Category Archives: Sketchbooks

Old Sketchbook week: No.18! The last sketchbook, highlights from 1989…

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

This was about copying and whether it is worth doing. Is it giving more or something good that the original wasn’t? An interesting Macbeth illustration. I was dead into Alfred Jarry and Ubu at the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Jarry Picasso, Bowie, Rayogram, … Continue reading →

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Old Sketchbook week: No.17! Big Book 2, Forth Salvo, Images: Torn Rococo, Kelvlar canvas, Quiffs etc

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

Before Ffffound.com Kevlar canvas! Mostly images from one of my favorite artists, the Argentine Pop artist Jorge De La Vega. The other images in the little book are from English psychedelic posters. Police files and drawings of early modernist chairs.

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Old Sketchbook week: No.16! Big Book 2, Third Salvo, Design, From Primal Scream to…

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Back from holiday. A proof of the 48 sheet poster, with a small colour print of the 6 sheet underneath. Very loud re-touching. My idea – which was unusual for the time. They were plastered all round Reading that year … Continue reading →

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Old Sketchbook week: No.15! Big Book 2, Second Salvo, Illustrations / Doodles / Post it notes

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

I must be the only person in the world to have doodled Piers Morgan.

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Old Sketchbook week: No.14! Big Book 2, First Salvo, BIG TYPE.

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

Ok, here’s some woodblock type. I’ve experimented with different viscosities and media on the type. It’s a beautiful bit of craftsmanship, and most of the letterforms are near perfect for this Alternate Gothic style of font. Please ask if you … Continue reading →

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Old Sketchbook week: No.13 Big Book 1, Fourth Salvo, Design off-cuts.

Posted on August 17, 2011 by
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Old Sketchbook week: No.12 Big Book 1, Third Salvo, Scribbles.

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

Watching the Television again. Circa Live8. George the Third. I like Farmer George. Drawn in a doctors waiting room. Drawn in meetings. Waiting to eat the biscuits. Loads of stuff. A nice bottle of wine drawn on holiday. Stuff. Batman. … Continue reading →

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Old Sketchbook week: No.11 Big Book 1, Second Salvo, Image bank.

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

At work I collect good images, ones which inspire, intrigue or startle. The website FFFFFound is a web version of this. There’s even a cinema version called FFFFFilm. I don’t own the copyright to these bits so I’m happy to … Continue reading →

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Old Sketchbook week: No.10 Big Book 1, First Salvo, Palettes & tape covers.

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

The cover, made with off cuts from the studio. These tape covers were made from the age of 10 onwards. This is the first salvo of four from the first of two big books full of collages, working notes and … Continue reading →

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Old Sketchbook week: No.9 An envelope

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

Here’s what was in an old A4 envelope. I went through a period of painting or drawing versions of the same image, I’ll try and find some more of them. The Indian girl was from a Sunday Times on child … Continue reading →

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Old Sketchbook week: No.8 Back to mono

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

  These are from around 1995. The big thing for me at the time was drawing from life. Some were studies for paintings See: http://trevormill.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/carlos-%E2%80%93-my-old-housemate-paintedon-a-big-piece-of-scrapwood-from-a-skip/ Many thanks to the models K (now my wife), F and Carlos (housemates).

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Old Sketchbook week: No.7 Random pages.

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

Some sketchbooks were patchy, a collection of loose leaves and some were too full of certain ex-girlfriends (I didn’t know whether they’d be embarrassed or would like it). These pages were picked from around 1991 -1993. A Vorticist abstraction. A … Continue reading →

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Old Sketchbook week: No.6 A little book.

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

A party in London: “So what do you do?” “I paint pictures” “Yeah, of course you do” “O.K., have a look at this little book then” …  “Oh, I’m not sure about those.” Click to make larger. A lot of … Continue reading →

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Old Sketchbook week: No.5 Museums, Beatles, Facets, Sly Stone, Fashion and Rugby.

Posted on August 6, 2011 by

I was gifted with a large amount of 1960′s art materials – which is still being used up even today. These two sketchbooks are from 1992 – I think. I didn’t go to the gig… a big regret. A series … Continue reading →

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Old Sketchbook week: No.3 Toilet paper arabic café drawings

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

Toilet paper is a great thing to draw on, fragile, porous and very, very cheap. These are from a record cover project for Too Pure records in around 1998. They were at the back of another sketchbook and I thought … Continue reading →

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Old Sketchbook week: No.1 Girl On Fire.

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

While waiting for a few projects to come to fruition I thought I’d post some old sketchbooks. This was a themed sketchbook from 1992. It’s about women in fashion. Two things the young me thought about a fair bit. Click … Continue reading →

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