"there is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" Sir Frances Bacon, Of Beauty, Essays" 1625
I thought I'd share my progress to date on The Dark Seed. It took a bit of a back seat to Bells Call Others, but it's not unusual for me to have several drawing on the go at once. This strategy is necessary as pointillism is by its nature a slow technique. Having a few... Continue Reading →
Bells Call Others is a new drawing, just finished this morning. It was a bit of a digression from another drawing I am working on, The Dark Bead, occasioned by finding a piece of toned board in my paper rack. Working on toned paper had been on my mind since looking at some work by... Continue Reading →
Many hours still to go on this piece, but I thought I'd share a work in progress image. - Richard.
Many hours of inking later... The Dark Bead progresses... - Richard.
For those interested in seeing work in progress, this is the outlined drawing for a new piece called The Dark Bead. Eventually, it will be a fully rendered pointillism piece, like the drawing Lens, in my last post. I enjoy these works at this stage. In fact in the past I have occasionally stopped at... Continue Reading →
This is my first drawing with the .13 Rotring Rapidograph. Until now I've been a die hard .18 Koh-I-Noor user. I still like the latter but I found that the Rotring pen delivered a great performance and gave me a much finer grain. I am definitely using this pen for the illustrations I am working... Continue Reading →
The Green Demon is on sale in my webstore. Its a piece I did last year when I was doing a small series of demons. I am using the proceeds of these small sale pieces to publish a book of 5 short fantasy stories called Magpie's Ladder. - Richard.
Drone is the 3rd Symphonist, a series of commissioned silverpoint miniatures.
Update: The Veil is sold! The Veil is a cross hatched drawing done with a dip pen and then painted with acrylic inks. The drawing was done last year but the coloring was done today. One of these days I'd love to illustrate a book in this technique. This piece is on sale. If you... Continue Reading →
This is a drawing called Amnesiac's Library. If you follow my work, you'll know that natural history and libraries are recurring themes. Amnesiac's Library nearly didn't happen. I started it several years ago but other things got in the way and it sort of settled to the bottom of my paper rack. My original plan... Continue Reading →
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