A Procreate timelapse video of my drawing of J Peacocks Garage

Everything changes all the time and that's what keeps things fresh. Enjoy watching this timelapse video recorded in Procreate of my illustration process documenting the refit of the Little Brown Fairy Cake shop and cafe in Station Road, Westgate-on-Sea

Procreate process time-lapse video of the making of 'Bones', a digital drawing for my series Westgate Field Notes.

Time lapse of the digital drawing and painting process recorded in Procreate of the making of 'Saxon Road'.

What happens when you set yourself a goal to make one drawing a day as a minimum around a single subject and allow yourself space to play with mediums, styles, palettes? Read my review of my first 100 drawings made in the last 69 days since June 14th 2024 to today in my Westgate Fields Notes series.

An early evening trip to Morelli’s ice cream shop in Broadstairs presented the perfect subject and setting for a new colour pencil portrait.

How changing when I work has seen a massive improvement in skills, confidence and productivity as a reward for consistent dedication to a repeated process.

Read how these two books by illustrators David Gentleman and Quentin Blake became the jumping off points for my new project.

Why I left my studio in Margate, the adjustments I have made and the, mostly, positive outcomes that have resulted.

An illustrated diary of a week away in Cornwall and the start of a new way of working.

A new found interest in monochromatic Graphic Novels has inspired the three prints for June 2024. Read more about the inspiration and process of creating each one.

15 years later after a 1,000 rabbit holes, have I finally come back to where I started ?

Only the best remain. Working digitally has it’s advantages until it goes wrong or you make a mistake. Either way, all I am left with from May 24 is the best of my sketches from both my digital and traditional sketchbooks.

Time to spend less time watching what others do and concentrate on what I’m doing to and for myself.

How the life ebbed away from an illustration that started with such promise and ended up abandoned.

How I approach a morning of hand made collage as a way to break through creative blocks and allow myself to play and get lost in the process with no end goal in mind.

Come peak behind the scenes of the inspiration, the process and the thousands of decisions and corrections that went into making the ‘Longboarder’ print.

A look at the illustration tools I use most right now, why I chose them and the alternatives I have at hand.

Come and take a look inside my current studio space at Resort Studios in Margate.