Happy Halloween

Blondie Tape & Bee Gees Vinyl

Edinburgh Writers

What's that I hear you say? 'Go on Dave, get your watercolours out and colour in that picture you drew yesterday!'? Oh, ok, then...

With a few minutes to spare this morning I bought a pad and pen, stood in the sun and drew some folk passing.

Trying something a bit new here > drywipe felt tips on whiteboard > keep to a few colours > stealthily rub away some of the marks (a la lino-cut effect) > take photo > tweak in photoshop > make negative > creates naive look with a particular energy > easy peasy (hmm) > more to follow.

Christmas card for ASH (Action on Smoking & Health) imagining a smoking free future in 2034

3 Fun Figures

From Pavement to Public Perusal via Photoshop. Sketches from the street, scanned & coloured.

Egyptian Foodstall (from my traveling sketchbook)

Dogs! Lots of 'em! Various styles!

Artwork for Aberdeen Council's Arts Across Learning Festival (at which I also hosted art and illustration workshops at Primary Schools)

BIG HEARTED ARTWORK

Enjoying The French Seaside

Singing Boy for Singing Project

Elephants have to eat too

Two Chickens

Lots of chickens

More Chocolate. This one on a tiny little canvas and posted on V's Day. Part of my exhibition of chocolate hanging at The Chocolate Tree, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh.

Editorial artwork for Edinburgh's The Leither magazine (accompanying the genius off-the-wall writings of Colin Montgomery)

... and if you want to check out Colin's inspired text that inspired this artwork, a good place to start is HERE

 

I'm Drawing and Painting Chocolate

I sat in Edinburghs' The Chocolate Tree and realised how beautiful chocolate can look, made by the right hands. I began sketching and now the lovely folk there are letting me have an exhibition there, to show off some of these drawings and paintings.

One for the designers.

Leaves abstract on wood.

Acrilycs, inks & pencil on wood. Bit of an experiment this. I quite like it, enjoyed making it, and under a nom de plume it exhibited in Edinburgh.

Tidy your desk Dave!

Inspired by fellow artists, pals, website designers, the fab Clooti.

See their fine fine work here: www.clooti.co.uk/

And look at what they did for me here: www.davesutton.co.uk

Our Place en France

Our home for a week of blue skies, swimming, footy sur l'herbe, cycling in the countryside, boulangeries and baguettes.