Last week, I posted about some interesting discoveries I had made online. Read that post here

This week, I have found more fascinating blogs & portfolios. Here they are:

Artists & Illustrators:

I always like to see Aniela Murphy’s illustrations pop up on Amelia’s Magazine and she has had a great blog for some time now, but it was great to see her brand new website appear the other week. There’s a fantastic selection of digital and hand-drawn work on it; well worth a look.

Another illustrator who uses hand drawn techniques to great effect in her work is June Chanpoomidole. June’s work is vividly coloured and has a strong narrative element to it, which works especially well in fashion illustration. Check out her blog here.

Dylan White is an illustrator and animator who usually draws by hand with ink pens and fineliners and colours everything in on a mac. As well as the colourful selection of work on his website he has some fantastic sketches and drawings on his blog, which make for intriguing viewing after looking at the work on his website.

Jenny Lloyd is an illustrator & print designer with a varied portfolio of beautiful and often very decorative work. She also has a great section on her website for free downloads of desktop and iphone wallpapers; take a look at it here.

Another great illustrator is Staffordshire based Stina Jones. As well as being the Art Director for Creative Elements, Stina is a freelance artist and through 2010 has been running a creative project called Daily Doodle. Stina has produced a new doodle every day this year with the aim of raising money for the charity Shelter. It’s a great idea and the doodles have been fascinating to see each day. Details »

Friday Round Up II

Last year, during August, Details »

Sunsets, sunrises and narratives.

Last year I lived in a rather beautiful stone building with an enormous, high-ceilinged bedroom. Details »

My Old Room

Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the differences between art & illustration. Details »

Painting & Illustration

This is the first linocut I have done for a while, so I kept things simple and drew a tree.

Linocut

In progress painting

This acrylic painting was created last year. The scene shows a landscape view of an area inside Paphos Mosaics.

The painting was worked on from life over several weeks and the figures in the painting were all people who passed by during the time it took to paint.

On top of the hill, on the left hand side, the horizon actually contains a lighthouse, which was originally painted in but was then removed at a later date.

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting of Tala Hillside.

Painted 2009. Acrylic on Canvas.

This painting shows a view of the hillside in Tala. It was painted during the early morning while the sun was coming up. The aim of this piece was to capture the changing light one sees at this time of the day. The semi-abstract shapes are the result of working on the painting over several days. No preliminary sketches were made; instead drawings were made directly onto the canvas. This painting was created whilst sitting in front of the view it depicts.

This painting is for sale. The price is 350 euros (or the equivalent in your own currency) and shipping would cost extra. To purchase, send an email with your request.

Acrylic Painting of Tala Hillside

This image was created on an envelope Details »

Cut-click mail art exhibition