I was feeling a bit nostalgic for Blankety Blank for some reason. I mean, who else is drawing pictures of Larry Grayson these days? Larry who? Exactly.
Blankety Blank
Brexit: the morning after
Double-page illustration for The Grocer. Many big thanks to Stuart Milligan.
The boatbuilder
Illustration of my friend Pad. Pad the boatbuilder. Drawn in ink, blown in ink, a bit of charcoal, red pencil and red gel pen.
New York
Charcoal and ink drawing of New York
Cow parsley in Osdorp
100 x 40cm drawing of cow parsley in Osdorp. Ink, pencil, crayon, charcoal, brush pen.
Oosterpark vandaag
Oosterpark vandaag. Ink, pencil and crayon drawing of plant-life in Amsterdam’s Oosterpark today.
Brian Blessed
Portrait of Brian Blessed. Shouting Brian. Drawn in ink, pencil, pen, gel pen, brush pen, charcoal, and sprayed ink.
Life drawing at OT 301
The post-truth world
Two illustrations for The Economist for an article inside called ‘Yes, I’d lie to you‘. “Dishonesty in politics is nothing new; but the manner in which some politicians now lie, and the havoc they may wreak by doing so, are worrying.”
The learner
This is drawn (and painted) in ink, pencil and charcoal and depicts one of my students in Jakarta (where I pretended to be an English teacher for a few years in the early 90s).
It’s all about the lines, I’ve realised. No too much shading. When you first get into drawing, you think it’s all about the shading. But actually, if you get them right, lines work much quicker on the eye.