Tag Archives: Sketchbooks

Portraits on paper.

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Trevor Mill

The lump on my neck. Oil paint on card. 18cm square sketchbook page.Made using oil paint I had left over from other work. The light was strong and the thought of highlighting a part of me I’m not so proud … Continue reading →

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London Zoo 2

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Trevor Mill

The gorillas are… rather worrying for me. I read a lot into their expressions. This a compilation of all the sketches made that day, taking the boys around London Zoo. Below are some links about the Kumbuka the silverback, who … Continue reading →

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Xmas holiday sketches & paintings

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Trevor Mill

These works are mounted in black square frames that are quite recessed. A series of paintings treating the same source images in a range of different ways. Pencil and acrylics. These paintings were made side by side and at the same … Continue reading →

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Airplanes: inflight entertainment. Summer holiday sketchbooks 5.

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Trevor Mill

There’s a fair few of these drawings. A great way to while away the time in the air in between water and crackers. Don’t watch the Revenant on a plane next to a kid btw.   The size difference was … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing Holiday Special: The kids.

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Trevor Mill

Drawings in pencils in a sketchbook in a small amount of time in Derbyshire in half term mostly in the kitchen. Continue reading →

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Holiday sketches.

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Trevor Mill

These are from sketchbooks and a work notepad that accompanied me on my trips camping and to Ireland. A rainy day drawing. Reading in bed. While people were chatting… A torso. And the head to go with it. Pevensy beach. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Trevor Mill

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.15! Big Book 2, Second Salvo, Illustrations / Doodles / Post it notes

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Trevor Mill

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

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

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Trevor Mill
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Old Sketchbook week: No.8 Back to mono

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Trevor Mill

  These are from around 1995. The big thing for me at the time was drawing from life. Some were studies for paintings See: https://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.2 A bit of a BLAST.

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Trevor Mill

Now there I was in 1993/4 in a dead end graphics job. We had little work and some brand new Apple Macs. I decided to make myself a magazine / calling card instead of getting bored. This got me a … Continue reading →

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