Beautiful Brian
Alles gaat de goed kant op
“Alles gaat de goed kant op” (Everything’s going in the right direction).
Portrait of Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, in celebration of his decade in power, and recent re-election on the back of the ‘toeslagenaffaire’ — a scandal involving false allegations of fraud against some 26,000 Dutch families, many with immigrant backgrounds, and many of whom were left financially ruined as a result. Go Mark!
The dude in the chair
You cannot blame peanut butter…
…for all your problems. Pen, brush and ink + pencil—50 by 50cm portrait of Dr Younan Nowzaradan.
Vlad the unfriender
Pencil, ink and ballpoint pen drawing. L—R (behind): Sergei Skripal, Alexei Navalny, Yulia Skripal, Boris Nemtsov, Nikolai Glushkov, Stanislav Markelov.
Pyongyang sunrise
The face of Kim Jong-un (Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Leader of the Nation, Leader of the Party and the People, Highest Incarnation of the Revolutionary Comradeship, Invincible and Triumphant General, Bright Sun of the 21st Century, Ever-Victorious, Iron-Willed Commander) is always there to greet a new morning.
The obstacle
Alexander Lukashenko continues to block the path to progress for Belarus.
Professor Whitty
Animated portrait of Chris Whitty, possibly the world’s most worried man. (Also shown is the original drawing, plus an early first version.)
Sketching a tomato plant
Sketchbook weeds
Sketchbook pages of weeds and plants at the back. I’ve been trying to get more out of the ballpoint pen, painting with the isopropanol. It goes right through the paper and sometimes looks better. The one on the left here is made that way.