Dan Johnson Art

A black & white portrait of my girlfriend. I gave her this for Valentine’s Day. She seemed pleased (although it hasn’t been put up yet. Guess that’s my job!)

Digital media

A black & white self portrait. I painted this as an example for my People Portraits page.

Digital media

This is a caricature I painted of mind magician Derren Brown.

I’ve always been a fan of both his artwork and his TV shows, so I was delighted when I tweeted the sketch I did for this portrait, and he retweeted it and sent me a message to say thanks. Don’t think he has seen the finished painting yet.

Acrylic on canvas

Slightly caricature-ish portrait of the King of Pop

Acrylic on Canvas

80 x 100 cm

Some more figure drawings using the red chalk drawing technique.

For the male torso drawings, I also used white pencil to add highlights, giving the drawings more depth. The female figure was just a 5 minute sketch.

Here are some sketches from a recent life drawing class.

I’m really enjoying the effect of using red chalk on toned paper (it’s actually red pencil, but the technique is called red chalk drawing because it was originally done using chalk.)

This is a portrait of my friend’s cat, Tilly.

It’s painted digitally, but with the appearance of a charcoal drawing. You can commission a portrait like this on my Pet Portraits page.

I’ve been a fan of Bruce Lee since I was a little kid, and I got into martial arts around the age of 12, studying karate, followed by wing chun and tai chi.

So Bruce has always been an inspiration to me, not only as a martial artist, but also as a philosopher. The book Striking Thoughts is a collection of his philosophical quotes, and one of my favourite motivational reads.

Private commission, digital media.

“We asked Dan to paint Alfie (our Springer Spaniel) and only a week after sending a handful of photos for reference, we received the most incredible painting. We were blown away! The painting will take pride of place in our living room from now on.” ~ Chris

The owners of these two fine felines had this painting commissioned and then got it printed onto a box canvas to hang in their living room.

You can commission a painting like this on my Pet Portraits page.

Meet Joss and Rupert, my friend’s two loveable Beagles.

She commissioned me to paint them for her, and the finished paintings were printed on canvas and now take pride of place on her kitchen wall.

You can commission one like these on my Pet Portraits page.

Portrait of U2′s Bono

Acrylic on canvas

Portrait of Sheffield comedian Toby Foster

Acrylic on Canvas