Category Archives: Animals
A Giant Galápagos Tortoise
Recently I was fortunate to be allowed behind the scenes at the Oxford University Natural History Museum to draw this giant Galápagos tortoise. If this tortoise was over a hundred years old (some lived over 200) that would mean he
A Giant Galápagos Tortoise
Recently I was fortunate to be allowed behind the scenes at the Oxford University Natural History Museum to draw this giant Galápagos tortoise. If this tortoise was over a hundred years old (some lived over 200) that would mean he
Travels and new aquaintances
The last few months have featured a lot of travel, exhilarating and exhausting in equal measures. The downside of moving around lots is that there hasn’t been much time to draw, but that’s the price for seeing lots. Since this
Travels and new aquaintances
The last few months have featured a lot of travel, exhilarating and exhausting in equal measures. The downside of moving around lots is that there hasn’t been much time to draw, but that’s the price for seeing lots. Since this
Bronze at the Royal Academy
These last few months I’ve been taken up with making prints and framing things for my show, and starting a new job (not too far, I now work part time for the Prince’s Drawing School) and I’ve barely done any
Bronze at the Royal Academy
These last few months I’ve been taken up with making prints and framing things for my show, and starting a new job (not too far, I now work part time for the Prince’s Drawing School) and I’ve barely done any
Four legs and two legs
Following on from my last post, I’ve also been studying the relationship between animals and humans as told through the history of art. Its been a joy to scour museums for animals, and draw creatures that at least keep still.
Four legs and two legs
Following on from my last post, I’ve also been studying the relationship between animals and humans as told through the history of art. Its been a joy to scour museums for animals, and draw creatures that at least keep still.
Four legs good
I’ve been drawing a lot of animals recently. It started with a great course at the school called ‘Man and Beast’ exploring the relationship between creatures and humans, and I’ve been rather hooked on fur and feathers since. I’m also
Four legs good
I’ve been drawing a lot of animals recently. It started with a great course at the school called ‘Man and Beast’ exploring the relationship between creatures and humans, and I’ve been rather hooked on fur and feathers since. I’m also
Beuckelaer’s fish
Regular followers will know of my fondness for drawing from paintings. To de-construct an artist’s composition and narrative, priorities and hierarchy of characters, is an incredible process and one that makes me want to make ambitious pictures myself. To plan,
Beuckelaer’s fish
Regular followers will know of my fondness for drawing from paintings. To de-construct an artist’s composition and narrative, priorities and hierarchy of characters, is an incredible process and one that makes me want to make ambitious pictures myself. To plan,
More lakes: A day at the races
After a week labouring with paint we were treated to an afternoon at the races, at the beautiful course at Cartmel. After the silence of hills and fields it was disorienting to be among crowds and chaos, and in-between having
More lakes: A day at the races
After a week labouring with paint we were treated to an afternoon at the races, at the beautiful course at Cartmel. After the silence of hills and fields it was disorienting to be among crowds and chaos, and in-between having
En plein air
Just back from a trip with the school to the south of the Lake District, painting oils in the open -an entirely new experience! The area, set around a large estuary, was beautiful, and the drama of the mountains could
En plein air
Just back from a trip with the school to the south of the Lake District, painting oils in the open -an entirely new experience! The area, set around a large estuary, was beautiful, and the drama of the mountains could
At the Natural History Museum
The Drawing School has been taking us to the Natural History Museum as part of our ‘Challenging Interiors’ course. It doesn’t get much more challenging than this ‘cathedral of nature’, designed by the wonderful Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse in a
At the Natural History Museum
The Drawing School has been taking us to the Natural History Museum as part of our ‘Challenging Interiors’ course. It doesn’t get much more challenging than this ‘cathedral of nature’, designed by the wonderful Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse in a
Creatures
Following on from my earlier musings on Barbari’s partridges, some of my own studies of dead things. I had intended to draw this hare and bunnies in a game larder as a scene, but I became mesmerised by the hare
Creatures
Following on from my earlier musings on Barbari’s partridges, some of my own studies of dead things. I had intended to draw this hare and bunnies in a game larder as a scene, but I became mesmerised by the hare
