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Studio blog
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.
Sunset Over St Marys Lighthouse
Here’s a colourful sunset to take your mind off a grey afternoon. It was created as a commission for a 70th birthday present. Titled ‘Sunset Over St Marys Lighthouse, Whitley Bay‘, it was painted with acrylic and ink on paper, mounted within a thin black 60 x 50cm frame. I’ve […]
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No. 17 – The Grand Canal Venice
No.17 of my 2018 world series challenge is the Grand Canal Venice. The city of Venice (Venezia) is situated across a group of 118 small islands in northeastern Italy. Separated by canals and linked by 400 bridges the islands are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths […]
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Wandsworth Town Hall & Wedding Season
The weather seems to be turning a little warmer, the sun shining a little more often and perhaps we’ll soon be moving from Spring to Summer. That also means we are firmly into wedding season! Over the years it’s become a bit of a tradition to provide an artwork with […]
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No. 16 – The Grand Canyon
No.16 of my 2018 world series challenge is the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park was officially designated a national park on February 26, 1919. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, the park is located in northwestern Arizona. The park’s central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered […]
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Singin’ the Rigi Blues
I have a straightforward landscape to share with you today, an unabashed colour study of Mt Rigi in Switzerland. It’s a subject you’ll have spotted plenty of times in my recent work! But as with Turner’s famous depictions of the ‘Queen of the Mountains‘ I find different things to work […]
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