Breaking my arm and discovering Girls

About six weeks ago I broke my arm and as well as hurting (quite a bit) there was a period of freaking out and panicking that I might never be able to draw or paint again. There was nothing much that could be done except waiting to see if it healed okay and this waiting involved lots of sitting with the arm in a sling and watching a lot (and I mean A LOT) of television. It's not like I'm averse to being a couch potato -in fact I'm really very good at it. The best thing to come out of this was discovering the HBO series GIRLS created by and starring Lena Dunham. I watched the whole series in a day and a half and as my arm began to feel like it was itching to draw again I found myself doing work inspired by the show (which I was watching over and over) and so it was as I was drawing Hannah Horvath that I realised "maybe this is going to be okay". I've done four so far but think I'll need to some more involving more of the characters and quotes that I've quickly grown to love until the itch is properly scratched. 

Keep Walking....

The first issue of "See Far Enough" has a cover featuring the drawing "Keep Walking...".

I've already sold the original drawing but I've got prints of the image available on my Etsy shop.

The drawing is based on one of my paintings "Exterior 1" which is available for sale on Art Pistol.

Somewhere Else

The second issue of  "See Far Enough" will feature a drawing called "Somewhere Else 2" on the cover.

This drawing is one of the works I've got up for sale through online gallery Art Pistol and is currently available at half price as part of their February Sale.

The drawing is rendered in black ink on bristol board and measures 42 x 30cm.

www.artpistol.co.uk/art-gallery/somewhere-else-2-was-£100

Being Human

Now that I've broken my arm and can't get any drawing done for a while I've got plenty time to spend on  my blog but no new drawings to put on it.

I'm really looking forward to the new series of "Being Human" starting tonight on the BBC. When most of the original cast left I thought I might be done with the show but last series, which by the end of it had a completely new line-up of lead characters, ended up being my favourite series so far. These are drawings I did last year of Hal (played by Damien Molony) and Tom (played by Michael Socha).

This is a drawing  of a "missing scene" - portraying Tom's grief at the death of Eve and "passing over" of Annie at the end of the fourth series.

Christmas Cards

HO HO HO

Well, now that Halloween has almost come and gone I've been thinking about what I might draw for my Christmas Cards this year. I've still got some of the cards I had printed from last year - if anyone wants to get some Christmas Cards at a bargain price, here's your chance!

There are two designs - MORE SPROUTS, ANYONE? and CHERRY CHRISTMAS.

The cards were professionally printed (by a real printing company!) and I was really pleased with the finished product because I think they really captured the rich, vibrant colours of the original drawings.

MORE SPROUTS, ANYONE? opens up to a panoramic spread of sprouts inside with MERRY CHRISTMAS! on the back.

CHERRY CHRISTMAS is blank inside for your message.

Dimensions of front of card - 12 x 12cm.

I'm selling them in packs of 10 (with envelopes) for £5.

Postage is £1 within the UK and £3.50 everywhere else.

You can buy them through paypal (along with a message saying what designs you want) by sending payment to -  collham63@googlemail.com

or through my etsy shop  www.etsy.com/shop/BurnCentreTime

T.V. Licence

This is a comic-strip I entered into the 2011 Comica Graphic Fiction Short Story competition.