Rory Walker's Stealthy Lines and Excessive Colour

Happy Christmas from roryroryrory!

2011-12-23T21:58:00.001Z

Contact details - www.roryroryrory.com

New mural

2011-07-04T19:37:00.003+01:00

I've just finished a mural in the back garden of the Hobgoblin pub, on London Road, Brighton.

Simon in "Pashmina"

2011-07-02T15:48:00.002+01:00

New comic strip, featuring Simon! This time he's ranting about pashmina's. I've no idea either.

Etchings of places around the world that I've been to.

2011-06-12T22:55:00.002+01:00

Under the Teton mountains.

Snake River, by the Tetons

Path leading to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Cliffs near Moab.

Archway near Moab.

Beach in Pembrokshire.

Italian watercolours

2011-06-09T12:24:00.001+01:00

Paintings done whilst traversing the beautiful countryside near Abbiatagrasso.

My entry for the Cheltenham Illustration Awards

2011-05-21T12:00:00.001+01:00

Contact details - www.roryroryrory.com

Sassy Life Drawings

2011-05-16T14:13:00.001+01:00

Jam Draw Final - I won!

2011-04-21T00:21:00.001+01:00

I WON!!! I'm officially Brighton's JamDraw 2011 artistic winner - Huzzah! My new buddies "Sweet Garlic" won the music section, and Dave took this photo of my artwork - Huzzah again!

Jam Draw Final!

2011-04-18T13:35:00.003+01:00

Howdy,

I've wormed my way through the heats, and am now in the final of this year's Jam Draw competition! WOO!

What this means is that i'll be "on stage" as it were, in the corner of the Hobgoblin Pub (on London Road, Brighton), from 8pm on Tuesday the 19th of April, drawing the sounds of SEVEN bands, Live, in time to their music! HUZZAH!! And cos it's a competition, there'll be another artist there too, the mysterious and enigmatic James John Vaughan, who'll likewise be painting and drawing what he hears.

Come along! Drink beer! Listen to music! Watch pictures being made!

Maybe see ya'll there,

Rory

Alkan asks a question

2011-04-11T11:54:00.002+01:00

New comic strip "Simon - I don't want to go to bed"

2011-03-27T12:36:00.002+01:00

Happy Saint Patricks day from me!

2011-03-17T20:05:00.003Z

Happy Valentines day - with love from roryroryrory

2011-02-14T18:34:00.002Z

Famous Artists on Wash Painting - Tutorial from animationarchive.org

2011-02-08T00:29:00.003Z

I've always been fascinated with the ink and wash images of old magazines, and was very happy to see a fascinating article called - "INSTRUCTION: Wash Painting- In Praise Of Happy Accidents" on the animation archive website here. As there was a copy of a tutorial series featured in the post, I thought I'd give it a go too.

House.

Lighthouse.

Flat colour.

Gradiations.

Fashion.

Seagull.

Lighthouse.

Raven.

Goodbye 2010. Hello 2011.

2011-01-10T10:15:00.000Z

My Christmas holidays.

2010-12-28T19:53:00.000Z

Contact details - www.roryroryrory.com

Inspirational Posters to motivate the masses.

2010-12-28T00:56:00.001Z

Happy Christmas from Rory

2010-12-23T00:05:00.001Z

Hello,

Happy Christmas and New Year,

Big ups from Rory!

Contact details - www.roryroryrory.com

Rest in Peace, Captain Beefheart.

2010-12-18T20:01:00.001Z

A recent screenprint I made of a town called "Emblem" in Wyoming.

2010-12-17T17:44:00.001Z

This years Badvent Calendar - Specially done in Grey and Orange

2010-12-14T15:48:00.001Z

Contact details - www.roryroryrory.com

Cinderella story retold through Classic Train posters

2010-12-09T11:27:00.002Z

Stars on Canvas - Willow Foundation

2010-11-29T23:08:00.002Z

I've put a painting into a charity auction called "Stars on Canvas" http://www.willowfoundation.org.uk/starsoncanvas which raises money for 16-40 year olds with serious illness, to allow them to have a day out every so often. Also featured are people like Wayne Rooney, Tracey Emin, and James Bond.

