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Tag Archives: nature
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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peacock
a few months ago i developed a series of works based on peacocks. i’d been wanting to develop this work for a while and produced outcomes that included drawing, digital collage and traditional collage. The first piece I worked on … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art and design, birds, collage, design, digital illustration, handmade, illustration, made by hand, nature, peacock
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bugs
i’m working on a series of insect-based illustrations using ladybirds (or ladybugs), as the starting point. here’s the first two i’ve completed. there’s been some new challenges in producing them – although they only contain about 40-50 individual cut pieces … Continue reading
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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may your christmas be bright and happy
season’s greetings… wishing you a happy christmas and all the very best for 2015. (my illustration and the sentiment was inspired by victorian christmas cards that like to depict birds on a cold winter’s day. I like that they are … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artwork, bird, birds, christmas, christmas card, digital collage, digital illustration, illustration, nature
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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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birds
i worked on these little critters a couple of weeks ago and was really chuffed with how they turned out. they were a lot of fun to do so i’m going to do more of them and develop work that … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, artwork, bird, chris cowdrill, collage, illustration, nature, outdoors
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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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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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