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.
Nearly there! we’ve been busy constructing this place in Martyr Worthy over the last month… a last minute decision to go ahead before our new family arrival. It’s been a incredible challenge to build my own studio from the base up, and i’ve learned a lot along the way. I’m […]
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It’s been in the pipeline for a while but we’re now underway with plans to build a new illustration studio in our garden. This moves my work out of the house into a purpose built space with plenty of creative room. It’s going to be hard work preparing the ground […]
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The family recently paid a little trip to see my Memorial Park bookbench, A Fine House Richly Furnished, before it was removed for the Sitting With Jane charity auction. Here’s a few photos of the completed bench installed at the bandstand. It will be auctioned on Friday 15th September at […]
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Here’s a little acrylic and ink illustration Geneva Fireworks celebrating the Fêtes de Genève. The Geneva Festival is a famous annual summer event in Switzerland held on a Saturday evening in mid-August. There is a grand fireworks display over Lake Léman which features about 30,000 rockets accompanied by music… a perfect excuse for […]
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Here’s a little animated adventure I created today Adventure Calls, something to celebrate the nicer weather and the opportunity to explore the outside world. The landscape is a mix of North America and Scandinavian references… so i’m hoping it fits nicely as a general ‘great outdoors’ scene. The image was […]
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I’ve been trying to resist the need to start working on Christmas illustrations. It’s a inescapable fact of creative life that you have to be working months ahead, somehow we’re supposed to be thinking of snowy days and festive cheer when outside it’s perfect weather for a BBQ! However I […]
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