Split in Croatia
I decided to work a little more on my drawing of Split in Croatia, which can be found in this post here. Despite spilling my paints over the drawing right at the start, I’m fairly pleased with the results. The aim is to find a way of merging my coloured work and my pen and [...]
Two drawings of Neal’s Yard
I love Neal’s Yard in Covent Garden so I’ve drawn it a number of times. Here’s two very different illustrations of it:
The Construction of a Panoramic Illustration
I recently started working on a new panoramic view of London and thought it might be interesting to show a couple of the stages I go through when working on these pieces. There are a number of remarkable photographic panoramas to be found online, but I didn’t want to just draw a straight copy of [...]
Sketch of London
Here’s a sketch I did last year; it was the first draft for this piece and I decided to restart it after the buildings became increasingly squashed together. Retrospectively, I rather like it, which is a common problem with my work; I frequently find old sketches which I infinitely prefer to the pieces I eventually [...]
View from Trafalgar Square
Here’s a new piece I’m working on, based around a terrific panoramic photograph I discovered of Trafalgar Square. One of the things I love most about Trafalgar Square is the way in which Nelson’s Column faces down the Strand; there’s something very reassuring about the sight of one of England’s most heroic figures keeping watch [...]
Ponte Vecchio in Florence
Pen and ink drawing of the Ponte Vecchio, a fascinating Medieval bridge in Florence. I was aiming to emphasise the light and shade of this scene a little, whilst still using line only, rather than introducing any colour to the piece. I’m not completely happy with it yet and may decide to work into it [...]
Vlad Dracul
Here’s a drawing I did of Vlad Dracul which is featured in the current issue of Ballad Of. This illustration reflects my love for all thing relating to the eccentric Wallachian prince, a topic I explored in a little more detail here.
New York City Hall
This line drawing shows New York City Hall; I’ve not finished with this piece yet, but the majority of the drawing has been completed, so I decided to post it, while I finish off a few other projects:
Covent Garden Market
I decided to rework my drawing of Covent Garden Market over the weekend; the original was a little bare and lifeless and it really needed some figures in it to make the composition work a little better: This is a crowded area of London, so I’m planning a version with even more figures in it. [...]
Panoramic Drawing of Budapest
I’ve wanted to draw Budapest for a while; but it’s always harder working on an illustration of an area you have never visited – one of the reasons I frequently draw parts of London is that I know these spaces fairly well and have already sketched them and thought about how to represent them. So, [...]
Line Drawing of Cyprus Hillside
Here’s a quick commission I worked on at the start of this week; it’s a drawing of some Cypriot villas and will be used within a forthcoming property website. I’m in two minds about whether to alter the style of the piece a little; I like the clean lines in the drawing, but am concerned [...]
Line Drawing of Split in Croatia
A few weeks ago I was in the mood to draw some rooftops so I decided to draw Split in Croatia. I’ve never been there, but it looks incredibly charming and has exactly the sort of landscape I love best, jumbly rooftops with a harbour in the background:
Early morning sketches
Over the summer season, a recurring theme in my work is early morning drawings. During August, it’s too hot to sit outside once the sun is out and so I often go out onto the balcony for coffee at 5 Am. I get a little frustrated by these pieces; there’s not a whole lot of [...]
Line Drawings
Here’s a few line drawings I’ve done recently: The first sketch is of the family we rent our flat from at their pre Christmas barbeque; it’s held in a garage opposite our flat: The next piece is a diagram explaining how triangulation works. I won’t talk too much about this drawing as I have plans [...]
Perspective Tutorials
Illustrations and tutorials for Digital Artist magazine demonstrating advanced perspective techniques.
Problems with Perspective Drawing.
The main problem with trying to depict a building – or any other figure or object – in a drawing is that we are trying to show the three dimensional world on a two dimensional plane and so are burdened with too much information, one dimension too many. Three point perspective can provide a satisfactory [...]
