Tula and I had great time today spray painting this yellow army onto the red wall in her bedroom. We had designed the idea ages ago but we've only just got the respirators we need to spray indoors. I say we, Tula did the designing, I just assisted the artistic process. Tula Iis very …
Ah Bin’ Drawing. (An’ plan ta do more)
Since finishing painting the wall at Ashley Down, I've taken a job working as a painter decorator for an old friend who runs a property maintenance company. It makes sense. There are some large gaps in my drawing/painting ability, many if which can be sorted out with regular practice in a sketchbook, so that's what …
Our sitting room, Sunday Morning. (A quiet moment)
A pencil study of our sitting room. It feels so good to finally have a quiet moment to just draw for the sake of it.
Interdependence
This picture, painted at Ashley Down Primary School, represents the ability to stand alone when necessary. For me a musician rocking it with the help of a looper clearly sums up this personal quality.
A moment of Narcissism
I've been painting myself a sign so when I'm out painting in public, people can be informed as to where to find me online. Definitely a bit of Takashi Murakami inspiration going on here, that I think might well be worth developing.
Unicorn and Tortoise. 1 day in.
Here's how these 2 characters are looking at the end of a days painting. I'm looking forward to getting back to it tomorrow. The unicorn I used the pencil drawing I posted last post as reference and the tortoise I painted from a little plasticine model I made. This allowed me to adjust the angle …
Church spire and a plug.
A little bit of sketchbook doodling. Alex Hykel: Artist, Puppeteer, Harmonica Player;
What are these Bees doing?
Here's a few bee characters busy doing a variety of hopefully interesting activities. I'm going to use these drawings to make stencils that can be used to make colourful images for the school wall at Ashley Down.
The Irishman with the Russian Jacket.
On Saturday I met a man named Allen who has lived in Bristol for years but comes from Ireland. He told me a story about a rabbit being blown onto the roof of a house recently in Ireland. Fancy that! That must have been quite some wind. Allen wore a dark grey, Russian military Jacket …
