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Tag Archives: landscape
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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BLACK HIGHWAY
i’ve again been working with my friend, colleague and fellow octagon, shaun morris to put together some promotional material for his exhibition of recent paintings titled BLACK HIGHWAY. it is an exhibition of paintings and drawings depicting the edgelands of … Continue reading
Posted in exhibitions, graphics, indigo octagon
Tagged art, arts, artwork, birmingham, chris cowdrill, drawing, edgelands, exhibition, fine art, graphics, indigo octagon, landscape, outdoors, shaun morris, sketchbook, west bromwich
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season’s greetings
well, hello there. i hope that you all had a great christmas and i wish you all the best for the new year. it’s been a while since i wrote on here (so my first new year’s resolution is to … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, artwork, bird, chris cowdrill, christmas card, collage, digital collage, digital illustration, drawing, fieldfare, greetings card, holiday, illustration, landscape, nature, outdoors
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stolen car
as part of indigo octagon i’ve been working with friend, colleague and fellow octagonite, shaun morris to put together some promotional material for his exhibition of recent work titled stolen car. it’s ‘an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings based … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew smith, art, arts, birmingham, chris cowdrill, drawing, edgelands, fine art, graphics, indigo octagon, landscape, m5, m5 motorway, motorway, painting, paintings and drawings, private view, shaun morris, urban landscape
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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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Exhibition Part 1: If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words Then Why Can’t I -P-a-i-n-t-
i didn’t write any posts in november. i really wanted to but i was a bit busy being involved in a group exhibition. there was quite a bit of work involved in the weeks preceding the show – getting flyers … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew smith, art, arts, birmingham, ceramics, chris cowdrill, collage, craig underhill, digital collage, digital illustration, drawing, edgelands, exhibition, fine art, hugh marwood, illustration, landscape, painting, plants, pottery, shaun morris
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crow
so… the fourth piece in the series is again inspired by a brief glimpse of something while i was out running earlier this year. i looked up, saw a bird in the bare branches of a tree and thought – … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, bird, birmingham, crow, digital collage, digital illustration, drawing, illustration, landscape, nature, outdoors
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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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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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