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Tag Archives: flowers
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
Posted in finished artwork, handmade, sketchbook
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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christmas past…
okay, so a blog about christmas in february is a little late – but it’s here now. i make my own christmas cards each year and once the design’s done i usually have my own little production line going – printing them … Continue reading
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Tagged art, christmas card, flowers, graphics, poinsettia
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as yet untitled…
here are some photos of a piece I completed a couple of weeks ago. it’s the first in a series of 4 pieces i have planned and ready to go. most of the work i’ve produced over the last year … Continue reading
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Tagged art, collage, drawing, flowers, graphics, illustration, landscape, sketchbook, thistle
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art festival
a couple of weeks ago, the sixth form college i work at held their third annual arts festival. the festival was very well attended, the fashion show was a success, there were lots of activities, workshops and demonstrations (see here … Continue reading
Posted in exhibitions, finished artwork
Tagged art, badges, birmingham, flowers, graphics, illustration, sagrada familia, spain
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