Drawings and Pastels of Birmingham

Drawing is my ultimate passion, it is so immediate, the media connecting directly with your fingers. With this series I have captured the energy of Birmingham at dusk and often in the rain. Depicted the speed of the moving cars, the atmosphere of the wet evenings in Birmingham and an impression of the majestic buildings without painstakingly depicting every window.

From the vantage point by Centenary Square, looking down onto Suffolk Street, the roadworks looking quite eery at night.
Using pastels to create the atmosphere of blurry cars moving through the yellow box intersection in front of the iconic, brutalist, Old Signal Box building. Using a cool palette showing a rainy night in Birmingham. Created by the artist Julie Swinsco
Using text book pages and white acrylic to form a layer of collage, I have then drawn on top with conte of the view from the footbridge over the Queensway road system near Snow Hill Station, Birmingham. Looking down to the underpass with cars and their light trails in monochrome black. Created by Julie Swinsco
Responding to my slow shutter photos of cars with light trails, pulling up to the roundabout with the pagoda sculpture in the middle by the tall Radisson Blu hotel. Created by Julie Swinsco.
From the vantage point by Centenary Square, looking down onto Suffolk Street, the roadworks looking quite eery at night.
Looking up to the new skyscrapers emerging by Snow Hill Station and the Queensway road system in the heart of Birmingham at dusk. In the foreground is a lone figure looking up to the buildings whilst standing on the footbridge heading to St. Paul's Square. Created by Julie Swinsco.
A pastel version of a moody evening with a purple blue sky, at a busy road called Navigation street, where cars are moving up to join the Queensway network in the centre of Birmingham. with the bright lights of the underpass which leads to the Mailbox. Created by Julie Swinsco.
Using soft pastels to depicting a wet rush hour in the rain in Birmingham showing movement and colour, using purples and reds, by the artist Julie Swinsco
A pastel section of a moody evening at a busy junction where cars are moving up Navigation street to join the Queensway network in the centre of Birmingham. With the bright lights of the underpass which leads to the Mailbox at the right hand side of the image. Created by Julie Swinsco.
A fluid pastel drawing from a high vantage point looking down to the flowing traffic on Suffolk Street with the illuminated Mailbox in the background. The foreground colours are hots reds and oranges to depict the moving traffic and complimenting the evening blue sky.
A fluid pastel whist standing on the platform at Snow Hill station Birmingham looking down the Queensway road system with the new skyscraper construction on the right hand side. Created by Julie Swinsco
a bright pastel showing the night time lighting looking through the underpass, with the Rotunda building on the left and figures at the bus stand. By Julie Swinsco.
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