Tag Archives: Line drawing

Happy New Year!

It’s a little late (the home-made paper chains have been packed away) but I’d still like to take this opportunity to say ‘Happy New Year’ to all my friends, family and all the amazing illustrators I’ve met through Illustration Friday. … Continue reading

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IF – phenomenon

I thought this week’s Illustration Friday topic, ‘phenomenon’ was really tricky. I decided to produce a simple line drawing of a wooden sculpture I have of the seated Buddha (with the hand gesture showing teaching) adding texture with Mr Retro … Continue reading

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IF – prehistoric

I really  love dinosaurs, so I was tempted to draw one for this week’s Illustration Friday topic, ‘prehistoric’, but as I’m good friends with a very picky paleoartist (yes, there’s a name for people who draw dinosaurs) I knew I’d … Continue reading

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Win Saha

I was delighted to be asked to illustrate Win Saha for the cover of her poetry collection, and audio CD, Win’s Top Thirty! As I needed to illustrate Win from a photograph, I was concerned that a straightforward portrait wouldn’t … Continue reading

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IF – spent

I’ve liked the idea of drawing spent matchsticks for a while, I also like 1950s and 1960s patterned fabric, so for this week’s Illustration Friday topic, ‘spent’ I decided to combine the two. ‘Our brains are designed to recognise patterns … Continue reading

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Paintbox

Quite a cheap set, but quite a nice paintbrush.

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