The Frisian landscape as it doesn’t officially look.
Just as it seems
More space than thought
Winter bonus
This is the view from my window, more or less. On the right you can see the couple from Jean-François Millet’s L’Angélus being thankful for what they have. Drawn in Kyle brushes.
Allen’s darker side
Actually
A date with Pablo Picasso and David Hockney. Nice. But who’s the third person in the illustration, the one sketching these two giants? Why, that’s you dear viewer. You!
This is No.2 in my series of date nights with people I’d like to meet but obviously never will.
Dream at 17
Illustration of a dream I had when I was 17. In the dream I was in some kind of scene from the Bhagavad Gita. There was this gorgeous Indian-music version of ’Ticket to Ride’ playing, as I emerged through a manhole into the street. All true folks.
Amsterdam rain
Cycling through the Amsterdam rain is no fun.
Somerset drug dealers
This image was based upon a real police handout showing convicted drug dealers in Somerset in the UK. The range of faces fascinated me.
It was also my first real attempt using the very-impressive Kyle brushes, which are the best digital brushes I’ve used. The ones that come with Photoshop are OK, but these are really pleasurable to use.
Someone at the Open Draw
A pencil, ink and charcoal drawing of someone drawing at the Open Draw in Amsterdam, which Gail used to run. But not anymore.
Edmundo on the job
A drawing of Edmundo drawing. This was in a restaurant at the Zaanse Schans (on Gail and Dudley’s combined birthdays). People are particularly good to draw when they’re also drawing. Their minds are on their drawing, so they are quite ‘real’ for a change.
Drawing made in ink, pencil, gel pen and graphite. The yellow background is with one of those highlighter pens, but it ran out towards the end, which is why it’s a different yellow on the right.