Behind the scenes art blog- drawing tips and techniques

Looking at how and why I work with very different subjects and avoid over specialisation as a creative professional.

Regular readers will know that last year was...interesting, with an unplanned relocation to Newcastle halfway through, but as the dust...

New original crow drawings and a bit about an upcoming exhibition about the corvid species in North Yorkshire.

This month sees the launch of an exciting new chapter in the Tales in Sombre Tones story. I have finally started work on our second...

Two years ago I stood in St Mary's churchyard here in Whitby with the biggest grin on my face - it had snowed overnight and unusually for...

In this final post on creating simple stop motion animation, I'm going to give a few pointers on choosing video effects and working with...

This week I'm going to show you the basic steps in putting your photos together to create an animated sequence. I normally use Videopad...

This week we're looking at how to actually shoot your stop motion animation. There's a few things you'll need and some general tips to...

Following up from last week's post, I thought I'd start our stop motion tutorials with a look at the things I use to create my models,...

For the last few years I've been making silly, low budget, low tech animations using the desk models of my monsters to tell stories for...

Last week, I posted the work in progress videos of this drawing. I thought it would be interesting to share another part of the process -...

I've just finished a biannual art exhibition here in Whitby, Art D'Morte and one of the pieces I decided to take was my most recent -...

Two lots of very exciting news here this week (in case you couldn't hear us yelling it from our rooftops). First up, we are proud to...

On Thursday 4th of May I'm hosting a one night only exhibition at Dillon's of Whitby. Funded initially by a successful mini Kickstarter,...

Like most artists, I am fascinated by light. This is one of the reasons the beautiful Saltwick Bay is one of my favourite landscapes....

A murder of crows has landed at monster hq this week, with pocket mirrors, prints and stationery added to the range. Featuring some of my...

One of my favourite places is Saltwick Bay - black rocks, golden fossils and the remains of the Admiral Von Tromp which ran aground in...