2001 – An Art Odyssey

Any of my long time bloggiesw ill know that one of my favourite all time SciFi stories is 2001 A Space Odyssey. For quite some time I've been thinking about what piece of work I could do for this. Eventually I chose this one, alshtough I have to say now that I would have done …

The Squirrel Cage Cutter

Back in early spring when food was hard to come by for all our feathered and furry friends the local squirrel (or one of them) was as is usual helping himself to the birsds nuts and it seems they were having some difficulty getting to the nuts inside. Squirrel on bird feeder - Copyright Simon …

Simon’s Sketch Work – 3D Ball

I've been trying to hone my sketching skills, having a sketching workbook has helped a lot to give me ideas and methods and techniques... I enjoyed this one, for some reason a bit of a pain getting the circle the right size and position but the shading seems to blend well. It's amazing that a …

Simon’s Sketch Work – Human in Perspective

I've been trying to hone my sketching skills, having a sketching workbook has helped a lot to give me ideas and methods and techniques... Perspective is something hard to get right when drawing something let alone someone but with a little help and practice this sketch worked out quite well I thinkWhat do you think?

Simon’s Sketch Work – Cosmic Eye

I've been trying to hone my sketching skills, having a sketching workbook has helped a lot to give me ideas and methods and techniques... This is something I felt inspired to draw rather than a copy. I'm not sure I totally know what it means - maybe it's about the cosmic, human perspectiveWhat do you …

Simon’s Sketch Work – Dancer

I've been trying to hone my sketching skills, having a sketching workbook has helped a lot to give me ideas and methods and techniques... People are interesting to draw, the form and perspective makes it a challenge. This Dancer image was a struggle to get right and even now isn't perfect... but good enough.What do …

Looking back on 2021

When I look back on 2021 I realise that not only did it seem like a year where motivation was low and I struggled to create and come up with idea but also that I've done different things and I've shown some of them off. Because of this and becasue some of these posts can …

Sketching of Virgin’s Galactic Spacecraft

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spacecraft has finally flown, to some fanfare and a lot of controversy the Virgin Galactic took its first commercial flight some weeks back. Aesthetically it's quite a pretty thing, something that looks quite swan like and graceful. Finding a picture that inspired me - I created this sketch. There a few …

Inktober 2020 – Day 20 RIP

Hi there bloggies! It's October and that means Inktober. As with last year I'm going to have a bit of a go and try some things out. RIP was the prompt today and thought it would be proper to remember those that have fallen in the wars, since we're near Armistice day. This is going …

Inktober 2020 – Day 20 Chef

Hi there bloggies! It's October and that means Inktober. As with last year I'm going to have a bit of a go and try some things out. Chef was the prompt today and well do you remember the Muppets chef? Anybody else out there complete today's challenge?

Inktober 2020 – Day 20 Sleep

Hi there bloggies! It's October and that means Inktober. As with last year I'm going to have a bit of a go and try some things out. Sleep is the prompt of today and for this one I pushed the board out a bit - I thought of the sleeping woman mountain Mount Susitna and …

Inktober 2020 – Day 20 Coral

Hi there bloggies! It's October and that means Inktober. As with last year I'm going to have a bit of a go and try some things out. Coral is the prompt today.... I would love to have spent more time on this, but I couldn't really or I would have done a lot more, but …