About Sophie
I am a wife and mother to two young children, a yoga and animal lover. Living in the beautiful Kent countryside it is easy to find inspiration around every corner.
I enjoy using pencil as its varying tones of delicacy and drama allow meticulous detail to achieve powerful portraits. I particularly love the intensity and brightness of the eyes to let the soul of my subject shine out of the page. My materials of choice are Faber Castell and Derwent pencils on heavyweight paper and Winsor and Newton gouache.
I have been drawing and painting my whole life and after 12 years work in fine jewellers in London as a gemmologist and diamond grader, I decided to make a go of it!
