Monthly Archives: June 2009
lunchtime sketch
I popped down to Greenwich and seeing the Urban Sketchers website put me in mind to do an architectural sketch. I didn’t have much time, so I went straight in with pen, and scruffed about a bit to give it … Continue reading
charlotte at breakfast
Our friend Charlotte is staying with us for a month or so and house-sitting when we go on holiday. She’s Danish and arrived in London the same week I did (almost ten years ago), and we met on our second … Continue reading
queen of diamonds
I’m trying to do a little bit each morning on this playing card design for Seattle’s ‘Friends of the Nib’ exhibition. But I’m attempting to be a bit experimental with it, so I’m not really sure what I’m doing. Hmm. … Continue reading
weekend doings
Okay, I’ll start with some random sketches I made: You can read some newsy updates about the Caption comics festival in Oxford this August over on Bugpowder and on Forbidden Planet. (I’m going to talk about cross-over stuff in the … Continue reading
lord shoreditch & the supreme broship
The other day I met designer Steve Edge, Lord Shoreditch on the tube and decided I had to draw him. He is really rather fabulous, and he’s done some nifty branding work, like those red soldiers you see on Hamley’s … Continue reading
more sixties fashion, and an arctic visit
I had fun with yesterday’s drawing and followed it up with this one. (Here’s the colour art, line art and original catalogue photo.) The rain had me climbing the walls yesterday, so when it let up, I went out for … Continue reading
pease pudding
Following from the last post, we cracked open the pease pudding and had a look. It was very… beige. It looked like lumps of dry chalk in the pan, but I stirred in some water, which made it seem more … Continue reading
yes, but what is it?
I bought a ham this weekend and Stuart had a sudden brainwave and declared we couldn’t have boiled ham without pease pudding. So he bought two tins. ‘Yes, but what is it?’ I ask him. He can’t really describe it. … Continue reading
there are cats in this book!
Here’s Viviane Schwarz reading from her brilliant cat book! Isn’t it the most beautiful and simply ingenious book you ever saw? And I love listening to the way she reads! (Wait, Viv, how did you do that underwater voice??) Here’s … Continue reading
old catalogue drawing
For today’s morning sketch, I drew from a ’60s catalogue page. Here’s the original ink image, and then I played around with it on Photoshop. Not sure which one I like best, though. Have you seen Darryl Cunningham’s latest posted … Continue reading
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