Birthday Card.

It was my dads birthday the other week and I made him this A5 drawing and popped it on a plain card. Cards are boring and drawings you can take off the front are fun. 

Hannya: The Hannya mask portrays the souls of women who have become demons due to obsession or jealousy.

Hannya mask A5 drawing.

Final Book.

During my last unit of year one illustration, I have been busy researching into tea and tea wares ready to create a 12 double page spread book. For this book I used free machine embroidery, etchings and mixed media. These are some scans, page by page and in order of the finished piece. 

Front Cover.

Pages 2 and 3.

Page 4.

Page 5.

Page 6.

Page 7.

Page 8.

Page 9.

Page 10.

Page 11.

Page 12.

Page 13.

Page 14.

Page 15.

Page 16.

Page 17.

Page 18.

Page 19.

Page 20.

Page 21.

Pages 22 and 23.

Back cover.

The Twinings Teapot Gallery.

During the last term of my first university year, I have been researching into tea and tea wares. The research I have collected has been used to create a 24 page, hand bound book. I gathered information from the Twinings Teapot Gallery, which is situated inside Norwich Castle Museum. The museum itself holds the largest collection of British ceramic teapots, over 3000 pots are based inside the museum.

I created a large series of development work, experimenting with many different mediums to see which worked best for the narrative I was trying to portray. I used etchings to create the basis of my illustrations for the final book, and added areas of paint and ink to make each piece different and more interesting. 

Here are some scanned images of my development work.

Free Machine Embroidery And Acrylic Paint.

Etching.

Watercolour Painting.

Polystyrene Print. 

Lino Cut Print.

Etching With Ink Detail.

Lino Cut Print With Acrylic Paint Detail.

Series Of Dip Pen And Ink Drawings.

Failed Etchings.

Dip Pen And Ink With Watercolour Detail.

Carbon Paper Drawing.

Watercolour Paint With Floral Detail.

Patterned Collage With Black Ink.

Carbon Paper Drawings With Ink Detail.

Colourful Mens Face Prints.

These three geometric mens faces are also now up for sale (as prints) on my etsy store. They are individual and A5 sized, printed onto 200gsm paper. You can view and order these here, here, and here! 

Tutankhamun

Yesterday I had a play about with water and acrylic ink painting. I painted a black and grey Tutankhamun mask. I was pleased with the outcome for my first painting in a long time, even if it is a bit messy. Here are some pictures from my process.

Blacking out and lining.

Blacked out and lined.

Finished.

Messy, but finished.

Original ink paintings.

Today I was ill and in bed, so spent my day creating 12 new pretty original ink paintings to go up for sale on my Etsy online store. You can buy these new pieces here!

A6 Axe Original.

A5 Double Headed Cat Original.

A5 Skull/Lady Original.

A5 Hand Original.

A5 Heart And Eye Original.

A5 Anatomic Heart Original.

A5 Lantern Original.

A5 Messy Mandala Original.

A5 Messy Mandala Original.

A6 Rope Heart Original.

A6 Geometric Shape Original.

A5 Geometric Shape Original.