As the weather heats up it can do strange things to the acrylic. The paint gets that little bit thicker. It ridges and bumps as the brush flows across the canvas. It can make for some expressive results… something that was very helpful in one area of this new painting. […]
Read MoreArchitectural Illustration
Architectural illustration, detailed building sketches and artists impressions. These posts relate to commissioned projects or personal work that has then been licensed later for commercial use. If you’d like to work with me on a future architecture inspired project, please contact the studio!
Winchester in Blues
I have some digital drawings of Winchester to share with you today. A very blue tone take on the City! These line drawings (with some limited shading and block colours) are due to be installed as window vinyl artwork at the new surgery building currently taking shape on Upper Brook […]
Read MoreHello Dolly!
I’m lucky enough to see lots of variety in the scenes I’m commissioned for. But there are occasions when I have been asked to recreate a scene. This one came quite quickly after last month’s initial Matcham study of The London Palladium. Created for the press night opening of ‘Hello, […]
Read MoreThe London Palladium
Hot on the heels of my cutout study of the Gillian Lynne I have another theatrical painting to share. This time the focus is The London Palladium. I was asked to create a study of the facade to be given as a gift for someone who had been involved in […]
Read MoreVilla Wolkonsky
Here’s a little canvas painting I completed this week. A Sunny study of the British Ambassador’s Residence in Italy. The Villa Wolkonsky is a fascinating aristocratic oasis in Rome surrounded by greenery and crossed by thirty-six spans of the Neronian aqueduct dating back to the 1st century AD. One of my clients is heading […]
Read MoreHarrods Illustration
I don’t think there are many more challenging facades, than Harrods in London. The scale of the building makes it incredibly difficult to capture the distant ends of Brompton Road and Hans Crescent. Yet any Harrods illustration needs to try and capture the ornate details key to its history, identity […]
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