Black and white drawings, yes, real ink, real paper.
I’ve been feeling the urge to draw something recently, to get back to basics, with a pen and paper. I’ve been churning out digital imagery to sell online …....
View ArticleNew work.
I’ve decided to just post some new images without taking too much time to comment, these are basically a series of images that have progressed on from the last post, either coloured versions of...
View ArticleThe short-lived joys of oil painting.
After my earlier documented excursions back into the world of drawing with pens ( as opposed to using a computer) the bug bit a little harder and by coincidence I came across a local artist and teacher...
View ArticleMore oil painting.
Having overcome the urge to put my foot through my previous painting, the progress of which I documented below, I decided that I needed to persevere and not be defeated. I went to my local bookshop,...
View ArticleFinally finished a painting….
I’ve currently got 3 paintings in progress and finally managed to finish another one today. The big interior, as written about in previous blogs, has been put to side as being just too big to finish at...
View ArticleAnd another one….
There always seems a certain point in the production of an artwork where boredom suddenly sets in and I feel the need to finish and move on to the next project. I got up this morning determined to...
View ArticleVector geranium
I’ve had to suspend the oil painting for the time being as I’ve got a couple of freelance jobs, strictly digital so I have to switch back to Adobe Illustrator mode. I’ve finished one batch, some maps,...
View ArticleWordy map
I’ve always been a map fan, and done plenty of them in my working life, in fact doing 20 for a sailing book at the moment. I’d seen a similar treatment to this on a map of London and thought it would...
View ArticleI’m a regular social Facebook user and have been experimenting with using a business FB page as an alternative blog/diary/portfolio. I haven’t abandoned WordPress, it’s just that for short entries I...
View ArticleGrungy textures
I was asked by my agent for a headshot/mugshot, for some publicity material they were producing for a forthcoming trip to the States in the spring of 2015. I wanted to produce something a bit different...
View ArticleGame board
Just a quick posting of a recent illustration. This was for LCB Resources, a company providing training for healthcare professionals. This was a game they had devised to help trainee health visitors...
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