Sketchbook Cameo

Quick raven cameo piece- mixed media sketchbook page.
Might revisit this idea later.

Tributes

 

 

Decided to create a couple of tribute paintings this weekend. Terribly sad that this week has both David Bowie and Alan Rickman have passed away, both greats that were inspirational for many art forms.

As you can see I chose to paint Bowie’s Aladdin Sane/Ziggy Stardust and Alan Rickman as Alexander Dane/ Dr. Lazarus (from Galaxy Quest- one of my favourites)

Both pieces are watercolour, acrylic ink and ink pen on paper.

BB-8 Sketchbook Sketches

Planning and sketches in my sketchbook for a little BB-8 piece that I’ve wanted to do since I saw The Force Awakens last month.

Yes I have terrible handwriting when I write ideas down quickly.

International Postcard Show 2016

1] Sightseeing, mixed media postcard, 6 x 4 inches

2] Together, mixed media postcard, 6 x 4 inches

Two postcards I sent off to Nottingham for Surface Gallery’s International Postcard Show. Both postcards have a base of paper ephemera- a mixture of train tickets and car park ticket stubs with acrylic ink, watercolour and ink pens. Together has found vintage anatomy images- the heart in the middle has also been cut apart and hand stitched together with black thread.

Will be nice to start off this year with an exhibition with artists from around the world.

 

Recent Sketchbook Sketches

A couple of sketches from my small A6 sketchbook from the past 2 weeks. I’m trying to make myself draw more while I’m out of my workspace/studio.

I should probably focus more on quick gesture drawings of people walking past for some variety but I’m always drawn towards unusual architectural spaces and objects

New Artwork- Like Fire

Like Fire– many layers of acrylic ink, watercolour, ink pen on paper.

This piece is inspired by the poem Like Fire by thephilosophersotherstone on Tumblr:

like fire

autumn paints the leaves
in memories of blazing sun

darkening trees shrouded
in red, gold, and rust

tiny solar flares dance
among branches and limbs

as the cycles of life
calm down all around us

through darkening days
and chilling nights

lights play in our hearts
calling echoes of summer

Link to the poem.

I definitely recommend checking out his other wonderful writing.

Bewdley Arts and Crafts Weekend and Sketching

 

Was selling at the Bewdley Arts and Crafts weekend this weekend right next to the river.

Only managed to have time for one sketch while selling stuff Saturday- this is Bewdley Bridge or part of it anyway.

I definitely want to have sketch day there, it’s quite beautiful in the town and by the river.

Decorating Boxes- Old Sweet Shop

For a charity week/event at Crystal Finance, I was asked to turn an old laptop cardboard box into something that reflected an old sweet shop. The box would hold various sweets and chocolates to sell for charity- the smaller gold box you can see in the images acted as a money pot.

I used acrylic paint for the majority of the box, the white dots were actually made with a circle paper punch and blank sticky label. The sweets jars and sign were watercolour, ink pen and acrylic ink, these were fun to paint. I also added some blue polka dot ribbon on the inside so that the top of the box would stay upright when opened.

This actually took me a couple of days but I loved how it came out and now I won’t want to throw out any boxes in case I feel like decorating them for something else.

Illustration Friday- Vacation

|Illustration Friday– Vacation|

Mixed media on Moleskine page.

Illustration Friday- Monster

My submission for this week’s Illustration Friday topic Monster.

Pen, watercolour, acrylic paint, masking tape on watercolour paper, 14.8 x 21cm.