Here's mine if you'd like to bid on it - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rory-Walker-Stars-canvas-charity-art-/180592259299?pt

Emailing attempt to send pictures from here to there - will it work?

2010-11-22T12:16:00.001Z

Trip to London with Squitney Plops.

Contact details - www.roryroryrory.com

Some more recent sketchbook panels

2010-11-18T16:16:00.004Z

Kegon Falls - Nikko, Japan

2010-11-12T23:55:00.003Z

Recent Sketch book images

2010-11-09T19:30:00.007Z

A selection of recent sketchbook images.

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-29T17:18:00.000+01:00

Sifaka - a new comic strip.

2010-10-01T11:07:00.004+01:00

Art competition - Winner!

2010-09-27T11:52:00.003+01:00

Many years ago, when I was still sporting short trousers, rosy cheeks, and luscious flaxen hair, I entered a competition (between bouts of food poisoning and subsequent discovery of a penicillin allergy) on board a ship to Sweden. Goodness knows what I drew, but maybe this was the kick start I needed to pursue an artistic career? Who knows, had I not won I could be an astronaut or something now instead.

A mural for my friend Nicks' new twins.

2010-09-20T23:22:00.001+01:00

GlutBuster - a movie, an app, a world changing jobby!

2010-09-17T15:51:00.003+01:00

I helped my friend, DixonOf make a video for a competition to design an application for use on Android mobile phones. Here it is - http://www.innovate10.co.uk/video/glut-buster-the-futu All drawings, scripting and voice over is by him, I just did lighting, photography and photoshoppery. I guess you can vote for it to win!

Gothic horror dream comic strip for Brighton White Night's newspaper

2010-09-14T14:39:00.001+01:00

A quick gothic inspired comic strip.

2010-09-13T09:54:00.000+01:00

View from my garden, out toward the downs. At nighttime.

2010-09-06T15:51:00.002+01:00

London Lives competition

2010-07-25T18:02:00.001+01:00

My entry for the London Lives Competition

Willow Foundation Stars on Canvas 2010

2010-07-08T17:14:00.002+01:00

The Willow Foundation (http://willowfoundation.org.uk/Home) organises special days for people aged 16-40 with serious illness. Every year they have a "Stars on Canvas" exhibition where people from all over the media world make a 6"x6" painting, which is auctioned off to raise funds. Here's mine for this years show -

Norman Rockwell Exhibition - From Spielberg and Lucas's collections

2010-07-05T22:53:00.004+01:00

In the USA now - http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2010/rockwell/

The video slideshow thingy is very interesting for those of us unlikely to get over to see the show.

Cycling in London Competition

2010-06-24T14:23:00.000+01:00

Cycling in London Competition for TFL and the Association of Illustrators.

Not quite a runner up. I wonder why....

Dorset Arts Week - Action photos!

2010-06-21T11:37:00.001+01:00

Here I am, displaying some artworks and working on some others at Stewarts garden centre, Wimborne.

North Wales - Watercolours, Bodnant and Llanberris

2010-06-16T11:49:00.003+01:00

A couple of paintings done whilst working at Dorset Arts Week last week.

Goreme - Cappadocia in central Turkey

2010-05-27T20:11:00.003+01:00

John Wayne Museum - Utah / Nevada

2010-05-26T16:19:00.001+01:00

Looking out in the wilds from the dukes balcony.

Devils Tower

2010-05-25T16:02:00.003+01:00

The second in my series of images of American landscapes.

Lino prints - Road to Woodingdean in the snow

2010-05-25T12:43:00.003+01:00

Variations in tonality, shades of grey, and mixing of colours.

Chris Ware and Daniel Clowes - LIVE

2010-05-24T10:26:00.004+01:00

Tomorrow (tuesday 26th May) Chris Ware and Daniel Clowes are doing a two man stand up or similar routine at the dome in Brighton. A jolly good opportunity to see two of modern comics great inventors. See here to buy tickets and all that sort of thing.

