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“It is in the order to really see, to see ever deeper, ever more intensely, hence to be fully aware and alive, that I draw what the Chinese call ‘The Ten Thousand Things’ around me. Drawing is the discipline by which I constantly rediscover the world.

I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is”.

(Frederick Franck, ‘The Zen of Seeing’).


Tuesday, 3 June 2014

217-223 Rules of Engagement

I love the characters in this show, very funny. Initially drawn separately as an exercise to capture a likeness, I then arranged them into this group picture.

213-216 Random sketches




It's good to be drawing again.

Monday, 30 September 2013

210-212 Doc Martin W.I.P



I must admit after starting to watch the new Doc Martin series I've become a bit of a fan, in fact I've been so inspired by the great characters in the show that I've decided to do my own bit of fan art. The idea is to do some studies of the characters and produce a finished piece using the best of the sketches.

Thursday, 29 August 2013

209 - Daniel Lieske Tutorial


Well the family photo project has turned into a full blown ancestor search now and as a result I've not spent a great deal of time on drawing or painting over the last month. This sketch in Photoshop was done following a tutorial by Daniel Lieske on Lynda.com.

Tuesday, 23 July 2013

208 - Old Family Photos Project


207 - Old Family Photos Project

I watched a fascinating documentary recently on the BBC about Jack Vettriano and it gave me an idea of doing a picture in a similar style using old family photos as reference. I'm not quite sure how this is going to work out or even where to start or more importantly if it will ever get completed. Anyhow this pencil sketch is the first in what will hopefully be a series of studies which will eventually inform the finished painting.

204 - W.I.P Update

This still needs some finishing touches but other than that, I think I've taken it as far as I can at my current skill level.