Friday 31 December 2010


Hmmm.....
Chihuahua Pearl, by Jean Giraud, by me. Pastel.

Wednesday 15 December 2010


Pastel, from a photo. 


Pencil from photo. 
I overworked this drawing, making it lose the impact that the beginning sketch had. 
But I found myself drawing more fluidly than before I started to play with pastels. :)

I've been busier than usual in the last 2 weeks. After Christmas I may be able to get back to actually doing a drawing a day! 

Thursday 9 December 2010



Life drawing yesterday. On the second page, top left, the head is probably a bit too small.... :P

Thursday 25 November 2010


A quick copy of the pastel on the front cover of "How to Draw Heads and Portraits" by José M. Parramón.

Wednesday 24 November 2010




Taken with the webcam on my laptop -- bad quality, but convenient.

Sunday 21 November 2010

 


My brother Marc doing one of his favourite facial expressions.
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Thursday 18 November 2010



I've been looking through some Moebius work. Miyazaki, John Sanden and Carl Larsson too.

Monday 15 November 2010





First 3 pics are from life drawing I went to on Wednesday. I felt like I couldn't really capture the figure the whole session (2 hours), until right at the end when I sketched the projector - looks just like it!
Last one is pen on paper, I tried to do it as fast as I could. Comments/crits please!

Tuesday 2 November 2010


Sketch in biro of the view outside Merchant Venturer's Building of the University of Bristol.
The pointy bit at the top left is the tower in Brandon Hill park in the centre of Bristol.

Saturday 30 October 2010

Tuesday 26 October 2010

Pen copy of a John Singer Sargent painting of Atlas holding up the world.
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Sunday 24 October 2010


Scrat from the Ice Age films. This is a copy of a drawing by Peter de Seve, who designed Scrat and many other characters in the film.
I recommend this short Scrat video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIZzpGLb7i4
The animation is brilliant! The guys doing the film did an amazing job capturing the character from the original sketches.

Let's see if anyone can recognise these two! Post your answers in the comments...
...
Yep, it's a drawing of Rihanna with Eminem.

Wednesday 20 October 2010

So... this is the 4th day I'm missing. 2 of those I didn't draw at all. Bad I know.
I've got a drawing on the go which should be finished in the next couple of days...

Saturday 16 October 2010

Natalie Portman. Drawn from photo. Finally finished today!
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Thursday 14 October 2010

I've done some drawing today, but it's a work in progress which I should finish tomorrow...
I'd like to put something a little more polished up this time.

Wednesday 13 October 2010


Don't know what model of car this is, but I do know I like it!
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Tuesday 12 October 2010


Aww... a kitteh from "Les Gardiens du Maser 6 - Le Village Perdu" by Massimiliano Frezzato.
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Monday 11 October 2010


Something a bit different today: I've gone for the traditional still life (but with bananas to add a touch of modernity). This is quite a small drawing (about half an A5 page); done using only a blue coloured pencil.
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Saturday 9 October 2010


From "Anatomy for the Artist" by Sarah Simblet. Went climbing today, so I chose this anatomy image which is vaguely related.
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Friday 8 October 2010


The head, from "Anatomy for the Artist" by Sarah Simblet and John Davis.
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