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I’m away for Christmas, and somehow in the complicated rules of Draw Anyway, that means you get an extra link this week. Don’t ask me, I just work here.
Erm, so, what you see above is the work of Randy Plowman, an artist who has contracted with himself to make a small collage every day […]

Via Swiss Miss (again; she’s one of my main online sources of design inspiration) comes this incredible work, made by systematically cutting up old books. It just goes to show that you can make arresting artworks out of all sorts of materials, including those you’d find at car boot sales or charity shops. Find more […]

On Friday, I mentioned that I’d visited some local Open Studios. As well as the sketchbooks, I was also overjoyed to find some talented ceramicists selling tiles, including seconds and odd bits and bobs. For a while now, I’ve been planning to tile one portion of our kitchen with non-matching tiles, inspired by a photo […]

On Wednesday I posted about prints made with old letterpress blocks (and I also have an uneasy feeling I’m blurring the distinction between letterpress and woodblock, so excuse me if that’s the case). It’s apt, then, that this week’s link should be to British Letterpress, a site with a Draw Anyway approach towards helping beginners […]

Sparkle and Spin: A Book about Words. Written by Ann Rand, illustrated by Paul Rand
Apologies to readers of Swiss Miss and Drawn, of whom I know there are many reading this post. This news has already been posted on both those blogs, but it is just too good to ignore.
What you see embedded above, You-Tube […]

Linzie Hunter, whose innovative Spam Art I mentioned in a previous post has contacted me to say that her images are now available to buy as prints - so if you are looking for that elusive Christmas present for your colleague, boss or friendly neighbourhood spammer, your prayers may have been answered. They’re available here. […]

I am especially fond of artists’ websites which show sketchbooks and work-in-progress, as illustrator and printmaker Alice Melvin’s does. She’s cherry-picked the best of her work, though, so a visit to the site only takes a few minutes, giving you instant inspiration. Lovely.

Apologies if you’ve already seen this: it’s been cropping up on lots of different blogs over the last few days. I include it for those who haven’t yet seen it, because I was quite impressed by what it can do. Vector Magic is intended for the use of those designing logos. By changing an image […]

No art post today since during my normal slot for writing, I was swanning around sipping wine at the Brighton Web Awards. Rather too much wine if truth be known, but you can’t blame me: everyone was at it! The speeches got slightly more raucous as the evening went on.
The arts category was given […]

Linda Silvestri has left a few comments on Draw Anyway, so out of curiosity I followed her link, and … wow! As she explains, she’s a print designer who wants to break out of all those regimented straight lines and get back to some sketchier, earthier drawings. We can certainly appreciate that! Go and […]