Drawing 8 of 365
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” ― Voltaire Dancing beatniks with their favourite books. This is a bit of a cheat as...
Illustration
Drawing 7 of 365
The girls went back to school today after a couple of weeks of holidays. And what do I do? Sit down and draw them. Sad really. Here’s the early sketch version for the sake...
Drawing 6 of 365
Messing about with paints and pencils. One of these might eventually end up on a book plate. Now I am off to drink tea in front of the fire and contemplate cracking open a...
Drawing 5 of 365
Happy day 5. I’m feeling slightly collagey today. I also went to the art-supply store in town and bought some watercolours, so watch out, this ride is going to get crazy.
Illustration Friday – Edge
A work in progress for today’s drawing (4 or 365!) and contribution to Illustration Friday. I just did a quick search and discovered that the last time I participated in Illustration Friday was 2004....
Starting the new year with a project
Happy New Year! I Thought I might try doing a drawing a day for 2103. Not all of them will make it on to my blog but it’s nice to have a goal.
200 Years of Edward Lear
Edward Lear was born in May 1812. To celebrate 200 Years of Edward Lear the Ashmolean museum in Oxford is having a show of his travel paintings and sketches. He was a remarkable artist. I am...
Truly Tan!
I’ve been working on something pretty special these last few months and today a courier brought my very own advance copies to my door. What a great day! Truly Tan by the amazing Jen Storer...
Mary & Ada
Hey! I’m working on something fun and steampunky for author Jordan Stratford. I finished this sketch of the two main characters today. Ada and Mary. This has been such a great project. I...
The Art of the Hobbit – and other illustrations
Added to the wishlist! “A swath of JRR Tolkien’s original illustrations for The Hobbit are to be published for the first time this week as part of celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the book’s publication.”...