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Some more pictures of the painting I'm doing for John, Leah and Edward. I'm having tremendous amounts of fun doing this. These photos show a slightly different process step then usual. Here, instead of doing a full under-painting like I often do when the painting will be in gouache/mixed media, I've done a sepia under-painting/drawing. This is how I did the book Anything But Hank, hoping it would unify the colours more and give it an almost Victorian look.
As well as shoes, I've been a little preoccupied with my other project recently; my children's book blog. It feels good to be doing something instead of just thinking about it. Today I finally added a page where people can say 'yes, I'd buy this book'. So, (yep, I'm getting around to asking another favour of you guys) if you think you'd like to buy my book, maybe, perhaps, then please add your name to the page. You can do that HERE. My future publisher needs to know!
And, er, yes, this is a drawing of an origami grasshopper automaton hair slide. Don't you have one yet?
Here are some nudes I posted to Twitpic. I'm thinking about a naked sketchbook to sell.
This didn't really go to plan. I had something quite different in my head. And, the perspective is all over the shop. However, considering this is actually a drawing of a pixie's bunch of keys I think that bad perspective is the least of my worries, don't you?
(Thanks to everybody who has pre ordered my zine. They'll be the first lot to go out, and they'll all be in the mail by the end of this month. I've been really touched by the response. Cheers, my dears.)
This drawing was never really going anywhere. So, as I have nothing else to show, I'm posting it half finished. I could have worked on it some more, but I know that it would be a pointless task. I think this is probably the best it's ever going to look. Which ain't great. But, there we go. Win some lose some. It does have one moment that I particularly like, though. The finished key on the left. Hmmm. I kinda like that.
You can't get a more perfect breakfast than grilled kippers and poached egg, can you? Actually, don't bother answering that, because even as I was typing those words loads more dishes that could take the 'perfect breakfast' title popped into my head. Bacon butties, of course. Porridge with honey on a cold winters morning. And, warm croissants with cream cheese and jam, Full English, Continental, smoked haddock and poached eggs, Nutella on toast, houmous and pittas, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, beans and cheese on toast. You get the picture.
Grilled kippers and poached egg, ONE of the most perfect breakfasts, ever.
By the way, nobody has come even remotely close to working out the theme of THIS little book. Any guesses? Alternatively, you could just tell me your favourite breakfast.
I'm not much of a travel sketcher really. And, that's putting it mildly. I would love to have told you that I sat on the street and drew these, but I did it from the comfort of my armchair. Sometimes I long to draw the buildings and landscapes that surround me. But, I don't find it easy.
The thing is, when I'm drawing buildings and architecture I aways feel like I'm scratching around trying to find my own style. Up until now, I have never found that. A style that I'm comfortable with. In fact, drawing these little Gaudi buildings - even if it was copying them from a calender - is the closest I've ever come to it. Of course, the other reason for finding drawing architecture so difficult is that I cannot draw in public. Which is a bit of a setback.
I liked drawing these buildings, I like the results, I like what my pen has to say. Now, all I have to do is transfer this style to drawing actual REAL buildings. Oh, and conquer decades of acute self consciousness that manifests itself as a shyness that is criminally vulgar. That's all.
The Travel Moleskine
Click HERE to see my Travel Moleskine, so far.
I thought I'd condense this travel themed Moleskine down to one post, so that it's not dominating the main page of my blog. Instead of cutting it down, however, I've just ended up doing a big huge Moley post. But, what's wrong with singing the virtues of the good ole Moleskine every now and again, eh?
The most frequently asked question from visitors to my blog, who are not part of the drawing community, is what is a Moleskine? Well, Moleskines are sketchbooks. Great ones! I think the mark of a really great product is when you don't have to advertise, your customers do the advertising for you. HERE is a link to my first ever Moleskine post, from my first ever Moleskine. I was smitten straight away.
The Ballpoint Moleskine
HERE you can see the beginnings of my Ballpoint Moleskine. It's a bit rubbish, so far, but it's just the start.
The Spare Moley
And,
HERE you'll find the drawings from my Spare Moleskine. A kind of back up Moley. It's the substitute I call off the bench when the others are worn out from too much cross hatching.
The Sepia One
Finally, you'll see the entire set of drawings from my Sepia Moleskine
HERE. It's the only one, to date, that I've finished.
But mostly, I'm the most excited about my New Moley. Which'll be coming to your screen some time soon.
And, if you are not convinced about how great the Moleskine is yet, check out
Moleskinerie for all things Moley.
