A good detective always blends in with the crowd...
Collage, acrylic and watercolour on paper.
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Collage, acrylic and watercolour on paper.
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23 April 2010
07 March 2010
from my sketchbook
a warmup sketch from last year when the dahlias were a dime a dozen at the florist. watercolour and collage.
17 February 2010
hackney fragments
on sunday I was inspired to paint these teeny treasures we found in the soil in hackney. very fun to paint.
17 December 2009
illustration friday: hatch
A bit more overworked than I would have liked, but I guess the next one will be have a lighter touch.
27 November 2009
illustration friday - music
An experiment in new ways to draw characters, heavily borrowed from one of my favourite illustrators, Piet Grobler.
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19 November 2009
illustration friday - unbalanced
Was going to take a break this week, but an idea popped into my head as I was paging through some gardening magazines yesterday.
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11 November 2009
illustration friday - blur
I was thinking of the way one church blurs into another after a few days of sightseeing, even in bella Italia. Funny thing is that as I was painting this from my travel pics, the sights became vivid again. So it was a mini trip back to Italy - just the thing for this rainy London day.
see it full size here
05 November 2009
03 November 2009
29 October 2009
illustration friday - fast
sleeping hare
On new paper, Fabriano Rosaspina, which I found a bit tricky to photograph and upload since it is tinted. But I'm happy with the way it turned out overall. Inspired by Giselle Potter's illustrations for 'The Big Box'.
24 October 2009
from my sketchbook - virginia creeper
I'm pleased I made this drawing a few weeks ago - all but a few last leaves are still hanging on now. Marker pen on collaged background.
22 October 2009
19 October 2009
monday quick drawing - orchids
to loosen up a bit, I used a paintbrush only to mix colours, not to apply them - so that meant painting with paper, tootbrush and bits of cotton
15 October 2009
14 October 2009
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