Sketchbook update March 2014
One should try one's best to not throw the baby out with the bathwater... however, at times attention may be temporarily diverted for a split second, where it suddenly seems…
Friday line-drawing of kids
With school holidays prompting a slight break from the Tarot project, it's been nice to spend some sunny hours drawing with the kids at the kitchen table :) Today I…
Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock - pen & ink drawing
Drawing Robert Downey Jr
I love the Sherlock Holmes movies with Robert Downey Jr. They're a real treat to watch with great actors and fast paced stories told with plenty of humour, fabulous music…
Weekend Drawings – Viggo and Tutankhamun
A sunny weekend, marking the start of school holidays and le Tour de France - inspired me to take a short break from my Tarot project and do some other…
T-shirt, Flowers and Tarot
Tattoo - T-shirt A tattoo challenge on RedBubble had me inspired to slightly redesign 'sea sisters' and enter it in the competition. The brief was to 'design a tattoo even…
Drawing with Rapidograph pens
I thought I'd post the first two drawings done with my new rOtring Rapidograph pens - you can read more about them (and what technical drawing pens are) in this…
Drawing Robert de Niro
Continuing on pen & ink drawings - I ventured down Godfather lane and drew this portrait of Robert de Niro playing Vito Corleone in the second movie: Original Pen &…
Nicholas Cage - pen & ink drawing
Drawing Nicolas Cage
Gone in 60 Seconds (the 2000 remake), is an action movie about a retired master car thief who has to steal 50 cars with his crew in one night to save…
Out and About
It's school holidays and we've been lucky to have quite a few sunny autumn days... perfect for doing quick sketches while out and about with the kids :) On a…
Sketchbook Project 2013
During the last 2 months I have been working on my 2013 Sketchbook Project. The Art House Co-op provide a bunch of themes - but you can also make up…
A Design Project
A little while back RedBubble posted a design challenge on their website: Design a T-shirt for the Railroad Revival Tour 2012. As it was all about trains (which are pretty…
Sketchbook Project 2013
Here it is... My 2013 sketchbook project from The Arthouse Co-op. There are a bunch of themes to choose from, but I haven't quite made up my mind which one…
Every Doctor Who fan needs a TARDIS
One side-effect of watching re-runs of Doctor Who ... is that these wonderfully enticing stories have a tendency to draw you in and spit you out in a galaxy where anything…
Drawing Aragorn
Today's pencil drawing is (also from a photo) of Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. As our house has avid fans of both LOTR and…
Drawing faces
Here are two faces from my latest adventures with pencil and paper. I really enjoy drawing people, there is something almost hypnotic and very relaxing about staring at a face…