Trees, roots & wings

Commission for a friend: "There are two gifts we should give our children. One is roots and the other is wings."

Beach and pots

A study of a blue jug

Pencil sketches - A tree + An Ikea toy on a bag

FREDDIE in animals!

A gift for a very special friend of mines new baby boy Freddie! I attempted to use animals that a boy would like...reptiles and insects, eels etc. The first letter of each of the animals corresponds to each letter of the name...Flamingo, Raccoon, Eel, Dragon fly, Dolphin, Iguana, Eel. F.R.E.D.D.I.E!

My Wedding Invite

My wedding invite included this 'map' of the location from the church to the venue. It also included some of the smaller pictures within the information and directions booklet. It was a very romantic countryside wedding with hops hanging from the eaves of the marquee and I think this invite set the president for the day. 

Illustrate your name - Snake, Impala, Anteater, Narwhal - SIAN

Another graphic design class project - this week, to illustrate your name in any way you choose - obviously I could only choose animals...

Snake, Impala, Anteater, Narwhal - SIAN in pen on paper

Big Popi the walrus

Big Popi the walrus in all his finery - pen on paper

Three toed sloth - animal portraits

Holmesdale

Using the computer pen pad.

Watercolour

Long ago in the Caspian Seas 

Perched high on a rock in a windy breeze

With nothing to see for miles around

A single egg on a nest was found.

Pen and pencil crayons

Then all of a sudden with a shuffle and shake

The crest of the egg began to crack and break

And in the minutes just after dawn

All alone, the organiser bird was born.

Pen and pencil crayons

After some few hours alone in the nest

The organiser bird became increasingly stressed

With nothing in sight from the sea to the sky

The lonesome birth could not help but cry.

Brian Badonde

If you've got time to read my blog then you've got time to look up this man, 'Brian Badonde' on You Tube. DO IT.

Scientist

Pencil and watercolour, a medium I'm starting to enjoy now I've got my new easel.

Beauty and the Beast Characters

I was planning to enter a children's picture book competition, I needed to create some characters for a new version of beauty and the beast, but I missed the deadline. But here they are anyway...

pen and pencil, the beast when he's dying and the rose is wilting

Belle falls in love with the beast - I hate how 'disney' I make Belle look here

I don't know who this is...

The organiser bird and the whale

More from my characters the whale and the organiser bird...

pen and watercolour pencils - 27th June 2011

Face close up 

it's easier to see here the difference between the watercolour pencils when used wet and dry

Identity Crisis of the Asparagus

Pencil and watercolour, painted in March 2008

Party on the Hill invitation

Acrylic

Little red

Watercolour and ink on coloured paper

Picnic

Watercolour freehand and ink

Shark vs giant octopus

Pen and ink on cartridge paper