(Surely, I've broken some kind of record for the use the word Moleskine in one blog post? Somebody call Norris McWhirter.)
Port Meirion, in North Wales, is one of my most favourite places ever. If you get the chance to visit then do so. I can't recommend it enough. It's such a surreal and unexpected place. Seeing it for the first time is just amazing. A bit like driving down into Tobermory and seeing the main street for the first time. But, hey, that's another drawing.
Port Meirion was the dream and vision of Clough Williams Ellis. A fabulously eccentric architect. If you should ever visit be sure to take the whole day there. Because, not only is there the spectacular village to see, but there's also the surrounding woodland, which is full of little surprises including follies and a Victorian pet cemetery.
Like Elvis, Marilyn, Lennon, John Peel and Bob Ross, Clough Williams Ellis is one of those people I'd love to have known. Apart from dreaming up this amazing place, and then making it a reality, his architectural drawings are just too stunning to be true. I have them on print, postcards, and even on a fridge magnet.
Now, this isn't my greatest drawing. I don't like it much at all, but it does make me smile. Amongst the postcards I've bought, at Port Meirion, there is one of the man himself. When I attempted to draw it, though, I thought 'it doesn't even look remotely like CWE'. Then I realised what had happened. I drew it whilst watching Curb Your Enthusiasm, and somehow I drew Larry David instead!
Haha. Now that makes me smile.
As I slip into another of those mega drawings it seems like a good time to, once again, do a step by step post.
This drawing has been in my mind for some time. So, let me take you to a place where I go.
I'm not exactly sure where it's heading, but it's where nobody knows if it's night or day.
So stick with me, but, please, don't put your life in my hands.
I'll just throw it all away.
Take that look from off your face. No, I haven't been smoking crack, again.
It's just
THIS SONG has been playing in my head ALL day long.
I've always thought that this drawing would make a good Father's Day card. Or, a card, in general, for dads. Doesn't have to be a specific occasion. I just think it's an appropriate image. Which I'm sure many of us can relate to.
Happy Birthday, Dad.
Well, folks. Sorry there's no new drawing this week (I've got one on the go) but I wanted to re post these and to share something with you, too. Yesterday I found out that I have been selected to exhibit at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. Anyone who's involved in children's books will know that Bologna is THE event of the calender. I am so excited, I still can't believe it. I keep checking the website to see if that really is my name. This has been a dream of mine for at least a decade. These are two of the drawings that I submitted.
Also, I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who visits my blog. I wouldn't have realised this dream if it hadn't been for all the support and encouragement you give me on a daily basis.
Just one more thing, my email has been acting really screwy recently. For anyone who has tried to contact me and hasn't received a reply 'sorry'. I try to get back to everyone within a week, so if I haven't done it's my stupid email account not getting messages through to me. Either, leave a comment here or send me a Flickr mail and I will try and get back to you via my new account.
I've been meaning to draw this view for so long. Well, ever since I saw that there was an Everyday Matters challenge called 'draw the view from a window of your house'. It seems an appropriate time to finally get around to it. Before the reassuring view of Jo and Nick's house is no longer part of my everyday life.
Everyday Matters #18, the view from my window. See the rest of my Everyday Matters set HERE.
Ok, boys and girls. Settle down, please. This week we will be learning how to draw a battered old desk. In the style of Andrea Joseph. For no apparent reason.
Yep. I haven't done one of those step by steppy things for a while and this subject would make a good 'un. So, here's the start.
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Phew. PHEW. I'm back. I've had a wonderful, full on, couple of weeks. Full of music and laughter and wine. And fun, of course. Over the next week or so I'll try and get back to all the emails, comments, messages etc that I've received recently. Right now, I'm exhausted, after a long long drive.
Here's a little something I've been working on for approximately three months. Not a solid three months. I've been working on it bit by bit. Off and on. More off than on, I might add. It's a tribute to my best buddy. Thanks for a great time, ducky. Long may you run.
Nearly there folks. I've nearly finished the children's book drawings that have been taking up all my time over the last couple of weeks. I'll tell you more about it in my next post and then, I promise, back to 'normal' drawing and posting.
Oh, yeah, and this is a collection of hat pins that I found cluttering up the old dusty attic. The old dusty attic in my head.
