I am 18 years old and I am a year 13 sixth form student studying History, Maths and Physics at A level. I’ve been drawing cars ever since I could pick up a pencil and everything I did in primary school, and some of secondary school, was car based. I am looking to go on to do a degree at university in architecture and go on to become a fully trained architect.
In 2011 I was involved in the building of Newport Youth Club, Essex, and that’s where the youth club murals come in. “In 2011 we started the build of the new Newport Youth Club. I was lucky enough to be allowed to design the interior of one of the music rooms. In this space I chose to design two murals facing at either end of the room. On the west wall I added two cars (a Nissan Silvia and a Mitsubishi Evolution X) facing inwards and then on the east wall I drew a Nissan 350z drifting away. The idea behind this was to make you feel as though you are standing right in this spectacle.
To create these pieces me and a couple of my friends used normal wall paint and then a mixture of bushes, sponges and masking tape to create the final composition.
For this work and all our other work to help build the youth club and maintain it we were awarded a Community Achievement Award from Uttlesford district council.”
I’m a member of the Youth Club committee and I still do lots of volunteering there.
Me starting painting the pictures I do has really steamed from the Youth Club work and has made me want to do this and take this on as a proper hobby.
I’m looking to do an exhibition when I have enough work although that’ll be done when my exams are over in the summer and so not a lot of work is going to get done from now until late June. I haven’t been involved in any exhibitions yet but I would like to be if the opportunity arises.
I’m mainly a car person but I’ll draw and paint just about anything or at least give it an attempt.
You can see more of Daniel's work on his blog here. Also, you can follow him on Facebook here.
Meanwhile, enjoy some of his work below. Always respect copyright.
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