Upfest

I took part in Upfest this weekend. There were alot of Street Artists there from around the world doing all sorts of painting for the charity event. It was good to meet lots of people and fun to paint, but was also quite hard work.

On Saturday before the main event I came along and did this window drawing in an old Saab that was painted by lots of artists and then going to be auctioned off.



The photo didn't come out that well of it due to reflections and crap camera, but it is the head part of 'Saabasaurus'. The monster is loosely based on Giganotosaurus and is made up of Saab 900's. It was difficult drawing on the inside of the window as at an angle. At one point I had to contort myself and draw up through the steering wheel!

Here's the original pencil drawing I was working from and a close up.





For the main event on Sunday I brought along a tonne of paint and paint 'Graffaceratops', similar to the 'Bristolgraffasaurus' I had exhibited there.



This was very tricky to paint as it was on the main thoroughfare from the bar to the large event area. I kept on having to move out of peoples way and contorting myself again. I managed to maintain a Zen-like composure and complete the piece in the end. I was most pleased with the colours used more than anything else.

Despite the difficulty in working I had a good time and it was great to chat to lots of people there and have a few jars afterwards!

Friend & Co

Last night saw the opening of Friend & Co - possibly the smallest Art Gallery in Bristol! I have a Ltd edition screen print of Trainerceratops Head available exclusively there - it's very nice I have to say. There are other prints and original artwork pieces by Eco, Paris, Pinky, Russell Maurice, Mike Maxwell, Faris Badwan, French... and a bunch more too. There's an online shop where you can get prints too!

Here's a few of my crap pictures from the opening night...

Oscar Niemeyer illustration for Interni magazine

This is my latest illustration I have done for Russian design magazine Interni. It is for a feature on the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and his buildings. The man himself is featured in this busy illustration along with his buildings and other places and things that are associated with Brazil. I really got into the colour scheme for this, it feels really warm. Actually, I seem to be using these colours alot in my work recently - they are just fun to work with. here's some close ups -



This close up features Corbusier in the distance next to his Centrosoyuz building in Moscow!

Brisgraffasaur

Acrylic, spraypaint and pens on canvas for exhibit at forthcoming upfest in Bristol.

Dinosaur head like shaped piece made out of Writer's art materials, spilling paint and Graffiti landmarks of Bristol. Includes Westmoreland House on Stokes Croft, a mini version of the building that has Banksy's Mild Mild West piece on the side and the Bell pub on Jamaica Street!

Pretty bad photo I'm afraid - a new camera is top of the Xmas wish list.

Here's the drawing I did for it originally. There ae a few extra details on it, but still isn't too clear that it is a dino head. The paint bucket is the eye!

Centreeosaurus

Acrylic and spraypaint. Based on dinosaur Centrosaurus. This another one of my more painterly efforts - I did say before that I wouldn't be doing more of these for a while, but this one just popped out! It's similar to the Triceratreetops - lots of trees and a few houses and towers. I like it as has a sense of space to it unlike the busy city monsters.

I think these are still more like studies really - practices for bigger more involved pieces that have whole dinos rather than just the heads.

It can't be seen in this pic, but I mix a bit of gold into some of the green paint. It gives a nice shine effect.