Angeluci Illustration

Ive been working on this for a week or so – had paper problems with the first version and had to abandon ship and start over. Not before testing out if it could be ironed. It couldnt.

Tiny Tree Seed (Acrylic 210x596mm)

Gutted. A studio that I did some work for a couple of months ago have announced they are closing their doors. Very sad and made sadder by the fact that I havent been paid. On the bright side though, Daler Rowney brought a smile to my face (helped by my postman) by sending me 3 tubes of free paint…its that pleasure/pain thing, gets you every time.

http://www.drawger.com/buzelli/?section=articles&article_id=10164

Absolutely disgraceful.

….well under the sink at least. Here is my latest project…I discovered some fantastic new colours whilst doing this. Keepers.

A new childrens illustration for a brief that has had me thinking for ages – I had too many ideas and just couldnt get started on any of them. Once again, pen and ink…I really should do more like this as I always enjoy it more than I think I will when I set out to do it…

Pen and Ink

Why oh why oh why wont my paper behave? I’m following the rules but it just wants to curl up a soon as I touch it – any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated folks as I’m all out of ideas…

For anyone who may not have seen this before http://www.therenmenproject.co.uk/

From their site:

“Throughout 2010 we will be working with a selection of top artists and designers from around the world to create artwork which we will be selling online. Every penny made from art sales will be going to Unicef’s appeal fund”

Messing – one of life’s finer pleasures. Especially, if like me, you have a studio full of stuff that has not yet been messed with depsite having been there for months…

I am hard at work on lots of projects at the moment, as soon as I get the go ahead I’ll post some of those up but in the meantime this is an experiment with my new paper and not so new acrylic inks…

Tidying up my ‘puter – out with the old and in with the new so to speak, and found a whole host of paintings, images and sketches that have never before been seen by the naked eye (or even a fully clothed one). This one was about to be the navigation image for my portfolio site before I got completely engrossed in something else…

Surface Pattern

Been toying with surface pattern a lot lately so imagine my joy when I saw the Tigerprint competition this month was…tadadadadadadaaa….surface pattern.

I duly got to work on a simple illustration that reflected Spring, played around with colours and composition….then I read the terms and conditions of submitting my work as an entry to said competition and swiftly changed my mind…I’ll keep it as a souvenir instead