About

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Ken Taylor

Born in Yorkshire

Lives in Quidhampton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

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I became a student of portrait drawing and painting after a career as an engineer firstly in research and civil engineering, where drawing and perspective were the norm. Shell needed a soil mechanics engineer to coordinate the seabed investigations for their North Sea development in 1974.  That led to a 30 years career living firstly in London, The Netherlands, Far East and Gulf region and retiring in 2006 as country manager in Kuwait.  After some years volunteering for community groups, I became introduced to drawing portrait, eventually discovering the internationally renowned www.sarumstudio.com and inspiration under excellent teaching.  I've been privilege to studying there several weeks a year, tutored by Nicholas Beer and his deputy Alastair Barford, sharing in the trials and joys with other students of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities.   

Improvement comes with lots of practice; some say it take 30,000 hours to become half decent.

Persevering at about 5000, with some way to go.