Illustration
Mount Hood

Mount Hood

Using some family holiday photographs for reference, I painted Mount Hood (vaguely based on it) for my father's birthday present. I used gouache and a stencil made from paper which gave interesting gloopy results, especially each time it was reused. Here are the final...

Dunes

Dunes

I got some new paintbrushes for Christmas, so I played around with gouache this morning! Close-ups below.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,though you are small among the clans of Judah,out of you will come for meone who will be ruler over Israel,whose origins are from of old,from ancient times.Micah 5:2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King...

Update

Update

I've now finished the Aardman / NFTS Character Animation course ... twelve weeks over already! You can find my updated showreel (with lots of animation from the course) here and my new portfolio here. [NOTE: these pages no longer exist.] And now for something a little...

Stars

Stars

I've wanted to draw something starry for a while.

Sketches from The Sound of Music

Sketches from The Sound of Music

I love this movie. I've seen lots of sketches from other people who've doodled through films, and I've always wondered how they can do that. Well, now I've tried it I see the appeal! I loved capturing the lighting in the central drawing, and trying to catch likeness...

Bristol Museum

Bristol Museum

I visited Bristol Museum today and sketched some of the creatures there. This tiger was shot by George V in 1911, which is some sort of distinction I suppose. It was in an amazing crouched position and at first glance appeared to be ferocious. The longer I looked at...

Birdy

Birdy

This little guy appeared while I played with Kyle T. Webster's great gouache photoshop brushes today.