The artwork of David Carlile.

Carp Talk competition winner

2010-06-28T06:34:00.000-07:00

The following drawing is of the winner of the Carp talk competition which run in

issue 815 15 th May.

Many thanks to Criss Ball

and the team at Carp talk for running the compettion.

The winners photo and the black and white working image .

The final artwork,

best wishes and kind regards David.

Some of my latest portraits.

2008-07-31T07:34:00.000-07:00

Some of the latest portraits that have been missing on my web site, this is due to the ever growing commitment's for commision works, the following are a a small sample of my work over the last year or so, i hope to update more often in the future.

Best wishes and kind regards David.

Carpworld competition winners

2006-12-30T16:22:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to the two winners and four runners up.
The two winners are :-
David Moncaster and Jon Mills, they each recieve an original DC artwork fishing portrait.
the four runners up are :-
Miss Pamela Martin
Mark Whitaker.
James Crawley
Julian Payne
The runners up each recieved one of the DC artwork fishing prints of thier choice.

Many thanks to Lewis porter and the Carpworld team.

2006-11-09T10:29:00.000-08:00

COMPETITION DETAILS OUT IN

CARP WOLD

NOVEMBER issue 194

Lewis Porter

2006-09-12T10:02:00.000-07:00

Lewis Porter with "Kitch" 39 Lb common carp

Lewis Porter is a staff writer with angling publications, and with his help i hope to be running a competition in the November issue of CARP WORLD .
My thanks to Lewis and all the staff at Angling publications

http://www.anglingpublications.co.uk/

Carp Hunter Baits field tester of the year 2005/2006

2006-08-16T03:08:00.000-07:00

Dan Kilgore, being presented with the field tester of the year trophy and a DC artwork original drawing by Dean Duke of Carp hunter baits.

Dan Kilgore with 35 Lb 12 Oz Mirror carp

Kevin Nash

2006-07-03T12:55:00.000-07:00

A recent portrait of Kevin Nash of Nash Tackle.
http://www.nashtackle.com/

Gary Owen

2006-06-17T18:23:00.000-07:00

Happy Farthers day to Gary Owen,

and congratulations on a fine catch of a 54 Lb mirror carp.

Carp Hunter baits field tester of the year

2006-05-21T04:52:00.000-07:00

Coming soon Carp Hunter baits field tester of the year 2005 / 2006

Last years winner Trevor Paterson field tester of the year 2004 / 2005 being presented with the Carp Hunter baits field tester of the year trophy and an original DC artwork portrait.

To read more about Carp Hunter baits you can go to
http://www.thecarphunter.com/

Three more recent fishing portraits.

2006-04-24T12:36:00.000-07:00

Rick Golder and 40 Lb Mirror carp

George and 68 Lb 2 Oz Mirror carp

Jamie Francis and 45 Lb 8 Oz Mirror carp

Lynn Woodward. Fishing portrait.

2006-04-08T06:15:00.000-07:00

An Earlier fishing portrait of lynn Woodward with a stunning Catfish, the portrait will be included in the main web site at a later date.

Lynn Woodward and 60 Lb Catfish.

Paul Stapley, awarded a David Carlile fishing print for raising the most money.

2006-03-18T09:28:00.000-08:00

CARTHAGENA FISHERIES & CARP-ANGLING.COM

WORKING WITH STONEY & FRIENDS CHARITY FISH IN 2006

As you know, between the 3rd - 5th March 2005 the annual Carthagena Fisheries, Carp-angling.com and Stoney and Friends 2006 Charity Fish In was held at Carthagena Fisheries despite freezing temperatures and frozen lakes the event still went ahead.The event and those that attended raised a grand total of over £4,000 in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief with more money still to come. This now takes the total raised over the last four events to over £20,000. Unfortunately the lakes provided no action due to regular freezing. However the rivers provided a little more sport with barbel up to 12.04.On behalf of those involved I would like to thanks everyone who supported the event over the weekend and thank the various websites who have allowed the event to be posted up on the forums.As ever a special mention must go out to those companies and individuals that supported the event with raffle prizes for what can only be described as a fantastic prize draw which took almost two hours to complete. In no particular order…
Fishing Republic, Essex Angling, Korda, CEMEX Angling, Carp Addict Magazine,Fox International, The Bait Feed Company, DC Artwork, Mo's Co, British Airways Clubs Angling Society, Crafty Catcher Baits, Dave & Kathy Walsh (DK Fisheries France), Heathrow Bait Service, Lea Valley Baits,Gardner Tackle, The Tackle Box, Nash Tackle, Dynamite Baits, Mainline Baits, CC Moore, Jim Shelley, Terry Hearn, Paul Selman, Trakker products, Pallatrax, Simpson's Tackle, Anglers Mail, Harefield Tackle, JRC products, Fosters of Birmingham, Epping Fishing Tackle, The Carp Society, Carp-Tech, Hookers Bait.A full write up of the event will be available on www.stoneyandfriends.co.uk in the near future.Once again many thanks for all your support, see you next year
Tim Luffman

Steve Howard

2006-03-09T02:30:00.000-08:00

Steve Howard.
Editor of Carp Addict magazine, and
winner of the best forum post in the Fat Carp forum competetion.
The original photograph as supplied by Steve.

The photograph croped and made ready for the reference print to work from.

The first rendering, showing the outline drawn and the first light application of pencil, also the first darks added to the face.
( 2 days work)

The face and shirt are now complete,
the shirt was a bit of a challenge, if you notice,
the white strips on the darker part of the shirt
appear whiter than the rest, this is an optical illusion, and is caused beacause the white against the dark stands out more than the white against the medium grey.
A start on the fish is now under way.

Almost there, did not do too much over the weekend, just the head and lower fins to complete.

Portrait now complete.

Steve Howard and common carp

Steve Burley fishing portrait.

2006-03-04T08:15:00.000-08:00

The original photograph for the fishing portrait of Steve Burley and the 18 Lb 8 Oz mirror carp

The photograph croped and ready for the reference print.

Day 1.
Scaned image of the drawn outline, enhanced for clarity.

Day 2.
Steve burley top half complete.

Day 3 and 4 the portrait is almost complete now,
more dark may be added to the scales later once the last part of the tail is complete and also the lower fins and hand is finished.

The completed portrait.

Steve Burley and 18 Lb 8 Oz Mirror carp.

Kevin Hewitt fishing portrait.

2006-02-18T17:02:00.000-08:00

This is the latest photograph for a fishing portrait.

The photograph croped and the background removed, the image is then turned into greyscale to be printed to use as the reference picture.

the first rendering showing the completed outline and first layer of pencil on the face and shirt.
Around 4 hours work

Second rendering showing the second layer added to the face and shirt and also a start on the fish, working from left to right.

Third rendering, the next stage will be to add more detail to the scales adding more dark to make them stand out a little more.
More blending may be required to make the white highlights stand out, the highlights are the most difficult to get right.

Kevin Hewitt with
"THE BIRTHMARK"
36 Lb 4 Oz Linnear carp

Finished fishing portrait in graphite pencil.