Still life is my nemesis. I always find them so hard to construct so for this exercise I looked for a composition that existed naturally in real life.

With my own proclivity for needing to fill the whole page, I researched two masters of negative space to see alternative ways to fill the page.

Thinking about the temporary nature of some drawing or images and experimenting with different methods of creating them.

Love looking at the process of how other illustrators work. In this post, I look at how Riccardo Guasco simplifies his photographic reference to make compelling compositions to start working from.

Creating 'master' copies using watercolour to two favourite illustrations from Charlie Davis and Yiniya Art.

Just sketching for no other reason than to have some fun with it. Playing mostly with portraits using reference photos sourced online, mostly from Instagram.

Portrait sketching practice from found images online.

Single sketch from a Miss Muse life drawing class

Simple line and wash process from a basic sketch in Ralphs Margate.

How adding written notes to on to go sketches can help when it comes back to making supplementary drawings back at the desk.

First time playing with ink and a cheap nib pen. Love the result, hated the pen.

Just a few quick doodles around the intense Argentine tango

Glued to the tele, mum made for a nice sitting target for some portrait practice.

Using existing photos to experiment with new ways of working.

Sometimes sleep evades me so rather than wrestling with it, I'm better off doing something else. A really rewarding distraction resulted in a very pleasing print.

Reverse engineering how other illustrators work is a really useful tool for me to understand other ways of working. In this case, I roughly recreate an illustration by Quentin Monge.