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Disney appears to be seeping into my sketches…didn’t know what to do

Everybody comes to Hollywood….so the song goes and it seems that this is what has happened to my drawing!   This was supposed to be a simple pen drawing of Juliet Stevenson and suddenly it morphed into a Disney little … Continue reading

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Such a fool boy – do you miss me? – Sketching again

    I just can’t stop making little sketches and doodles whilst cruising the internet – I guess the reason why I enjoy this is because it really is spontaneous – no plans – see an and then make a … Continue reading

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Making a likeness of a person

  I’m working on a drawing of the actress Juliet Stevenson at the moment.  The inspiration for this drawing is a new series on Sky Arts called Portrait Artist of the Year.  It is a competition to find, well, the … Continue reading

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More back catalogue

Another back catalogue sketch…again not sure I’ve published this before…however this was made with my 5s so the image will be much higher quality. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Back catalogue sketches

Moving some old sketch books I’ve come across some interesting drawings I made in the earlier part of the year Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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All the kids are talkin’ slang I can’t pretend to understand….Frank Turner

In life you push and push and then realise that you can’t push any more.  When this happens the best thing is try a different tack and see what happens.  Today has been one of those days.   I tried … Continue reading

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Ink

Well we survived the storm of the decade…actually we weren’t effected at all as the storm probably passed to the south of us.  It is always funny watching all the wet news reporters trying to hide their disappointment that, whilst … Continue reading

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Doodling

I am sure I’ve written about this before but I am always amazed where creativity comes from. This sense of wanting to make something that wasn’t there before is, perhaps, one of the defining elements of what makes us humans. … Continue reading

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Tyrion – a solution found

If all else fails go back to what you feel most comfortable with…that seems to have been the way I over came my my problems with the Tyrion piece.  So far so good.  

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The first ever piece

This is a work in progress but here is the first artwork produced in my new studio space.   The one great thing about this is that I can just leave it out and then come back to it after … Continue reading

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