Amber Louise Lawler

I am a young self-taught Artist based in Sydney, Australia. I have always been a creative person and my love for art began as a young child.

I tend to find myself most interested in people and the majority of my work focuses on detailed pencil portraits inspired by the beauty inside the fashion world. I enjoy drawing the more peculiar, angular faces of high fashion models as I find them to be a more interesting subject when compared to what you might call traditionally beautiful people. In addition to my fashion illustrations, I create varying artworks where death is a commonly reoccurring theme. Fellow artists, music, mood, etc also have a great influence on how a piece will turn out.

Although my work is realistic, I don't strive for photographic accuracy. I begin a project by taking a few different elements from photos or life and arranging them in a way I find appealing. My portraits are often accompanied by a splash of colour or abstract shapes and my colour palette usually leans towards cool tones of black, white, purple, blue and green.

I use a variety of different media for my art, but most commonly I use graphite, charcoal and carbon pencils. I love the high levels of contrast that can be achieved with these medium...

Certificate III in Makeup Artistry.

WHEN LIFE HANDS ME A SKATEBOARD
Wellington, New Zealand - April 2014.

MOSAIC RAW SHOWCASE
Manning Bar
Sydney, Australia - 28th March 2014

ALL THE LOST SOULS SOLO SHOW
Blacklisted Gallery
Sydney, Australia - 15th April 2014