WORK COLLEAGUE

Sketch of work colleague, and girlfriend.

CHRISTMAS FAIR

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

SEAN CONNERY

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

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.

   

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.

X Factor 2009

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

CARL

Sketch of work colleague. ( Work in progress)

BOBBY ROBSON

Sketch of recently passed England Manager.

Sherikka Graduation

Card to celebrate Sherikkas graduation.

BIG BROTHER 10 (3)

Third and final batch of Big Brother sketches.

BIG BROTHER 10 (2)

Second batch of BB10 sketches.

JAMIE

Sketch of Jamie with two of his mates.

BIG BROTHER 10

First batch of Housemates from the 2009 house.

CLOSE UP SKETCH

Close up of sketch at Carl and Emilys wedding.

ELISABETH

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

JAYS DAUGHTER

Sketch of my colleague Jay's daughter.

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

CARL & EMILY

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

BRITAINS GOT TALENT

Colour sketch of Britains Got Talent judges.

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.

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.

JACKIE CHAN

Jackie Chan sketch.

JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME

Jean-Claude Van Damme sketch.

BRUCE LEE

New sketch of Bruce Lee.

UK APPRENTICE 2009

Second batch of Apprentice 2009 sketches.

First sketches of this years hopefuls from The Apprentice.

RETIREMENT CARD

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

KEIRA

Sketch of Keira Knightley and Keith Richards.

COLOUR DUFFY

Colour work on Duffy sketch completed.

DUFFY

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

JAN

Sketch of my friend Jan, a Belgian caricaturist,

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.

SARAHS BIRTHDAY CARD

First sketch of a birthday card for Sarah,

 15 on Saturday. Aww.

WEDDING CARICATURE

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

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.