Dec
19
Seasons Greetings!
Wishing all my friends and followers the very best for a fantastic Festive Season.
Nov
4
Inktober Wrap-up
Here's the final batch of drawings I made for Inktober this year.
What a month it was! With a pending house move and deadlines to contend with, October proved a pretty hectic month all around.
What a month it was! With a pending house move and deadlines to contend with, October proved a pretty hectic month all around.
Oct
22
Week 3 of Inktober 2018
Well here we are at the third week of #Inktober 2018, I'm surprised I'm still able to keep up... just about! It is getting ever tougher though - with so much going on for me at the moment (house move preparation, deadlines etc), it doesn't take much to fill the day's schedule, a lot of these drawings have been squeezed in right at the end of the day.
But still hanging in there!
The final week's drawings ahead....
But still hanging in there!
The final week's drawings ahead....
Oct
15
Week Two of Inktober 2018 - and a nomination!
Here are my daily drawings for the second week of Inktober 2018.
It's been a very hectic week, as I'm moving house in a short time and have been busy with preparation, and with a work-load of deadlines I'm trying to clear up before the move. I'm beginning to regret taking on Inktober this year, but hanging in, just about!
All of these drawings have been created on the day with my usual choice of Pilot Hi-Tec-C pens, no special theme, just my immediate response to the official Inktober prompts.
It's been a very hectic week, as I'm moving house in a short time and have been busy with preparation, and with a work-load of deadlines I'm trying to clear up before the move. I'm beginning to regret taking on Inktober this year, but hanging in, just about!
All of these drawings have been created on the day with my usual choice of Pilot Hi-Tec-C pens, no special theme, just my immediate response to the official Inktober prompts.
Oct
8
The start of Inktober 2018
My, October already! I can hardly believe it.
These last few months have been focused on buying/selling my house and preparation for a move into Norwich, punctuated with regular illustration deadlines for clients in Japan this summer - virtually all of my commissioned work this year has been outside the world of children's publishing.
These last few months have been focused on buying/selling my house and preparation for a move into Norwich, punctuated with regular illustration deadlines for clients in Japan this summer - virtually all of my commissioned work this year has been outside the world of children's publishing.
Sep
30
One-inch drawings - the final 12!
Well, it's the end of September, and the final day of the House of Illustration's one-inch drawing a day challenge. It's been a lot of fun, the 1 inch square small scale has been a fascinating project, I should work at this size more often! Here are my last twelve drawings, from 19th - 30th September, each created on the day with a 0.1 multiliner pen bought in Japan many years ago.
Sep
19
One-inch Drawings Part 2
Here's my second set of nine drawings for the House of Illustration challenge, each just 1 inch square, drawn daily, one small drawing a day, from 10th-18th September.
Some day's I've been busier than others, I usually start with little idea of what I'm going to draw, I'm surprised I managed to get so far! Many other artists have created some superb work in colour for this project, but I decided to stick to B/W pen and ink. And so it hopefully shall continue till the end of the month.
Some day's I've been busier than others, I usually start with little idea of what I'm going to draw, I'm surprised I managed to get so far! Many other artists have created some superb work in colour for this project, but I decided to stick to B/W pen and ink. And so it hopefully shall continue till the end of the month.
Sep
9
Tiny pictures for September
This month the House of Illustration in London is running a daily art challenge to create a 1-inch (26mm) square piece of artwork every day of the month and post to social media. The idea was sparked by their currently running exhibition of the work of John Vernon Lord, who drew daily one-inch square drawings as an exercise for a whole year. This challenge is just for a month, but it's the kind of thing that appeals to me, and I've decided to give it a go.
Aug
2
Summer 2018
Summer Greetings to all my friends and followers!
Sending you the best of wishes this mid-year, hoping you're staying cool and taking care in the heat. It's a working summer for me, but hoping for some pastoral down time too.
Sending you the best of wishes this mid-year, hoping you're staying cool and taking care in the heat. It's a working summer for me, but hoping for some pastoral down time too.
