drawing

  • Sorrowful Man

    When I was around 16, I drew an old man’s crying eye, which I always loved. Fast forward 47 years and it’s me who is the sorrowful man! I don’t have the original drawing but since it always stuck in… Continue reading

    Sorrowful Man
  • Vintage hand-drawn art

    Some of my old drawings from my art college days. These are from the second time I went to art college in my 30s. Many are illustrations I did for projects. I don’t have all my work from that time… Continue reading

    Vintage hand-drawn art
  • Sweating the small stuff

    I made several observational drawings of microorganisms a while ago, and I tried to make them in the style of Renaissance drawings of the masters. Here are two drawings I really like. I hope you like them too! Continue reading

    Sweating the small stuff
  • Abstract Art

    When I was an art student, many moons ago, I hated abstract art. Back then, I believed that art required skill to be ‘good’. I thought that art was a craft that needed to be honed and developed. Abstract artists,… Continue reading

    Abstract Art
  • Crows, crows, and more damn crows

    I went through a period of drawing nothing but crows for about two years. I really love them and enjoyed this drawing period immensely. Interestingly, a guy I know really loved these and asked to buy a print. I told… Continue reading

    Crows, crows, and more damn crows
  • Digitally hand-made art

    Digital art gets a bad rap from some people. I’m regularly told I can’t enter my art for competitions or excluded from exhibiting because it has been produced digitally. I certainly don’t get the same social media validation as other… Continue reading

    Digitally hand-made art
  • Drawing to Learn Anything

    Drawing to Learn Anything is a collection of ideas and explorations into how simple, non-skilled drawing can help you learn more effectively in subjects across the curriculum. It shows you how even crude, stick people style drawing can help you… Continue reading

    Drawing to Learn Anything
  • Drawing for Science, Invention & Discovery

    This book is aimed at all the scientists, mathematicians, engineers, pioneers and thinkers out there who understand the value of creative thinking in their field. It identifies some of the key cognitive processes that drive innovation, invention and discovery. They… Continue reading

    Drawing for Science, Invention & Discovery
  • Contemporary drawing

    I think drawing is so important and so liberating and that anyone can access drawing regardless of his or her skill level. Contemporary drawing (often much criticised) has the fabulous ability of tapping into the core of our creativity and… Continue reading