Progress of the Voynich inspired drawings. Initially I had no interest working on my iPad other than getting outlines and compositions just right, but developing my own mark-making and tones to suit produced surprisingly beautiful, delicate results. I didn't imagine I could produce anything so fine with a stylus. Gradually they became works in their own right; I suppose you could call it digital, but the process is exactly the same as when I draw with ink on paper. I have discovered a way to achieve the intricacy I aim for in my work on iPad. At first it occurred to me that this was a perfect method for producing prints on art papers which could perhaps be hand-coloured, harking back to my days working for the British Museum as a hand colourist. Later, I realised I was setting myself up for continuing my drawing practice during the poor light of the winter months, as no extra light is required; with the huge increase in energy prices I definitely will not be burning up money on lighting this year. Previously I have been forced to abandon physical drawing in the dark winters, but I now see a way to prepare for drawings when the brighter days of spring and summer arrive.
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Welcome to my work journal - a weekly update on drawings, work in progress, doodles and day-dreaming.
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As well as the work you see here, I illustrate under the name of Binky McKee (my mother's maiden name was McKee, Binky was every single one of my great grandmother's many cats!)
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Dissolving PeopleA symbol on the footpath outside a local primary school gradually disappearing as the image breaks up and wears away until eventually it is obliterated by leaves and barely discernible. Photographed at intervals of several months between February 2021 and November 2022, oldest at the top.
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