It’s all about video this week: I did a free live demo for Etchr on their Youtube channel, and I finally got round to filing the loose watercolour stage of my one-line drawing from a month ago ( see, it’s not only James Bond suffering from film delays!)
Here’s at the link to my latest Youtube video: https://youtu.be/EHLDsu-mCmI
and this is the Etchr demonstration…https://youtu.be/rNUo30catGQ
Went to Tesco this morning ( big UK supermarket for my overseas readers). Strolling down the beverage aisle,& spotted this, so I guess I can now reveal that I was invited to provide an illustration for Yorkshire Tea as part of the rebrand of their Gold range. It’s probably my highest profile commission to date,& to say I was honoured and pleased is an understatement .
I drew this nearly two years ago now, & the final drawing was arrived at over a period of two-three months,& the launch was delayed by COVID, & some technical issues caused by the special gold ink, so it’s very surreal to see it on the shelves, finally.I was pleased that they wanted to go with a pure line drawing of a ‘typical’ Yorkshire Dales scene rather than the traditional watercolour used on the main brand- as most of you know, drawing is at the very heart of what I do, so chuffed doesn’t cover it.
Slightly disappointed that, on my many visits to the offices in Harrogate, that I didn’t see the tea plantation, or meet Sean Bean….
In a shameless, blatant act of self promotion I would like to draw your attention to the availability ( in my Etsy shop ….. https://etsy.me/3EgZTZh ) of my calendar for next year.
Delighted to announce that my annual calendar will be available to purchase in my Etsy shop, as from this coming Friday 10th September. It features 12 ( well, a few more actually, if you count the cover collage 😎) drawings-with-colour from the last 12 months,& a couple from my archive.
In response to ever increasing postage costs-especially overseas- I’ve reduced the weight of the paper it’s printed on so I can offer the most cost effective shipping rates to my international friends….
There’s a link to my Etsy shop in the side menu, on my Instagram and Facebook pages.
