Spotlight On: Graeme Neil Reid

Graeme Reid, also known as Colours of Scotland, is an artist and illustrator of many years’ practice. He paints well across more than one style (curse him). Read this interview and find out just how hard his work ethic works

Still Life – Jug

I painted this over several days, with a long break in between for Christmas commissions and then for other work that came up. I started with an hour-long study in pencil, and measured that up against a photograph to check

Hand Made Playing Cards – Day 3

The last design day for the cards involved cutting blanks as for the pip cards, ruling rectangles into them, and then drawing each design. I did that in pencil and then went over it with Indian ink, to get a

Hand Made Playing Cards – Day 2

Card Design, to send to client for approval. Click through for bigger images:

Methods of Portraiture

I recently persuaded a friend to sit for me for several days while I tried out painting techniques. She was writing, which meant she had her eyes down, but she was still enough that I could get a good likeness

Spotlight On: Dinobot Illustration Part II

This interview is continued from the previous page, after I found myself blathering. Heather ‘Teaceratops’ Shepherd draws ridiculously happy dinosaurs when she is relaxing on her private yacht in the Seychelles. So Heather, apologies for breaking up this interview. No

Spotlight On: Dinobot Illustration Part I

Teaceratops, or Heather Shepherd, is an artist, illustrator, part-time dinosaur-themed superheroine, and all round painterly designerly sort. This interview gives a brief overview of someone who draws comics and dinosaurs and elves. Heather has a busy schedule filled with enough