Original Mounted Sketches Available!

I have had many people show a lot of interest in acquiring some of my original sketches from my daily sketchbook. This is a great opportunity to get them at studio clearance prices.....I'm making lots of space in my studio at the moment, the process contniues. I have 4 in this Collection and if anyone is interested they are £150 each all unframed.

Sketch, sketch, sketch!!!

Just send me an email if you are interested and we'll discuss the postage terms.

Each individual face sketched is 6" x 4" (Inches)- just like a postcard picture.

THE SKETCHES

Sketches on Public Transport I, Conte and Coloured Pencil from Sketchbook mounted on watercolour paper.

Sketches on Public Transport II, Ball Point pen and Tom Bow N75 Dual wash Felt  wash pen from Sketch book  and mounted individually SOLD

Sketches on Public Transport III, Graphite from the Sketchbook all individually Mounted,  

Sketches on Public Transport IV, Ball point pen with TOMBOW N75 wash Pen  from sketchbook all mounted on Foamcore.

SPECIAL QUOTE
"Sketch everyday, it's a medicine-It cures the deadness of being able to draw freely!"-Adebanji Alade

"I don't need an umbrella....I love the rain" , 6" x 9", Mixed Media, 2011 (The Flying Moleskins)

This is my contribution to Vern's sketchbook. Its part of a Sketchbook Exchange I am currently taking part in called, "The Flying Moleskins" He said we could paint anything and around the time I was thinking of what to paint- It happened to be a time I was getting mesmerized by rain reflections on London streets.



I don't need an umbrella...I love the rain, 6" x 9", Mixed Media, 2011

So I decided to do this piece of an old man I saw around Holborn in London enjoying the rain without an umbrella. Hope you like it Vern-It got me back to using watercolour and gouache.


SPECIAL QUOTE
" A prison in Bristol asked me to do a painting for the altar piece in their chapel and I did this big thing of the prodigal son; a father and son locked in embrace and the whole redemptive thing about that. While I was doing it I had a surveyor come around to look at the house-I was remortgaging it- and he saw the image and started crying. It was 9 o'clock in the morning and I was still in my pyjamas and he was in tears. He said: "What is that?" I said: It's a father and son. So he said: "I've got a 9 year old kid but I've never hugged him." Then he walked out saying:"I'm gonna find him." I called after him: "What about the house?"......-Charlie Mackesy

"Peter and Paul"-The Flying Moleskins 12" x 9", mixed media on paper

This is my entry into James Parker's world of Wildlife. It's part of the Flying Moleskins exchange between 13 artists

I know James is sooo funny, so I decided to sketch these funny looking animals from the London Zoo. I forgot to take note of what actually they are called, so, can someone help me out?



I have called them Peter and Paul!

For this piece I have used graphite, ink, tom bow wash pens, ball point pens, coloured pencils, wax crayons, acrylic and my beloved oil base pencil on an off white cardboard sheet.

Josh in Sleep mode XIV, A3 sketchbook, Sanguine/Sepia dust/Coloured pencil, 2009

This is number 14 in my current series of quick records of my son in sleep mode.



This afternoon while working on a commission that I was using sanguine and sepia dust, he fell asleep beside me. So I quickly took a break and tried to capture another sleep mode. I think I ended up pouring too much dust on the paper and it was hard to lift off.

My Beloved Tree III, 16 x 11, mixed media on paper, 2009

The weather was better today but only in the afternoon. I scouted about to find those lovely trees that I have always longed to draw or paint but only do so in my dreams, or sometimes in my mind....I discovered this one in the bush around Belvedere. I then made myself comfortable and gave it a go.





I have used sanguine and sepia dust, watercolour, gouache, Biro and coloured pencils to achieve this.

Also here is a picture I managed to get of myself by balancing my camera on a tree and setting it on a self-timer. Aha no one was present in the bush to snap this time.

AFRO XXIV, 8" x 10", Mixed Media on Heavy Watercolour paper, 2009

This is number 24 in my current Afro series- another experiment- I started off by mixing the charcoal dust with some Liquitex Slow Dri Blending medium(Never tried this just looking for effects)I didn't do any initial drawing just attacking the paper with my brush as I would approach a watercolour piece. Then when it was dry, I added more definite drawing and tone to the piece with the oil base pencil. I then added some intermediary tones with cool grey and white coloured pencils.




The emphasis of this series is all about the beauty and variety you can get with natural black hair

The model is my little boy, "Josh" and that was when he had a bit more hair and was younger.