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Well, today is my blogs second birthday. I did have something planned for it, but didn't quite pull it off in time. Ambitious but rubbish, that's me. It will still happen - just not when I intended. Anyway, all will be revealed in the next couple of weeks so stay tuned folks. My excuse, for not getting my act together, this time, is that I am frantically trying to get some of this children's book down on paper. The aim is five drawings by the end of the month. Yikes.
This birthday is a good opportunity to say another big thank you to all you guys. For all the visits, the comments and the encouragement that you've given me over the last couple of years. I've learnt so much in that time. On lots of levels. It has been quite a journey. The fact that you choose to join me makes me happier than you'll ever know. Cheers.
A little while ago I asked you where you may find all the items in THIS picture. The answer is, of course, they are all things that you would find in a pixies hat. Obviously. Fortunately, I mean unfortunately, nobody won the million pound prize I was offering.
This a drawing from the children's book that has being living in my sketchbook, and my head, for the past decade. It took me five days to draw. When I'd finished it, yesterday, I put it down on the floor and went into the other room (I know, I know). When I returned the cat was sat on top of the drawing taking a wash. I told her to shift her ass, she looked at me, shook her head and a globule of saliva plopped right onto the drawing. It is not waterproof ink. So I had an orange stain that I had to try to disguise. I think I've managed it. It was the pencil in the jar - which had a fine wood grain before the spittle incident.
This drawing is on A3 paper. I usually work on paper half this size. I've just been to the print shop to get it scanned. I was going to take some photos and post them, but it needed scanning. I want you to stick your beaks into every nook and cranny. So click on the image to view.
On Saturday 6th September I demonstrated oil portrait painting at for the Sherbrooke Art Society. I decided to do a child's portrait as children are difficult to paint and i thought it would be a good thing to demonstrate for the members.I painted the portrait in minimal colours and finished the painting in my studio as an hour and a half demonstration is far from enough time to complete a portrait in oil.I have uploaded a two page PDF of the stages for anyone who would like to see the progress photos.Colours used were: - Terra Rossa (similar to Indian Red)
- Ivory Black
- Titanium White
- Sky Blue
Now I'm not one to exaggerate, but I'd say that he best to happen to the UK in the last, say, 50 years is the introduction of Marks and Spencer's Simply Food shops at motorway service stations. No longer do you have to endure greasy burgers served by equally greasy teenagers. Now you can sit in the car, people watching, listening to Radio 4, whilst munching on a vegetable samosa, houmous and bread sticks, grape and melon medley, vanilla and maple syrup smoothie, Belgian chocolate brownie and triple espresso. Perfect. Of course, it still costs an arm and a leg and the customer service consisted of my bag of goodies being thrown at me with nothing more than a grunt, but hey, somethings never change.
This drawing is for my nephew, who thought it was a...erm...goldfish bowl?
I think I have found the cure for the drawing bug that's been going around. What you need to do is go to the hospital. Really. That's what I did this week. I went to the hospital. Cardiff Children's Hospital to be precise. It is the first, and only, children's hospital in Wales. I donated a couple of drawings, this is one and you can see the other HERE. Just to be a tiny little part of this amazing place makes me feel a whole lot better. Or is that humbled?
These are a couple of drawings I did a some time back, but decided not to post. Frankly, I wouldn't be posting them now if I had anything else to share. Do you find that sometimes a day, or a week, can have a theme running through it? Today the theme, for me, was books. Books, books, books. Which is another reason for digging out these two old drawings. I started the day clearing out my bookshelves and I'll end it by sharing these two books with you.
I just wanted to draw today. Draw anything. I put one letter, or maybe a number, on the page and then went with it. It was the number 3. I like to draw like that. It's almost as though you don't have any control over it. Your being taken along for the ride. Wherever your pen decides to take you. And even though it starts without a theme or an idea, soon enough one appears and says 'come with me'. And you're gone.
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This was my contribution to Drawing Day 2008.
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Some more pictures of the painting I'm doing for John, Leah and Edward. I'm having tremendous amounts of fun doing this. These photos show a slightly different process step then usual. Here, instead of doing a full under-painting like I often do when the painting will be in gouache/mixed media, I've done a sepia under-painting/drawing. This is how I did the book Anything But Hank, hoping it would unify the colours more and give it an almost Victorian look.
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It's wonderful to be able to watch this picture progress like this. It's already looking amazing. Eddie is going to love it!
Great John! Should I write "For Edward" or anything like that on it?
Just a signature will be fine mate. ;-)
Looks awesome so far, Eric! Can't wait to see where it goes.
Thanks Eric! I'll post a bit now and the finished piece in the morning.