Not really much to say, apart from that the boys make good subjects, and I like the technique I’ve used here. I hope to use a similar technique for a project that I am planning for the life story of Anne Naysmith. Link here: https://www.facebook.com/RIPAnneNaysmith?fref=ts I will keep you informed of any progress inContinue reading “My Two Again”
Category Archives: Experiments
Donuts and Plastic Chairs
I’ve not been doing so well with updating this blog recently. I suppose there’s been the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, a wedding to illustrate (see previous post on being a ‘jobbing’ artist) and the small matter of a floundering dissertation. Then Grotsby (another previous post) and the new ideas that I have for two books (one for olderContinue reading “Donuts and Plastic Chairs”
Making Big Doll
This work refers back to the wordless graphic novel style story that I worked on for my second semester of my first year on the MA. The project brief was ‘The Sequential Image’ and I chose to work on a story that developed from two separate incidents; spending time drawing in an old folk’s careContinue reading “Making Big Doll”
Cacti
I had fun doing these. I wanted to have a very minimal, paired-down look, especially with the colours and use of line in the background. I think this ‘selectivity’ is part of the reason I like the results, it feels ‘illustrative’ to me, making design-based decisions about my drawing rather than simply drawing forContinue reading “Cacti”
Breasts
Laura Dodsworth has inspired this sketchbook spread – click here to see Laura’s work in a Guardian article. After a friend sent me a link to this article, I thought I’d like to draw breasts, you know, how you do. I like Laura Dodsworth’s work here because it is important; we are all (menContinue reading “Breasts”
Delicatessen Undertakers
Here I am again, trying to ‘make friends with architecture’. I read somewhere that I should treat buildings in the same way I would a plant or person, you know, see it as something organic. So here is my attempt. Admittedly it was drawn from a photograph I’d taken, to make it easier to simplify; although perhapsContinue reading “Delicatessen Undertakers”
Cold Tea with a Crane Fly
So my first year is complete. I passed my second semester with flying colours, to my great joy, of course – (all swotty types like to get that ‘A’ grade), even doing well on the essay. But now a dearth of Cambridge MA happens – a four month stretch until I get back to the soul-foodContinue reading “Cold Tea with a Crane Fly”
Recent Progress: Semester 2
I haven’t blogged for AGES because I’ve been both working on the MA and trying to establish a business for myself drawing at weddings & events. This is a really exciting thing, and I feel very positive about it but it requires a separate post, with links to my new business sites etc – definitely coming very shortly. AndContinue reading “Recent Progress: Semester 2”
Before and After Having Kids
The first in a possible series of ‘How You think Life will be before you have Kids’ vs ‘How Life Actually is With Kids’. Consider Micheal Mcintyre….. (You Tube clip – trying to leave the house with kids). I had this idea a while back and haven’t had enough time to develop the drawingsContinue reading “Before and After Having Kids”
Colouring-in
Experiments with using Photoshop to colour some older drawings. I really like this technique and I’m super-happy I’ve discovered it. I use a computer-pen directly on a monitor to colour, and I use the colour rather like an ink wash – but a lot less messy and easier to do it again if you don’tContinue reading “Colouring-in”
Natalie Eldred 