Hello Lovely Folk, We've just moved house, as some of you know. We are amidst chaos; however, birthdays wait for no man! I took a commission; I'm not sure it was the best idea in hindsight, but I did fancy doing it. Then we moved... We weren't sure when it would happen (or even if), then all of a sudden we had a week to sort things out!! Needless to say, it was a challenge finding all my tools for this, but we got there in the end. The Commission was for a linocut of Romeo an

Sometimes you get a commission out of left field, Shawshank Redemption was one of these. I'd forgotten just how much love I have for the movie, and indeed the book. It's based on a Stephen King novella, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, found in the "Different Seasons" collection. I read this when it came out back in the day. I think I had to wait until my mother had read it first, but it accompanied me on a family holiday to Malta. So I had the grim existence of An

One of our lovely patrons got in touch with me to ask for a favour. He wanted a commission from me for a special birthday. They wanted me to redraw one of my old pictures, which I very rarely do, but they are one of our long-time supporters, so of course, I said yes. "Jack Skellington and Sally" was the picture lined up for renovation. I had based this on "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt, the Art Nouveau painter. This is such an iconic painting that most people recognise it without

So, back in the mists of time, when I was a boy, I discovered a new thing... Star Wars! I didn't know anything about it until the cards arrived at the corner shop; they came from America and had real American chewing gum with them! The gum was a novelty in itself, but the cards were a gateway to a world of wonder. You see, back in the day, when a film was released in the US, it took a loooong time to get to cinemas in the UK so the only exposure to this thing I'd seen in the

Hello lovely humans I thought I'd show you the process behind my latest piece, Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2. If you haven't played this game, it's a spectacular piece of storytelling, quite possibly one of the best games I have ever played. So here's the process: first, I sketched out the areas of shade, then used a bold pen so it shows through the underpainting. I also used a layer of masking fluid to sit under the paint so I could reveal the paper beneath when I

Hiya, Thought I'd post a WIP of Karl Urban as Billy Butcher from The Boys. It started off pretty ropey with a burnt Sienna wash. It started off pretty ropey with a burnt Sienna wash. Then got a bit ropier with more black and blue tones mixed into the burnt Sienna Trust the process! Lot's more black mixed with the burnt Sienna and we're done! Pretty pleased with it Lots of last minute painting for a convention! Not like me at all! Hope you enjoyed it. Love and glue. Symon

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