Stephen Fry
Mary Berry off the telly
My mum in Osdorp
Drawing of my mum in Osdorp
Portrait night
Portrait night with Dudley Svendsgaard. Two charcoal, gel pen, pencil and grey colour pencil portraits from a wine-bar opening in Amsterdam. Why did I give away the original of the top portrait? Wine, that’s why.
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.
Brian Blessed
Portrait of Brian Blessed. Shouting Brian. Drawn in ink, pencil, pen, gel pen, brush pen, charcoal, and sprayed ink.
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.
Franco Battiato
Wesley Harms
Drawing of Wesley Harms, the Dutch darts player. Drawn in ink, gel pen, pencil and colour pencil from a photo I took off my telly.
Allan Oakes
