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Tag Archives: flowers
flower illustrations
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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Tagged art, arts, artwork, azalea, blossom, botanical illustration, chris cowdrill, collage, dianthus, digital artwork, digital collage, digital illustration, drawing, flowers, forget-me-not, illustration, photoshop artwork, photoshop illustration, rhododendron
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home again
well, it’s been another funny year, and one that began with us going into lockdown again here in the uk. this has been the experience of people in different countries around the world at different times this year. all this … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artwork, azalea, botanical art, chris cowdrill, digital illustration, drawing, flower art, flower drawing, flowers, illustration, ipad drawing, iris, jasmine, lockdown, observational drawing, procreate art, rhododendron
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more drawings from the garden
so, after my last post (2 weeks into lockdown), i continued drawing in the garden. i produced a series of three images that used a lot more colour. i felt like i was painting really, rather than drawing in the … Continue reading
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Tagged allium, art, corona art, covid art, daffodil, digital art, digital drawing, digital illustration, Digital painting, digital sketchbook, drawing, flower drawing, flowers, garden, garden drawing, illustration, ipad drawing, ipadsketch, nature, nature drawing, observational drawing, procreate, procreate art, rhododenron, sketchbook, sunflower, sweet pea
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garden drawings
over the last couple of weeks i’ve been drawing in the garden. like most people we’ve been in isolation/lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. one message that i’ve got through a lot of social media is that we should all … Continue reading
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Tagged art, corona art, digital drawing, digital sketch, drawing, flower drawing, flowers, garden, ipad, ipadsketch, observational drawing, procreate, sketchbook, sketches, thoughts
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riso printing @ rope press
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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Tagged art, arts, artwork, collage, drawing, flowers, illustration, landscape, nature, outdoors, printing, riso, risograph, rope press, self-publishing, sketch, sketchbook, zine
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cards
here’s some new card designs i’ve put together for a craft fair i’m doing in a couple of weeks. they are all taken from drawings in my sketchbook that have been done in development of other work. i hope you … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artwork, card, chris cowdrill, coffee, craft, creative, drawing, flowers, greetings card, illustration, robot, sagrada familia, stationery
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seed heads
in the recent group exhibition with which i was involved, i exhibited 5 pieces of work – only 4 of which have appeared on here previously. they were thistles, bramble, fence and crow. the fifth piece was one which i … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, artwork, birmingham, collage, drawing, flora, flowers, illustration, landscape, nature, outdoors, plants
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fence
following on from the last blog – the third piece in this series was inspired by a fence. in particular – what was in front of the fence and what was behind it – with the fence acting as an … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, birmingham, digital collage, digital illustration, drawing, flowers, illustration, landscape, nature, outdoors, plants
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brambles
maybe not the first subject you might expect to be the source of inspiration for a piece of work – but for me it was inspiring. it is part of a series of pieces i started about a year ago … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, birmingham, bramble, collage, digital collage, digital illustration, drawing, flowers, illustration, landscape, outdoors, plants, stirchley
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it must be love
i decided to treat my girlfriend to a ‘bouquet’ of flowers – the week before valentine’s day – how good am i?! daffodils. for a pound. from the supermarket. anyway, they provided the inspiration for a few drawings and then … Continue reading
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Tagged art, collage, daffodil, drawing, flowers, greetings card, illustration, love, valentines
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