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.
I was delighted to work on this very expressive painting commission from a rocky section of Fistral Beach. Working from a particular reference photo I picked out certain colours and tones that I felt were playful, but true to the atmospheric vistas so often seen with the special light in Cornwall. […]
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I had the opportunity recently to put some of my original pieces on display at Winchester Framing & Home. It seemed like a good moment to address an older piece that has been squirrelled away into the corner of the studio for a couple of years. I painted this collage of […]
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I’ve finished my bench! that was an epic project. It’s taken three weeks in the public painting space at Festival Place to complete my Book Bench design ‘A Fine House Richly Furnished’. I have to keep the finished seat secret for a little while longer, but there will be lots […]
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Englands Historic Cities App is now available online for iOS and Android. There is also a new story website alongside the mobile app, both featuring my illustrations: http://www.heritagecities.com/stories/explore And you can read a bit of background around the project here: https://hexdigital.com/case-studies/englands-historic-cities It was a lot of work in a short space […]
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Here’s some sneak peeks at the sketches i’ve been working on. These compositions will contribute towards a bigger self initiated project that focuses on London locations. It shouldn’t be too tricky, but see if you can identify the station and the dome featured here?!
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I’ve started working on a new series that I hope to be able to show you in the lead up to Christmas. I’m aiming high and trying to achieve something a little different, while still being able to show off my usual feature paintings. It’s all very cryptic at this […]
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