Michael slapped with a fairly small fish.
Michael Palin
Sarah
Another oil sketch
Andrew Stacey
Portrait of Andrew Stacey. This is the first time I’ve used oil paints in a long while. There’s a bit of a Neapolitan ice cream vibe with this one.
Chomsky can blast it out at will—v2
A private commission reworking of ‘Chomsky can blast it out at will’
John Butler
A picture of John Butler—in ink, pencil, graphite & gel pen.
“When I was 12 I wanted to be a real man: an old man with a beard, sitting at a table with a huge book full of wisdom. And what did society hold up to me for my admiration? A golfer, a boxer, a man who ran quickly, a soldier, a lawyer, a tycoon, a motorist, a pop star, a footballer. Into what kind of madhouse had I been born? And what have I become? A child, witlessly pouring out whatever enters my head. I am a madman and people gather to watch me make a fool of myself. I am not a role model. This is my protection and my security. I still long for the table and the book. The smell of an old man and an old book. The afternoon light fading.”
Ivor Cutler — ‘A Real Man’.
The simplified head of Andrew Neil
Jonny Dymond on the news
I don’t know what it is about bald men with worried faces. But they’re always so good to draw. I saw this guy speaking on the BBC News (I think he’s a Royal correspondence or something) and I knew I had to draw him. Luckily I got a few shots to work from while he was speaking.
Preludium magazine
Cover drawing of Elina Garanca for Preludium magazine. Big thanks to Janneke Boeser.
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Oliver Hardy cyanotype
Oliver Hardy cyanotype. On this one I didn’t use different thicknesses of paper to get the tones. Instead I used the same thick paper for all the parts (hair, face, shirt and jacket) but removed them in stages: the hair was the first to go, then the jacket.