Robin on a good day
The passenger
A Delft-style inspired portrait of Iggy Pop, seen here heading towards Amsterdam, and lovingly rendered in pen and ink, pencil, gel pen, biro, and coloured pencil.
Barry Cryer
Portrait of Barry Cryer in pencil, red colour pencil, charcoal, gel pen, then coloured-in (hair, flesh, shirt, background) in Photoshop.
North sea ferry passengers
“I bet you can’t draw me” he said. Well kid, you owe me a sandwich. On the ferry from England to Holland with the last of my stuff in boxes. Drawn in blue fountain pen, and blue pencil.
Catfish
Catfish. I love Catfish. Drawn with everything blue I could find: pencil, crayon, oil pastel, gel pen, and ink. Plus a bit of white acrylic here and there.
Monty Don
Monty says place them two to three inches apart. Don’t you just love Monty Don? I do. He’s the most reassuring, calming person you could watch. Like Bob Ross, but for gardening. Total Zen. I’ve never had reason to see a urologist, but if I ever do, I hope it’s Monty Don putting on the rubber gloves.
Mick and Keith’s day off
In England, it’s traditional for elderly couples to spend their remaining days sitting in deckchairs and not saying anything to each other. You can see this in most English seaside towns. With each passing year, Mick and Keith look more and more like a couple that ran out of things to say years ago, but nonetheless are determined to stick it out to the bitter end. In this drawing Mick has finally got round to reading Keith’s 2010 memoir, ‘Life’ in which Keith lets all his feelings out towards Mick (hence that rather sheepish look of Keith’s). But better out than in don’t you think?
Uncle Laurie who I never met
Helen Mirren
