Puppets in distress and another sketch based on the word SNIP! For more puppet misery, check this out…

An illustration based in the word ‘SNIP’. Available now as an art print at Society6 I have been following the Creative Juices blog for some years and always thought it would be useful to use their What the Doodle? random word of the week as a starting point for my own sketches. Well, the FableVisionaries have opened […]

I’ve found myself taking lots of pictures of clouds. Here’s a scattering of them for you.

Just a quick and dirty sketch. Did this a while back, found it today and liked it…

It’s almost the end of March so here’s my contribution to world of Mad March Hares. And just for fun here are some zombie hares. Or deadNhare as I originally called it. All these hares were produced for the March Artists’ Hangout.

AC Telfer’s art exhibition is on now at cheeky sew and sew‘s in Todmorden. It’s a fantastic show (around 20 pieces) in a perfect venue running until the 27th April. Cheeky sew and sew’s is a sewing cafe and they also run craft courses. AC Telfer’s artwork speaks for itself at the following gingerjam-designed website: www.actelfer.co.uk

Design for a backdrop used at the Artists’ Hangout. The backdrop appears behind performers/musicians at the monthly hangouts. Why the duck? Well why not… The hangout features artists from all and any disciplines, so something a little surreal (and more importantly non-specific to any art form) was the only way to go. Besides, hangout founder […]

Artwork produced for the artists’ hangout February 29th Leap themed get together at Cafe Cargo in Foulridge. If you like this design you can literally buy the tee-shirt (or print or laptop case) at society6.com/paulbarlow/ – or get yourself a hoodie – I’d love to see someone walking down the street wearing one of my hedgehog […]

More life drawing done at the Artists’ Hangout. I used photoshop to turn my sketch into something that looks like I spilled ink over it…

…and a happy new year.

A progression from my life drawing sketch…

“In a world where animals and humans co-exist as equals, including the right to eat waffles and host appalling late night chat shows, there stands one above all others.” I recently completed the artwork for this e-book by Amy Fagan. The illustration showcases a small selection of the wild and whacky cast of animals who […]