I’ve intended for some time to paint Niggle as he rides through the storm to find a doctor for his neighbour, it has always been a large oil painting in my head, but before I start I thought I should try and get my ideas together on the computer 😉 For those that are yet to read the book, shame on you 😉 it’s worth a read…
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I started sketching a tree for the theme of the month over on John Howe’s website, it was supposed to be a quick simple sketch, then I got too the branches. The good intentions of a quick doodle to get in the right frame of mind went out the window and I started to become a little obsessive over the branches, I ended up doodling away at each little branch ignoring pretty much everything else. However, I get the feeling I need to obsess over the branches of the next…
Read More….that I painted a scene like this once, I know Niggle would have been involved somewhere along the line 😉
Read MoreThe morning started with mist in the valley which I thought worth snapping a photo of… But really my eyes were drawn to the greens on this tree…. Perhaps it’s the inner Niggle in me clamouring to get out 😉
Read MoreLast month I started on a painting of Niggle working away, it was for the theme of the month over at John Howe’s website. The theme was ‘The Bestest Book Ever – Imagine this is your dream commission, the book you’ve ALWAYS wanted to do a cover for.‘ So an illustration of Niggle was an obvious one for me to attempt. Sadly it was overtaken by real life events and I could not fit in any spare time to splash paint around, the month was gone all to quickly and…
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