Author: ian

Splash!

27 February 2021 By ian

This week’s picture of the week is “Splash”. This is an original drawing that has been exhibited at Bridport Arts Centre as part of last year’s Treasure Planet exhibition, sadly curtailed due to the pandemic. It’s graphite pencil on watercolour paper and is 41cm by 31cm in size (not including the frame). The texture of […]

The Cobb, Lyme Regis

20 February 2021 By ian

This week’s Picture of the Week is this beautifully atmospheric view of one of Dorset’s most famous landmarks. There has been a harbour here in Lyme Regis for well over seven hundred years but the Cobb itself was built in 1824. It’s famous for its starring role in The French Lieutenant’s Woman. I took the […]

What Now

17 February 2021 By ian

This A3 graphite pencil drawing is the first in what will be a series of four drawings I’m calling “What Now”. I love drawing pictures that ask questions. In this case, you might not know the question but you can have a pretty good guess at the answer…

Shop Launch and Picture of the Week

13 February 2021 By ian

I’m really excited to be (finally) launching my own online store. It’s full of original drawings, prints and cards. There is quite a lot there already and I have more to add over the coming weeks. To celebrate the launch I have a very imaginatively named discount code: LAUNCH. Type that in at checkout and […]

By the Sea 1

5 February 2021 By ian

I’ve been thinking about putting together some series of drawings on particular themes. One series is going to be reeds and I’ve just started work on the second picture for that. Another series is, probably, going to be based around views of the sky and sea and the light that joins them both together. This […]