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Update 30th of September
Wow the year had certainly flown by, it was my intention to update on a more regular basis but i’ve been head down painting away on the new book, and days quickly turn into weeks then months... Anyways things are good, there have been some changes along the way, mainly down to the medium used to illustrate the book, initially i had been painting the images in oils, however due to the size of the images and detail it became apparent over time that our grand children’s grand children would be drawing their pensions by the time i’d finished. So back to the drawing board so to speak, a bit of experimenting and developing working with various media i’ve been artworking the book at a much faster rate. Hopefully the artwork will be finished around the end of the year with all intentions of going to print in early spring. Below i’ve added some images from the stages i’ve mentioned above, the monotone image of the bike is from one of the oil paintings, a rather shakey digital shot, but i’m sure you can get an idea. Also are some quick experiments in developing the technique i’ve been using, they are rather rough but have qualities that i think maybe people will be interested to see, i don’t think there’s any spoilers in there to the story.
Other news, i will be guest speaking at this event on the island of Stornoway, on the 28th of October 2011. If anyone is in the area, details are available on the website. Looks like it’s going to be a great festival over the Halloween weekend.
More news very soon
Chris