Brian's Notebook

 At least for the moment, I have decided to tone down all efforts at producing or selling marketable work. It's much more fun doing what...

 Female weaver bird sitting in a chain link fence. As city dweller, this is how I often observe my wildlife! HB pencil on 20 x 15 cm paper: ...

I have been experimenting with coloring images digitally. There's a bit of a learning curve involved... Pencil drawing; color added...

I can't always just work for the market; I'd go crazy that way. I'm an artist, not a money making machine. And thus, in between,...

A few more sketches for the Instagram "100 heads" challenge thing: And some more illustrations for my latest children's b...

I have been rather wildly experimenting with all manner of things. I am developing ideas for an illustrated children's story: ...

Taking a bit of a break from all the oil painting, and focusing on another project, which may or may not come to fruition. In between, some ...

HB mechanical pencil:

HB mechanical pencil: And another pencil drawing. Still busy with the draft of my new children's book, and thus I convince myself t...

Pencil on cartridge paper, about 25 x 20 cm: I should do one of these in color some time. Not immediately though - I am still working o...

Similar to the previous one . I suppose I should stop now, lest I add to the world's obesity problem:

HB mechanical pencil on A4 paper. The drawing is rather smaller than the paper. I can't be bothered to go measure its exact dimensions n...

HB mechanical pencil on cartridge paper, about 15 x 16 cm:

I managed to complete the drawing I mentioned in the previous post . HB mechanical pencil on cartridge paper, 14 x 15 cm; here are WIP stage...

I have been suffering through a monstrous bout of flu that left me unable (or at least rather unwilling) to do any "real" work. S...

A bunch of random sketches of various things, partly as studies, partly just for fun. I just love drawing camels, which strike me as someh...

Some quick sketches. I got hold of one of those cheap children's watercolor pan sets, and wanted to take it for a test drive, so I put ...

A quick sketch after the original painting by the Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865 - 1931). Of course, I couldn't possibly do ...

Two somewhat random studies, both 18 x 24 cm on A4 paper. Praying girl: Somewhat loosely based on a still from the film The Witch ,...

The late, great Leonard Cohen: Pencil, 24 x 18 cm on A4 paper.