Jay Greig is a graphite pencil artist from Carson City, Nevada. He was borin in 1980. Greig owns and manages J. Greig Graphics, a company through which he publishes and sells his work. This graphite pencil artist creates detailed illustrations which portray a variety of themes. For the creation of his artworks, he uses a variety of pencils. Greig uses mainly perspective, rich tonality and a number of rendering techniques in order to create depth and movement.
The graphite pencil artist is inspired by his life-long love of animals and nature. His graphite pencil drawings have won many awards in numerous national and international juried shows, including the Salmagundi Club, American Artists Professional League, Allied Artists of America, and Audubon Artists.
Furthermore, his artworks have been featured in a number of publications such as Western Horseman and American Quarter Hourse Journal have featured Greig’s artwork, as well as numerous other articles and covers on various publications. The drawings of the experienced artist, Jay Greig, have been widely published and dwell in collections in Europe, the UAE and the United States.
The graphite pencil artist obtained his Associate of Arts Degree from the University of Nevada, with Summa Cum Laude honors.
Projects
- RiverPencil The pencil is a drawing instrument with a lead, usually made of graphite and clay, encapsulated in a cylinder of wood, paper or plastic. H (from hard = hard) and B (from black = black) are distinguished, and separate with a number to specify the hardness. The Italians invented the wooden one in the 18th century. From there, millions of units were manufactured in all countries of the world. Today 18 billion pencils are manufactured per year, that is, 50 million a day or 500 per second. A
- MountainThe number before these letters indicates the degree of relative softness or hardness. Thus, a 7B pencil will be softer than a 5B or 3B. The same numerical relationship is used to denote hardness. This means that, depending on what we want to draw, we can choose the one that suits us best. With a soft lead pencil we can achieve a wide variety of tones, from deep black to a smooth and homogeneous gray. With hard lead pencil we can draw very fine and clean lines. It can be drawn with graphite penc
- LandscapeThe graphite technique is the least complicated to work with. Due to its shape, weight and size, the pencil is the most handy and easy to use drawing instrument, it does not require an exceptional pulse to be used and it is easily erased. Graphite pencils are graded according to their softness or hardness on a scale from 8B to 8H: the letter B denotes softness and the H denotes hardness.
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Work history
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Graphite Pencil ArtistJ. Greig Graphics
Carson City, United StatesFull Time
Through his a company Jay Greig publishes and sells his work.
Skills
- Graphic Art
- Painting
- Drawing
Education
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Associate of Arts Degree in Visual ArtsUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, United States
Jay Greig obtained his Associate of Arts Degree from the University of Nevada, with Summa Cum Laude honors.