The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads

So is it the prospect of having to revise for my exam or a genuine surge of enthusiasm that has lead me to update my website again? Probably the first but no matter, here is a picture I did a while ago of Jerry Harrison from Talking Heads.

The Boy In The Bright Blue Jeans Jumped Up On The Stage

A while ago I attempted a pop art style painting of David Bowie ala Ziggy Stardust and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

I stared off by drawing the main features and outline in black felt-tip and copying it to fit the canvas as a guide.

End Product:

Paint A Vulgar Picture

So here is a picture of Morrissey. 

I underestimated the size of his chin slightly. Bloody hell does Morrissey have a big chin.

Where's Truth and Beauty?

Although now my notepad seems full of David Byrne, I have amassed lots of pictures of his Sheffielder doppelganger - Russell Senior (from Pulp). These are all quite old sketches so the technique isn't as refined as what I do now

Russell from '96 - It is worth noting that the interview in question (Shortlist 2012) mis-labelled Russell as Mark which makes the date also questionable since Mark joined in '95 and he's not in the photo

Russell '85

Russell '86 - This was the first drawing I did when I started drawing again

This is from 'The Day That Never Happened' gig in '88. If you'll remember (optimistic) I drew a coloured version of this as well

David Bowie Is Watching You

This is my first painting on canvas - and my first painting in about 3 years. My aim was to try and do a pop-art (ish) painting of David Bowie (Aladdin sane)'s eye. The original plan was to do two canvases with each eye (the constricted and dilated one so although it contains little of his face it could still be easily recognisable as Bowie. Not too sure if I will follow that through though)

Seen and Not Seen

Yet another picture of David Byrne 

Yes, my subjects are a bit predictable 

Based on :

Oh look it's me..

Looking a bit of a shady character (in that I think I overdid the shading).

When I started drawing it was light outside, but I didn't notice that it was getting progressively darker. When I realised, turned on the light and looked at my drawing my self-portrait self looked black. Not a lie. This is after lots of rubbing out and it's still pretty shaded. 

Morale: Always turn the light on before you start to draw (I'm ashamed to say that it is not the first time I have made the mistake...)