Category Archives: Part 2

Broken relationships I understood the exercise, I often like to use metaphors in my own little way. I picked my phase quite quickly and that was broken relationship, I did this as felt was more of a challenge. All the others I had a instant rough idea. Reaching retirement – An old person trying toContinue reading “Visual Metaphors”

Creating a piece based on text… One of the first thoughts that came to my mind was “Dick Tracey” and possibly doing a spin in a sort of comic art. I had a clear vision in my head upon reading the extract in the exercise. Keyword for me was middle-aged man, desk, spring sunshine, tall-uncurtainedContinue reading “Choosing Content”

This will be a personal challenge for me! “The most colorful thing in the world is black and white, it contains all colors and at the same time excludes all.” Vikrmn This is an area I really do not have much experience in, while yes, I use black and white for line art, tonal studiesContinue reading “Using Black and White”

True to my roots drawing Henderson Relish I am joining the likes of Sheffield born artists and illustrators such as Pete Mckee and doing the classic by illustrating Henderson Relish. Henderson Relish has been created into art many times, even an elephant in the herd of Sheffield rocked Henderson relish style.It could be risky meContinue reading “A Subjective Drawing”

A grown up version of an umbrella. Originally I was going to pick shoes for my subject, reason being I sometimes still have trouble with drawing feet and boots, I have drawn shoes before, this image is from 2016 which was timed (I think an hour to complete) was part of WHSmith drawing contest onContinue reading “An Objective Drawing”

Let’s explore, experiment and make a MESS! I really love mark-making, you can see throughout my sketchbook that I like to experiment, test and try new things out. I was a little worried about this exercise, due to the fact I have tried loads of different mediums, textures, and papers. In fact, every summer myContinue reading “Exploring drawing and painting”

Aiming for a simple “classic” British family in the 1950s result! My main ideas One of my first ideas sketched in my “thinking” out phase, was to have the image within a cutout of an 1950s television. I had a hard time letting go of this idea however I think it is for the bestContinue reading “Using Reference – Pt 2”

Back to the past in 1950s with my research. I have a lot of research! I love research, one of areas I was really good at school was history, I like to pay attention to the small details and can be a pain when comes to getting it right, nothing ruins a good book orContinue reading “Using reference – Pt1”