What word would you use to describe the sound of a tennis ball being hit at Wimbledon? 🎾 I spent the entire time painting this illustration of ‘Centre Court, Wimbledon’ imagining THAT sound… it was very distracting! 😆 I created this one for my ’Sports, Festivals & Events’ collection. Usually […]
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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.
Yarty T-Shirt Designs
Something new this week, always nice to tick off another of the commercial illustration wish list! I had the opportunity to work on some T-Shirt designs for Yarty. I already had lots of assets and illustrated elements created for other Yarty projects… so it was a pleasure to spend some […]
Read MoreMottisfont Colouring Page
This is my constructed view of the National Trust property at Mottisfont in the Test Valley. Try your hand with my Mottisfont Colouring Page, featuring Springtime snowdrops! This drawing formed part of the composition sketch for a large canvas painting. If you’d like to see how it turned out; you […]
Read MoreA Little Alpbach Commission
Here’s a little return to the Alps, a private commission of Alpbach in Austria. It was painted with acrylic & ink on 20 x 20cm deep edge canvas and intended to be given as a gift. I do love a wintery mountainside… full of snow topped chalets and evergreen trees. […]
Read MoreHello to Spring
March 21st – April 3rd (approx) is the Spring micro-season known in Japan as Shunbun (春分), it’s the time of the Vernal Equinox when “Sparrows start to nest, cherry blossoms bloom.” There are many wonderful things about having a studio in the garden; but the arrival of Spring is rather […]
Read MoreOuch!
Well no doubt March has been an unlucky month for us a family. We started off with more COVID disruption with our eldest home from school. 48 hours of feeling under the weather followed by a boredom inducing isolation period. The poor kid tested positive every day, yet somehow we […]
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