Creative posts and articles posted on the studio blog. Written by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman MA. They feature his most recent illustrations. Plus for anyone interested in the creative process, a few photos from behind the scenes. Including projects that are still in progress. Jonathan likes big colours and lots of detail, he enjoys travelling and finding new compositions with his camera and sketchbook.
Here are a couple of new local scenes, painted Winchester College studies on canvas. One is very much an architectural piece, with almost no green but I hope with its own elegance. The other is all about the landscape and the rolling seas of foliage as you look out over […]
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Forest spirits have been spotted in the studio! A famous Japanese character pops up in this recent return to the Gillian Lynne and some new cut paper artwork. I was invited to create a painting that would celebrating the play ‘My Neighbour Totoro’; which launches at the theatre this week. […]
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I have a new addition to my sports & festivals collection to share, and it has arrived right in the middle of the Six Nations tournament. It’s an imagined match between England and Ireland at Twickenham. Twickenham Framed It was difficult to give a feel for the stadium shape, while […]
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Last year I posted some designs for window vinyls that were due to be installed at a site here in WInchester. It’s been a long time coming, but everything is finally now in place at the new St Clements building on Upper Brook Street. The GP surgery has moved over […]
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I love a good vibrant pub painting! This one seems particularly bright and cheery, which probably speaks to the wonderful time we had visiting Dublin last year. ‘The Temple Bar, Dublin’ is fresh off the easel, complete with its eye-catching red frames and lush box planting. The pub sits at […]
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I have an archive box of paper illustrations in the studio. A precious trove of previous paintings that I really need to pull out and display. It’s one of my missions for the year, to see more of those archived pieces listed on the website. And I’ve started here with […]
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