One of my design projects – Birdtree – watercolour and collage with no digital in sight! – is being featured on illustrationserved.com This site showcases the best of projects on design network Behance and only picks a few pieces from thousands each day to promote so I’m really honoured.
Pencil drawing of a Chinese artist from a photo found in Modern Painters.
Back to life drawing again and this is a portrait of Johanna in biro…I love how versatile the medium is.
This map was hand lettered and based on a map I’d done a couple of years ago. I’ve adapted it slightly adding annotations – mixing local history with personal history and knowledge. Maps are amazing, always changing and showing the times and culture of the mapmaker themselves…
A commission to draw Esther’s ear in pencil – to be part of a wedding present for her husband…
This is a new acrylic painting on card continuing the theme of symbolism in traditional stories in contemporary settings.
A recent new painting in a series based around traditional stories in contemporary settings. I wanted to see how few symbols the viewer needed to read the image and relate to stories that are part of the Western culture. For some reason they seem to be featuring women who are waiting for something to happen…See
This is a commission for the US band Auto Body. I work in acrylic on card which allows me to contrast flat colours (looking contemporary – eg; screen print revival and digital illustration) with more painterly marks (more traditional watercolour technique.) It’ll be interesting to see where these take me… Copyright – Helen Cann
