Tag Archives: arts

flower illustrations

Posted on January 2, 2022 by chris cowdrill

i was so pleased with how my series of flower drawings were going that i decided to give some of them a purpose. i chose three drawings that i would develop into finished digital collage outcomes and then produced three … Continue reading →

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sketches

Posted on September 15, 2016 by chris cowdrill

earlier this week i was at oxford’s natural history museum and pitt rivers museum, accompanied by 40 art students from the college where i lecture. the objective being for them to gather visual reference for their first project of the … Continue reading →

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toys 2

Posted on July 18, 2016 by chris cowdrill

this is a quick follow up to the last post. with the intention of producing a series of images for exhibition, i continued to draw from my daughter’s toys using my ipad pro and apple pencil. the three new drawings … Continue reading →

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toys

Posted on June 4, 2016 by chris cowdrill

i got a couple of new toys this week – after thinking it over for longer than i care to admit and researching a lot over the last few weeks, i finally bought an iPad Pro. i bought an apple … Continue reading →

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sketches from exhibitions 2

Posted on April 20, 2016 by chris cowdrill

this is another post collecting together some work from my sketchbook. i started making a point of drawing sculptural work when visiting galleries and exhibitions – capturing in two dimensions things that should fundamentally be seen in three. some of … Continue reading →

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riso printing @ rope press

Posted on March 13, 2016 by chris cowdrill

i recently attended a riso zine workshop at the splendid rope press in birmingham. i’d been wanting to attend one of their workshops to learn a bit more about and have a go at the risograph printing process for a … Continue reading →

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handmade boutique

Posted on October 3, 2015 by chris cowdrill

“handmade boutique is a collective of midlands based independent designers that make beautiful lifestyle products and gifts for all ages.” their store in the touchwood shopping centre of solihull recently relocated and reopened and i’m proud to say that they … Continue reading →

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online shop launch

Posted on September 19, 2015 by chris cowdrill

my online shop is finally live – having been a link from my website to an empty store front on etsy for quite a while now, the shop went live recently on tictail. i had a lot of help with … Continue reading →

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squeeze (part 2)

Posted on June 17, 2015 by chris cowdrill

i thought it was about time i shared some of the awesome work my colleagues produced as part of the first staff show at the further education college where we work. as if we didn’t have enough to do towards … Continue reading →

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mental MAPPING

Posted on June 14, 2015 by chris cowdrill

mental mapping is an exhibition that brings together the work of artists andrew smith and hugh marwood. the exhibition is a mix of painting, photography and digital work as well as a piece of video on which they collaborated. the … Continue reading →

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