Sally Dyer drawing live on the Sky Arts show

A Preston artist has drawn her way into the finals of a national arts competition.

Sally Dyer featured in the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year and won her heat.

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Her portrait of Outnumbered actor Daniel Roche caught the eye of the judges and she sketched her way through.

She told Cassart: “Yes, I was very pleased with my finished painting. Every time I paint there is a point of complete excitement where I sense the end is near and and I can not wait to get there and see the finished article. We had such a short amount of time to paint I was worried I wouldn’t naturally get to that point, but from the offset it flowed well and I felt really comfortable.”

Sally now goes through to the final with the chance of being crowned Sky Portrait Artist of the Year.