Wednesday 23 December 2009

WORK COLLEAGUE




















Sketch of work colleague, and girlfriend.

Wednesday 16 December 2009

CHRISTMAS FAIR




Teacher,drawn at a Primary School Fair, December 2009.

Wednesday 2 December 2009

SEAN CONNERY



















Rough sketch of Sean Connery and car, for Tom Tom supplier.

Sunday 29 November 2009

RIVERVIEW(2)

Toby















      


Nick.

Not the most revolutionary drawing to look at, but this is one of my favourites of recent weeks.
     I am still striving to get off the symmetry trap that can occur when the subject is facing me.
   Nick turned his head down slightly, and tilted it by the tiniest amount. It must have been only 2 or 3 degrees, but it was just enough to knock it off the vertical and horizontal lines of symmetry.
   

Saturday 28 November 2009

RIVERVIEW 2009

















Riannon and Louisa.



Anna.

This drawing had unintended (positive) consequences, when Anna produced the huge mane of a ponytail that had previously been obscured from my point of view.
    She draped it over her left shoulder, and all of a sudden, the drawing had rhythm and balance, and was no longer boring and symmetrical. 
     It is certainly something I will be on the look out for, from now on.

Monday 16 November 2009

Monday 2 November 2009

X Factor 2009



Louie,Danni,Cheryl and Simon from this years X Factor competition.

Tuesday 8 September 2009

CARL

















Sketch of work colleague. ( Work in progress)

Sunday 16 August 2009

BOBBY ROBSON

















Sketch of recently passed England Manager.

Thursday 13 August 2009

Sherikka Graduation

















Card to celebrate Sherikkas graduation.

Monday 22 June 2009

BIG BROTHER 10 (3)
















Third and final batch of Big Brother sketches.

Sunday 14 June 2009

BIG BROTHER 10 (2)


















Second batch of BB10 sketches.

JAMIE











Sketch of Jamie with two of his mates.

Saturday 13 June 2009

BIG BROTHER 10
















First batch of Housemates from the 2009 house.

Tuesday 9 June 2009

CLOSE UP SKETCH











Close up of sketch at Carl and Emilys wedding.

Sunday 7 June 2009

ELISABETH













Elisabeth, drawn at Carl and Emilys wedding reception. 15/5/09.

Sunday 24 May 2009

JAYS DAUGHTER

















Sketch of my colleague Jay's daughter.

Sunday 17 May 2009

CARL AND EMILYS WEDDING













Emma and Wyatt. Guests from Emilys wedding 15/05/09. This was done from a photo taken at the reception, as I was out of time.










Samantha and Alan, two guests at Emilys wedding, 15/05/09.









The beautiful bridesmaids 
with their sketch.








Charlotte and Emma, bridesmaids at Emilys wedding  15/05/09

Tuesday 28 April 2009

CARL & EMILY
















 Final Art for Carl and Emilys wedding sign in card. (garland added)

Wednesday 15 April 2009

BRITAINS GOT TALENT












Colour sketch of Britains Got Talent judges.

Friday 10 April 2009

THE APPRENTICE

















A few more sketches from this years show.

THE APPRENTICE

















Some more sketches from this years Apprentice BBC TV show.

HEN PARTY













A follow up sketch from a hen party live event last week. I took some photos of the completed sketches and arranged them in the studio later.

Tuesday 7 April 2009

GAMAL
















Gamal, drawn at the Martial  Arts Fair, Leicester 05/04/09

BENNETT
















Bennett, drawn at the Martial Arts Fair, Leicester 05/04/09

BUGZ
















Bugz, drawn at the Martial Arts Fair, Leicester 05/04/09.

Saturday 28 March 2009

JACKIE CHAN


















Jackie Chan sketch.

JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME

















Jean-Claude Van Damme sketch.

BRUCE LEE
















New sketch of Bruce Lee.

Wednesday 25 March 2009

UK APPRENTICE 2009

















Second batch of Apprentice 2009 sketches.
















First sketches of this years hopefuls from The Apprentice.

Monday 9 March 2009

RETIREMENT CARD














This is work in progress of a retirement party Signing Card I am preparing for Wednesday.

Thursday 26 February 2009

KEIRA

















Sketch of Keira Knightley and Keith Richards.

Sunday 22 February 2009

COLOUR DUFFY

















Colour work on Duffy sketch completed.

Thursday 19 February 2009

DUFFY















Duffy won 3 Brit Awards last night. Thought she'd make a good subject for a painting. Attached is prep sketch. 

Monday 16 February 2009

JAN

















Sketch of my friend Jan, a Belgian caricaturist,

Sunday 15 February 2009

MATTs WEDDING





















Sketch of Claire, drawn at Matt and Naomis wedding, 14th February 2009.



















Chloe, a bridesmaid from Matts wedding.



















Jessie and Bryony,bridesmaids from Matts wedding.




















Sketch of Beth, drawn at Matt and Naomis wedding, 14th Feb 2009.

Tuesday 3 February 2009

SARAHS BIRTHDAY CARD




















First sketch of a birthday card for Sarah,
 15 on Saturday. Aww.

Saturday 31 January 2009

WEDDING CARICATURE




















First sketch for a wedding 'sign in card' for a couple due to marry in May. Too late to back out now.

Wednesday 28 January 2009

OBIT SKETCHES (3)















Another newspaper sketch. It is surprising how much of the text can still be seen, yet doesn't disturb or interfere with the image.

OBIT SKETCHES (2)















This is an example of having additional time to develop the sketch, and move to a second stage. It becomes a caricature of a caricature, and usually produces unexpected results.

OBITUARY SKETCHES


During my recent commute to Waterloo Station every morning, I would use the opportunity to draw whoever appeared on the obituaries page. These sketches were done with ballpoint pen,directly on the newsprint, and the results are featured here. I hope you like them. Ric.

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