Monday, July 27, 2009

Daily Mail - Gardening - Raspberries


A job just done for Saturday 8th August '09's Daily Mail Weekend magazine's Gardening section.

How to protect your late raspberries from pesky light-feathered birdthieves.

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Guardian Money -25 July 09


A piece I've just finished ( and indeed started!) today, for this Saturday's Guardian Money section front cover, for the delightful Sarah Habershon.

The subject was the Cash ISAs currently on offer - many are not nearly as good as they seem, and other, better, ways of saving are available.

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Linework created using a 0.3 Staedtler pigment liner, composited in PS. 'Watercolour' effect created using scanned in black ink, applied with a fine-ish brush.

Football Heroes Gold - Angelo Schiavio


The other Italia 34 Brylcream boy.

Football Heroes Gold - Guiseppe Meazza


One of the two Brylcream boys of the 1934 Italian football team.

Football Heroes Gold - Pedro Cea


Paraguayan football Hero of the 1930s

Football Heroes Gold - Oldrich Nejedly


A Hero of the 1930s Czechoslovakian team.

Football Heroes Gold - Paul Bommer


A flattering self-portrait

Football Heroes Gold






These are the designs for the forthcoming book Football Heroes Gold, to be published in 2010.

All masters of the Game - except the bearded chap in the flat cap, who couldn't kick a ball if it was sitting still on his toes.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Daily Mail - Gardening - Container Plants


Don't forget to water those container plants in this summer heat - they dry out so quickly!

For the Saturday 11 July 09 issue of the Weekend magazine's Gardening section.

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