'Panda : Food' Mixed Media Illustration

'Panda : Food' by redroadstudio

Working with mixed media and lovely hand made textured paper for my illustration.  Pandas have to be one of the loveliest creatures on the planet!

Whimsical Illustration For Christmas

Still clearing the studio and have just sold this wee Christmas illustration I came across in my portfolio - can you see who's going through the door? LOL

Experimental Panda Art

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I've been working on different papers and mixed media ideas for my panda triptych - some are now available for sale here.

Vasilis Papatsarouchas

Alice in Wonderland

Detail - Alice in Wonderland

"Vasilis Papatsarouchas has come to be known as a prolific and highly praised book illustrator. During the past fifteen years, more than fifty books bearing his illustrations have been published in Greece and abroad, including two Collector’s Editions and four publications based on texts written by him. Among other distinctions, in 2004 he was awarded with the National Illustration Award for an adaptation of the classic ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, while in 2008 he was nominated for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award, an award presented to a living author or illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature." This quote and for more info can be found here - Yatzer

Ebay : Clearing Studio

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I'm clearing my studio to make way for new work - part of my 'feng shui' approach to rooms.  Some real bargains if you're getting ready for Christmas and would love some original pieces of art.  Prices range from only just over £2 to about £30 with free postage & packaging. Here's the link - EBAY AUCTION and lots of luck!

Pascale Drivière

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A quote from Pascale's website -

"Pascale Drivière, bricolière little things.

sew the pieces of history
mend the rips of the past,
gather defeated links.

objects neglected, abandoned,
clothing collected, used, loaded with memory,
machine dedicated to rags was expertly patched, patched,
relics that retain traces of forgotten lives.

all these remains shaped by the use move me.
I welcome them, they become familiar to me and tell me the passing of time.
I am guided by these fragments of memory and trying to decipher their secrets to looking for reflections of life. born and portraits."

Klimt Update

Some fun now with pattern and colours on my commission!

And it's almost there!!

Klimt Journey

I didn't think I would have started with the background first but it did help to develop the silhouette of the woman.

Homage to Klimt Commission

Something I've never done before so it was a challenge for me.  I really like Klimt's work - some say it's only decorative or superficial but his work conveys many messages.

Moma summarises Klimt as "among the many artists of his time who were inspired by sources not only within Europe but far beyond it. He lived in Vienna, a crossroads of East and West, and he drew on such sources as Byzantine art, Mycenean metalwork, Persian rugs and miniatures, the mosaics of the Ravenna churches, and Japanese screens. In this painting the woman's gold-patterned robe—drawn flat, as clothes are in Russian icons, although her skin is rounded and dimensional—has an extraordinary decorative beauty."

I made time to snap some of the process I went through to complete the work. Canvas - 4 feet long.

Keitaro Sugihara

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Born in Aichi prefecture, in 1980, Keitaro graduated from Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design in 2001. He moved to Toronto, Canada the same year and discovered how close and accessible art can be which was very unlikely to what he had felt in Japan.

Laura Ferrara

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I found American artist/illustrator Laura Ferrara's work through Pocketful Illustration Mag - I did try to find her website but it doesn't seem to be online at the moment, although she does have a Flickr account and it's well worth a visit.

Howard Tangye

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Australian born Tangye studied fashion at Central St Martin's before going on to Parson's School of Design in New York.  We need more colour and pattern this time of year.

New Venture : The Scrapettes

The Scrapettes Shop

As well as designing for clients, I've gone into working with my good friend Tash on our latest wee adventure : The Scrapettes.  Really loving just having fun with mark making and mixed media for our digital scrapbooking papers etc  That's me on the left by the way and Tash is on the right LOL and these are one of our latest pieces for Halloween - zombie mummies arrrrrrrghhhhh!

So all my scrapbooking out there and all my crafty friends please let me know what you would like to see in our shop!

Fashion Illustration | Bijou Karmen

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American illustrator Bijou Karman working on An ongoing series of illustrations of the Comme des Garçons collections throughout the years.

Hisanori Yoshida

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Hisanori Yoshida's sensitive gentle pieces where less really is more.

ana ventura

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Born in Lisboa Portugal,  Ana Ventura is a multi-facetted illustrator and artist.  Her unique style is found in a wide variety of media, from illustrated adhesive tape to paper dolls, from book markers to decorative wall stickers, from postcards to clothes and accessories.

ANDRE DA LOBA

Cyclops

Faun

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Born in Portugal, André da Loba is a published and exhibited artist whose work has received international acclaim. As an illustrator, animator, graphic designer, sculptor, and educator, Andre’s combination of curiosity, experience, knowledge and unknowing serves as the constant medium with which he creates and inspires. 

Blanca Helga

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Blanca Helga - born in Salamanca and works in mixed media.

Ulla Jokisalo

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I think Sonia's blog sums up Finnish artist Ulla Jokisalo really well - "her work is fascinating i like her precision and mix of media: photography, threads....her work is spooky and feels like going back to childhood misery solitude, anger, envy and despair...."