My name is Lee Brown. I am a traditional artist living on the Jurassic Coast of the UK. I graduated from BA Drawing at Falmouth University in 2021 and have spent the time since specialising in the illustration of dinosaurs and other prehistoric life. My primary mediums are pen, watercolour and coloured pencils.

My artistic journey started as an urban sketcher - drawing people in cafes, on trains, street scenes and urban life. This is a popular genre of drawing and those who do it often use watercolour and pen due to its quick application and compact nature. Due to many other artists tackling the same subject with the same mediums, I found it hard to differentiate my work from that of other urban sketchers. My wife suggested as we are on the Jurassic Coast, I should add dinosaurs. Fast forward a year or so and I came up with the idea of adding dinosaurs to my urban sketches, much to my wife’s amusement. So I set about learning to draw dinosaurs from all angles and perspectives from imagination. It wasn’t long before the urban sketching faded away and the dinosaurs took over.

I am endlessly fascinated by prehistoric life and have found drawing to be a perfect tool to investigate, question and learn about dinosaurs and their contemporaries. My dinosaurs are often depicted in the moment, simply going about their lives. I imagine them as if you’re watching your dog, unnoticed in the back garden, almost reliving an ancient character that has not yet been shaped by humans.