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.
Looking for signs of Spring? It’s a little dreary and wet out of the studio window today. But at least I have my palette of colours to cheer things up. One of the commercial pieces i’m working on at the moment is this view of Alresford Station and the Watercress […]
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We recently went for a stomp up Old Winchester Hill in Hampshire. It seems rather incredible, having lived in this area for well over a decade, that we’ve not visited the site before! It was my 40th Birthday and the weather was perfect for getting out on the South Downs, […]
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Happy New Year everyone! It’s been a sluggish start to 2024 for us. Lots of tricky mornings getting the kids to school during the cold weather. Plenty of admin and jobs to do around the house. It can feel impossible to really get going with anything creative in January. But […]
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Greenwich Park is one of the eight Royal Parks in London. Here’s my line work for a new illustration I’m working on, featuring the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. This one is a personal project that I hope will make a nice addition to my Christmas card range. Why not have […]
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Our home (and my studio) sits on the Old Alresford Road that runs from Winchester to… well, Alresford! Alresford is a lovely market town, part of the wider Winchester district within Hampshire, but with its own very distinct identity. I’ve always felt that it has a nice atmosphere during the […]
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A torturous title 😆. It can be difficult to get across just how much preparation and construction goes into an artwork. Especially the bigger canvas compositions, which can be quite the jigsaw puzzle! I like to think that it’s one of the things I’m quite good at… creating plausible scenes […]
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