Quarehawk

Done a few months ago for a magazine.

This was my first attempt at an oil painting. I thought it was going well up to this stage where I had the foundation down. I was getting cocky. I was walking around indoors wearing sunglasses like some kind of big-shot artist guy, mere days away from purchasing a beret.

Then later I tried to add colour to the painting and arsed it up totally. Ah well, I’m learning. I consider it a decent start.

This is the first family cartoon anyone’s asked me for. I was a bit nervous about how to draw the baby, and not end up with just a generic cartoon baby. The sketches were approved though so I hopefully got the features right. I like the layout of this one.

This dude obviously likes to rock. Was asked to draw him with a guitar.

This sketch is intended to be the basis of an oil painting I’m planning. I’m hoping to get around to actually painting it sometime before the inevitable heat death of the universe.

The setting here is supposed to be a nightclub*. Rather than have a load of distracting detail drowning out the main picture (plus out of laziness), I just did vague shapes in the background to “suggest” a club.

There’s a possibility this is a bit retro because to be honest I don’t know what the inside of one of those places looks like any more. For all I know these days the walls are covered in HD screens showing Facebook pages, and you text in your drink orders. And go to the jacks via Sat Nav. Drawing came out nice though, I think.

* or should that be ‘Niteclub’ maybe? Somebody book me into a home please. I think it’s time.