Friday, 13 January 2012

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Ténèbres monstrueuses

Something a little bit different - this is an illustration done for a short story which was going to be published in a magazine. I've now been told that the magazine will never see the light of day, so I thought my picture should! The title of this post is the title of the story; it's about a little girl who is scared of the dark. She imagines that her fox teddy-bear is a real fox who helps her to fight off all the monsters that come out of the darkness. 

Thursday, 5 January 2012

Jason Mraz drawing

I felt like I owed him a drawing ever since last year when I did a sub-standard one of him. He's an inspiring artist!

Monday, 19 December 2011

Pastel sesh


My pater working away on a pastel drawing.


A small Asian girl, from photo.


An old(ish) geezer, from photo.


A cheeky young fella, from photo.

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Lucy


A picture of a friend I just went for a couple of drinks with. We saw talented musicians show off their skills and discussed art. While drawing this I listened to this and this

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Moebius


Copy of a drawing by Moebius, minus some details. This took me about an hour, but there was still another 100 spires or so!

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

New!


Portrait from photo from "Anatomy for the Artist" by Sarah Simblet. 

Thursday, 8 September 2011

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Wells on a sunny day


Wells seen from 5 Burcott Rd. The church in the foreground is St Cuthbert's. The cathedral is just visible to the left of it. 

Saturday, 23 July 2011


The Spider-artist, originally by John Buscema, copied by me. Originally the sheet Spiderman is holding up was filled with text, so I changed it a little...

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Thursday, 5 May 2011


Pastel of Kate of Wales, née Middleton, giving a cheeky look to the side (pre-wedding). 

Peter Parker looking at his Spiderman costume. Drawn from a frame of the Spiderman 3 film. 

Monday, 2 May 2011


Aneas and Anchises (study for 'The Burning of Burgo') by Raphael Sanzio.

Sunday, 1 May 2011


Nude male figure with upraised arms by Taddeo Zuccaro.