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.
One of the first heritage locations in Winchester to stock my illustrated greeting cards; the City Museum has always been supportive of my work. Here’s my City Museum colouring page for you to add your own seasonal twist! Hopefully you’ll be able to pick up a copy of my painted […]
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Over the past couple of years I have been volunteering a little of my time towards projects at our local primary school. At the end of June we helped to organise a big Itchen Abbas Summer Fair. I was able to lend a hand with all the different graphic elements, […]
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I do like a good pub facade! Usually traditional in architecture terms but often eclectic in the way they are decorated. The use of hanging baskets and flags in this pub from Ireland was always going to catch my eye. ‘The Oliver St John Gogarty’ featured here is a striking […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Here’s a breezy mountainside painting that I managed to complete this week. All for myself this one and shortly to be added to my ‘Festival & Sports’ collection. The Tour de France is one of the most followed events of the Summer and felt like it should be featured. Plenty […]
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