1. 1. Melissa Wheeler
   
2. 2. As a little girl
   She would always scribble patterns
   
3. 3. Her father would buy her boxes and boxes
   of coloured pencils
   
4. 4. Her Year 12 major art work
   was a large scale coloured pencil drawing
   
5. 5. After school the pencils were put away
   Art was no more
   
6. 6. Years later
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Melissa began to draw again
   
7. 7. Creating abstract art using coloured pencils
   
8. 8.
   • From her earlier works, she developed her own style with coloured pencils
   • 9. Her drawings are instinctive and she keeps layering and colouring until they sing
   • 10. Every drawing takes hours upon hours
   • 11. The drawings are a way for Melissa to express her words of emotions and thoughts into images
   • 12. To Melissa, black and white is important as she says black and white dont lie
9. Inspired by
   Magic &
   Illusion
   Surrelism
   Tattoo Art
   
10. 13. Forms and patterns from
    Nature
    Plants
    Animal Life
    are the basis of her line work
    
11. 14. Lets viewMelissascurrent galleryof work
    
12. 15. Black and White
    dont lie
    
13. 16. Layers upon layers
    
14. 17. Expressing thoughts and emotions
    
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16. 19. What
    will inspire your art?
    How
    will you produce your art?
    
17. 20. Melissa Wheeler
    Contemporary Abstract Artist
    Coloured Pencil Art
    
18. 21. Reference Listhttp://nicki-niknak.blogspot.com/2009/03/surrealism-1924.htmlhttp://jjgallaher.blogspot.com/2010/07/contemporary-american-surrealism-you.htmlhttp://nicki-niknak.blogspot.com/2009/03/surrealism-1924.htmlhttp://mogoel.com/hawaiian-flowers-tattoos-for-girls-picture-gallery/http://www.unique-tattoo-design-art.co.cc/2010_03_01_archive.htmlhttp://mogoel.com/hawaiian-flowers-tattoos-for-girls-picture-gallery/http://unlimitedbengalimuzic.blogspot.com/2010_07_06_archive.htmlhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_girl_drawing_with_blue_pencil.jpghttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Melissa-Wheeler-Art/137215102988657?ref=tshttp://wrightsweb.net/melissawheeler_art/Narellan Library Artist displayArty Caf Narellanhttp://www.alkalima.com/?page=Archives&vol=8&issue=2&id=108http://gardeninggarden.com/tag/plants/http://www.desertusa.com/magdec97/psmuseums/dec_livedesert.htmlhttp://scienceblogs.com/seed/2009/05/the_buzz_making_waves_on_scien.phphttp://www.christopherstarr.com/theshow.html
    
19. 22. ByAmy Morrison