Owen’s Bone

He loves his bone.

Padlight

Sometimes the only light in the room is the ghostly glow of apple’s iPad…

Liverpool Sketches

I’m not a great sketchbook user. I don’t find myself driven to constantly fill pages, and I’m not great at architecture, so hey-ho, here’s my total output from two days in Liverpool. One of these sketches was done in the hallowed halls of the wonderful Walker gallery.

Upstairs

Sitting on the wall II

This is a follow up to Sitting on the Wall and also features characters from previous posts such as this and this and this. Enjoy.

Mary

Floating above the trackless jungle… who could it be? Why – it’s Mary Poppins advertising the East Lancashire School of Dancing summer performance of Showstoppers!

Another trackless jungle

An ongoing obsession? This is a sequel to an earlier post, a completely different treatment from the same batch of sketches. This is a bit more fun and much more what I had in mind – a limited pallet, basic shapes and lots of brick and tile pattern. This design is now available to purchase […]

Rear window

Is there anything more peaceful than staring out of the window on a Sunday morning, snuggled up in a dressing gown with Owen the dog at your side? Nothing could be nicer. Well, maybe if your partner stopped sketching you and fetched you a nice hot ribena, maybe that would be nicer. …and, any minute […]

Behind a glass smile

Sometimes a glass of wine is all we need to make us smile. Sometimes it’s just the glass that is smiling.

Merry Christmas…

Santa takes a break from delivering electronic consumer goodies to sing us a tune.

Don’t let the reindeer drive

Merry Christmas one and all.

The trackless jungle

Grim northern chimneys? Or a Mary Poppins-style backdrop? You can see further development of this concept here.