September Day at Porthluney, a sketchbook watercolour drawing by Nina Packer; the format is landscape, looking across yellow sands and blue sea, with a headland to the left, the brushstrokes are loose and pencil marks show through, there are white clouds racing over the sky, and the bracken on the headland is bright red.
    Sunny September Day – Porthluney Sketchbook Drawing, Watercolour on Paper, 2020
  • Landscape format watercolour and ink drawing of a view across the sea to Nare head and The Dodman, on the Roseland Peninsula, Cornwall. There are rocks in the foreground, the sea is still but you can see the darker blue of the currents in the water, and the sun shining on the surface. It is a bright, beautiful day.
    View from Portscatho across to Nare Head & The Dodman – Watercolour & Ink, Sketchbook Drawing 2018.
  • A landscape format ink and watercolour drawing of rocks at Portscatho harbour, Cornwall, by Nina Packer. The rocks are grey, with fissures and swirling shapes where the water has worn them, there are bright patches of orange and yellow lichen above the tide line.
    Rocks at Porscatho Harbour – Watercolour & Ink Drawing on Paper, 2018.

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nina_packer

Drawing • Painting • Printing •
Sometimes Silver & Jewels
Living & working in Cornwall
Represented by @thenewgalleryportscatho
Beautiful, abundant June! Month of: Blue skies an Beautiful, abundant June! Month of: Blue skies and Elderflower lace, green Alexander seeds enjoyed by Snails, raindrops on funnel Spider webs (legs lurking in the depths), sweet cordial making for Winter, amorous Common Red Soldier Beetles at a Hogweed party, psychedelic Tufted Vetch and a bright Blue Tailed Damselfly, Comma wings, Bramble flowers so perfectly pink, the pale primrose green Wood Sage flowers and brassy bubblegum pink Yarrow, tiny yellow suns of Nipplewort, almond scented frothy heaven that is Meadowsweet, purple pink trumpets of Wood Betony and tiny fragrant stars of Hedgebedstraw, and a buried Hill Fort (ploughed into the field by a farmer in the 50s) underneath lime green barley and little fluffy clouds. Glorious. . . #june #hedgetreasure #floraandfauna #cornishhedge #kernow
July Sketch Club today at St Ewe Church, (always t July Sketch Club today at St Ewe Church, (always the first Wednesday of the month 11-12.30 and all welcome), the start of a clumsy watercolour drawing in the peace of this beautiful old place. Bright outside and the churchyard is now full of Summer’s wildflowers, including a riotous hot pink Bindweed, fantastically named Convolvulus Dubius, (so ObsIdentify tells me). . . . @stewefriends #stewechurch #sketchclub #sketchbook #drawingclub #cornwallart
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