Jazz Portraits

Some recent sketchbook portraits of jazz musicians (colour pencil and watercolour) - John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Nina Simone. I wanted to experiment with different shapes and space and I thought jazz kind of reflected what I wanted to do hence the subjects.

Lisbon Sketches

Here's some sketches from a recent trip to Lisbon. See the rest on my Instagram stream.

Stylist Magazine

We were recently asked to create a collection of Felt Mistress characters by Stylist magazine to model shoes and bags for their special Fashion issue. Here's my original sketches (all characters were to be furry and brightly coloured. Louise chose all the fabric first and we took it from there) and below are some of the pages from the shoot featuring Louise's finished Felt Mistress creatures. Thanks to Alexandra Fullerton and Tom Gormer for directing the shoot (and having the idea to commission us to work on such an enjoyable project) and thanks to Omer Knaz for the fantastic photography. It was a joy to see someone taking so much pride in their work and paying so much attention to detail.

The Glorious Flock at Sage, Gateshead

The Glorious Flock, the latest Felt Mistress exhibition, is now on at Sage Gateshead. 37 characters and 23 paintings/drawings. There's also a cabinet displaying displaying some of my original sketches and sketchbooks. And if you're in a spending mood the Sage shop is well stocked with FM goodies including signed copies of the book, vinyl Tippy toys, tea towels and travel pass holders. For more pics see the Felt Mistress blog.

Happy 75th birthday, Batman!

Tramline Festival Gig Poster Exhibition

My Gold Panda risoprint poster for this weekend's Tramlines Festival Gig Poster exhibition at the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield. Curated by Drew Millward and Tom J Newell. A pleasure to exhibit alongside such a great bunch of artists. All prints are £20 each and signed and numbered by the artist. Also available in my shop after the festival.

Plants!

Spent a lot of time over the last few weeks drawing plants. The more complicated the better. Lots of fascinating shapes and negative space to draw.