The Artist
Ethan was
born in Manchester 1973 and this is where he still lives. Although
Ethan chose not to pursue his art education, he went on to develop
his technique over the for following years. Ethan developed
an interest in the pen and ink focusing on stippling.
Stippling
is a technique best described as many little dots building up
to create the desired tones. This technique very effective but
also very time consuming. Ethan then chose to study another
pen and ink technique called crosshatch or hatching. The effects
are similar to stippling and instead of many little dots to
create the tones you draw lots of parallel lines.
Other than
artwork Ethan has a keen interest in Motor Sport, examples of
this can be seen on his website (see below). Formula 1 and MotoGP
are his main interests.
Of his work,
Ethan says:
"It's
fair to say I love to draw cars and bikes, but I can turn
my hand to most subjects, ranging from landscapes to portraits,
wildlife and of course, motor art. I focus on detail and accuracy
- my ultimate aim is realism".
In the spring
of 2010 Staedtler UK agreed to support his art and in the summer
of 2011 Ethan was accepted into The Club Artistes Auto
(CAA).The
CAA was founded by Nicolas Cancelier (Belgium), Paul Chenard
(Canada), Anna-Louise Felstead (UK) and Rick Rucker (USA) as
a vehicle for automotive artists to share their art, their ideas
and their time with fellow automotive artists.
Ethan is
extremely proud to have been accepted as a member of the CAA
especially with the high standards required for membership."
Ethan's
website is at www.ethanford.co.uk
... and
he can be contacted by email at:
ethanford@hotmail.co.uk.
