Mary Berry on a tote bag currently on its way from Society6 to a happy someone, somewhere. If you see someone in the street with this bag, please chase them down and tell them that Derek says thank you.
Mary Berry Tote Bag
Ballpoint pen portraits
I’ve wanted to draw something with a Bic biro for ages—that indigo blue kills me. Then I found that spraying a bit of isopropanol makes the ink run, and you get this great watery effect. (Though it seems to be only the magenta pigment that runs. The cyan doesn’t seem to run much).
Drawn on 300g brilliant white Clairalfa inkjet paper.
The Bob Mortimer (the bottom one) was the first I tried this way. It looks OK… but there are probably too many lines going on. Less is definitely more when you get it right. The drawings above Bob are more like it.
Bristol mugs—video
A video of selected Bristol mugs
Bristol mugs
Portraits from police press releases. These 32 portraits are a follow-on to my ‘Somerset drug dealers‘ collection from 2017. What is it about these faces? They completely fascinate me. Some are defiant, some are defeated—but no one’s really posing. There’s something completely real about them. In the age of mugging for a profile picture, these have to be the polar opposite. (Drawn with Kyle brushes).
Streetview [print]
‘Streetview‘ print—a signed print at 9 by 26 inches on its way from Etsy to sweet Caroline in Bournemouth in England. Thank you Caroline. Printed on 230gsm Olmec Fine Art Paper by King of Herrings fine art printers in Leeuwarden.
Chomsky can blast it out at will [print]
‘Chomsky can blast it out at will‘—a little signed print at 8″ x 8″ from Etsy now on its way to Gregory in California. Thank you Gregory. Printed on 230gsm Olmec Fine Art Paper by King of Herrings fine art printers, Leeuwarden.
Arno Brok
Portrait of Arno Brok—full page in last Saturday’s Leeuwarder Courant.
(Big thanks to Alie Veenhuizen).
Amsterdam cyclists [print]
‘Cycling on Prins Hendrikkade’—an art print at 23×16 inches from Society 6 to someone somewhere. I don’t know who actually buys things on Society 6, unless they tell me. But thank you whoever you are.
Oath
Cover art for ‘Oath’ by De’Jour Thomas.
The top picture is drawn in pencil, pen and ink, and the bottom one with Kyle brushes. For reference material, I asked De’Jour to make a video of his head, slowly panning round from one side to the other. You get a lot of mileage that way.
[Click the illustrations for a closer look].
Tourists waiting for the geyser
Sketchbook pages from Iceland. Pencil, gel pen, biro, some ink.