Archive for the ‘General’ Category

May 5, 2010 | In: General

Small Silver Linings

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...

April 10, 2010 | In: General

Disgraceful

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

March 29, 2010 | In: General

A Mountain of Dishes

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...

March 13, 2010 | In: General

Paper Woes

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...

February 28, 2010 | In: General

The Renmen Project

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...

February 16, 2010 | In: General

Exploring

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...

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. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Tiny Tree...

  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...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="503" caption="Surface Pattern"][/caption] 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...