Illustration & Art Blog

As I was scrolling through recent articles to illustrate, I found this great article about watching sport on the television, and how it can escalate your heart rate, which is actually good for you, crazy stuff! This may be a...

I’ve always been a keen admirer of developing my use of colour within my painting’s, with whatever medium or material I’m using. Experimenting with colour is a great way to develop my way I form my illustrations, which is why...

Personally, I can’t think of anything better than illustration mixed with sport, or even better, football! While on Twitter the other day I stumbled across an online publication which features illustration and football, which showcases some great work, so I...

A month ago I produced an illustration for Kids With Puns, a online publication which showcases illustrated puns on it’s website, tumblr and now it’s very own printed publication, Issue Number 2. Below shows some photos of Issue 2, and...

I’ve been wanting to produce a few expressive paintings for a while now, and see what I can come up with. As I love to get into details within my commissioned and portfolio work, I thought it would be good...

I’ve always really enjoyed the film ’12 Angry Men’, and think it’s one of the best films ever created, just for the fact of the great story, and because it’s all shot in one single room. We don’t really see...

From my previous water colour illustration, I wanted to experiment with using both watercolor and gouache equally in one painting. Currently, I start the image off with applying some water colour, and working the gouache on top of this. I...

As I’m getting all ready for a craft fair which I’m attending tomorrow, I thought I would share some photographs of my greetings cards which I got printed the other day. I’m really happy about how the card designs turned...

I wanted to try something a bit new for my next painting / illustration, so with today’s post I’ve experimented with using only water colour as a source of paint, which I really enjoyed! It’s actually my first water colour...

Here’s a quick post for me today of a fancy little robin illustration, produced with gouache and watercolour. As I’m getting prepared for a craft fair coming up next week, I’m producing more illustrations and particularly greetings cards than I...