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Category Archives: Illustration
Pencil portraits.
Birthday card. Faber Castell Polychromos Deep Cobalt Green 158. On A4 cartridge paper 400gsm.So, I had a nice photo of my son, a quick search for an image of the young Napoleon and Viola! Goodbye Ben. Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, card, figurative art, memorial, pencils, portrait
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Sketchbooks: Travel.
Gails in South Kensington. Having a coffee. This reminds me of a bus stop picture I made in powder paint circa 1985… Sketching my son sketching x3. On the Northern line. Showing him differing approaches to starting a drawing. My … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, drawing, northern line art, sketch, sketchbook, train art, tube art
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Square sketchbook. London Town.
Here’s the view from: Prom number 20, Monmouth coffee, Chilango’s Brewer Street, A bar in Coal Drop Yard Kings Cross and Buck House lawn!
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Tagged drawing, londonart, pencils, proms, sketchbook
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Life Drawing. Giraffes.
Giraffes. I’ve always liked drawing them. I used to draw them for other kids around the age of 10 (draw a horse and extend legs and neck, add stubby horns and sometimes a blue-ish long tongue. Now, I have some … Continue reading
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Tagged drawing, Giraffe, life drawing, London art, London Zoo, pencils, sketchbok
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Ed.
My youngest son has the pleasure of my company as I take him to various lessons. He’s now at home, next to me doing his homework now… Mostly I’m designing on the laptop while he’s learning but sometimes I’ll start … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, lifedrawing, Portraits, sketch, sketchbook, trombone art
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Miles Davis Sketches.
Watching the documentary ‘Birth Of The Cool’ on the brilliant BBC Iplayer. I think I prefer biographies and autobiographies in print than in film form. The performances are still good though and the faces of the protagonists were mesmerising.The usual … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, drawing, Frances Taylor Davis, jazz, miles davis, Miles runs the Voodoo down, sketch
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A tweaked calendar.
Sometimes you have to make presents. Here’s a Christmas present, a calendar which has been tweaked to fit its recipient. Using some new felt pens and some Pritt Stick, jockeys have been added, some more silly than others, all with … Continue reading
A little bit of illustration…
It seems a lot of work is consigned to be a mystery due to the prevalence of Non Disclosure Agreements. Here’s a medical illustration job that I can now show in part at least. It works as details without giving … Continue reading
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Tagged circles, computer aided illustration, Illustration, Medical illustration
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Yerbury Summer Fair Project
Circus poster. Pen and photoshop.The illustrations had to be general, with and a tad child-like. There is some play between what is in the frame and what object is infront of another. I drew the man with stilts around 10 … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus, graphic design, Illustration, Poster, school fair, Yerbury School
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A birthday card.
Some details and the idea behind the choice of paper and techniques. I do love the early colour process, Autochrome. These photographs on glass have a really interesting patina.
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Tagged Birthday Card, drawing, paper, pencil, portrait
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Sketches on a trip to London.
The Natural History Museum followed by the V&A. Testing out the very black grease pencil (chinagraph pencil).
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Tagged artist, Illustration, life drawing, sketch
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Life Drawing 02.02.2018. Reclining vertically.
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Tagged acrylics, Art, fine art, Mary Ward centre, portrait
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Gary Kirk + David Bowie = Party.
A dream job. A client I like, a subject who’s brilliant and of course Dame David. So I had a bunch of photos and got to work on some bespoke party invites / posters. I even did the backs of … Continue reading
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Tagged bespoke invite, David Bowie, Design, Party invite, Record covers
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Life Drawing 03.11.17. 2 models, many marks made.
2 Ladies on blue and green. This week had the excitement of two models. This can be daunting, but if you start with a plan and make some marks on the page things start flowing. The reflection in the mirror … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, life drawing, London art, Mary Ward centre, models, Painting
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27.10.17. Jay, tall and poetic.
I’ve used Jay’s real name as he’ not shy. See Instagram #jay_life_model He’s tall and poetic in demeanor. Again just a pencil (a HB this time) and some choice on what to draw. I’ve taken out the easel he’s leaning … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, fine art, jay life model, life drawing, Mary Ward centre, pencil
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Life Drawing 20.27.17. Pencil only.
The angular lady G with fluid blue ribbon. A 4B pencil. As a child I didn’t use colour, just this smudgy pencil. Strange to go back. The graphic designer in me had to make the ribbon blue. The angular lady … Continue reading
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Tagged fineart, life drawing, London art, Mary Ward centre, pencil
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Life drawing 29.09.17. The positive man.
It’s good to meet someone who loves their job. This model was really happy with the whole process and the end result that he had help create. This was a quick pose painted on prepared paper. The quick excercises and … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylics, life drawing, Male nude, Mary Ward centre, painter
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Life drawing 22.09.17. The actress.
The first of the new sessions. This was made by using a large angled flat-head brush loaded with tester pot grey. In two minutes I had the size and composition. Then with different sized pastels the details were worked out. … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, Art, artist, contemporary art, Illustration, life drawing, London art, Mary Ward centre, modern arrt, painter
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Holiday Art 2. Architecture.
A quiet part of Venice in a small sketchbook. Made in 30 minutes. Occassional splashes from water taxis outstanding a rather pleasant time was had. The front of a Palladian Villa in very bright sunlight. Rhythmic mark-making. Nice strong shadows. … Continue reading