Delicate Arch - Arches National Park, Utah.

2010-05-21T19:12:00.002+01:00

Watercolour Paintings - India

2010-05-20T14:22:00.001+01:00

Waiting for the bus, somewhere in India.

Anomalies - The mummies tomb!

2010-05-12T19:01:00.001+01:00

Brighton Fashion Week - Set painting

2010-05-11T20:03:00.002+01:00

A few weeks back I painted up a set for a photo shoot for Brighton Fashion Week. Here's all about it - Clickity Click Click (Link to Garage Studios in Brighton)

Election day extravaganza! Vote Rory Walker Illustrator!

2010-05-06T15:06:00.002+01:00

Traditional Japanese Woodblock prints - New Print!

2010-05-05T20:11:00.006+01:00

Well I've finished the Traditional Woodblock Printing course now, and boy oh boy was it ace! I've made a print from a drawing of a chap I sketched whilst going up to the course on the train a couple of weeks back. It was quite sucessful in some respects, and not in others, but all in all I'm quite pleased, and boy oh boy oh boy oh boy was it good fun to do.

Exclusive - Rory Walker artwork in Brighton Open House shocker!

2010-04-30T17:21:00.001+01:00

I'm showing some paintings and prints in an Open House in Brighton for the first four weekends in May. Come and be amazed and dazzled, surprised and elated, and if you've got a few spare moments come and see my pictures too. They'll be nestled nicely away in a flip browser at a super house called "The Gloobah House" which is part of a series of houses all close to each other on the Dyke Road trail. It's located on The Drove, there's a map attached and Number 4 is where my stuff is.

Maybe see you there!

Traditional Japanese Woodblock prints

2010-04-29T10:07:00.006+01:00

I've been doing a course in Traditional Japanese Woodblock print making at the East London Printmakers in Hackney - http://www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk

It's an interesting technique with a fascinating history. Everything is done damp, so the watercolours actually dye the paper. Whilst these prints aren't that exciting (and the colours have been saturated quite considerably when scanning), they show some of the things that can - with practice - be achieved. Great fun!

Jazz at Xuma Bar in 7-Dials featuring the magnificent Tom Creed on Saxaphone!

2010-04-26T15:59:00.002+01:00

Last night at Xuma, Diego and Tom painting the air.

Aesops Fable - The Thirsty Pigeon

2010-04-22T16:47:00.000+01:00

A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.

MORAL - Zeal should not outrun discretion.

50 new lino cut prints! Ready for action! GO GO GO!

2010-04-19T10:44:00.002+01:00

New prints! A weekend of hardcore, heavy duty printmaking at the Oxford Printmakers Studio off Cowley Road http://www.oxfordprintmakers.co.uk/has resulted in 50 impressions of 5 different lino cuts. Just waiting for the mounts to arrive and then they'll be ready for sale at the May Open Houses.

Watercolour Paintings

2010-04-15T19:22:00.003+01:00

A couple of new watercolour paintings in anticipation of the Brighton May Open House Arts Festival.

Anomalies - Dig the allotment, man

2010-04-13T13:10:00.002+01:00

On a roll! Another "Anomaly"? Ooh yes please -

Anomalies - Under the Sea - Glug glug glug

2010-04-12T13:05:00.002+01:00

This is a new "Anomaly" picture. The idea is to find all the things that are wrong. It'll appear in an Italian puzzle magazine.

Happy Easter - Rabbit and Eggs illustration for easter joy!

2010-04-02T15:10:00.004+01:00

Have a great Easter one and all,

New watercolour paintings

2010-03-29T16:24:00.002+01:00

A couple of new paintings that are going to appear in the May Festival Open Houses, here in Sunny Sunny Brighton.

Bath Japanese Festival 2010 - Logo design

2010-03-19T14:44:00.001Z

Logo design for the Bath Japanese Festival 2010 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=399070089306) doing its best to look like a mix of Japanese calligraphy and a wood block print.

Lino Cut - Brighton Pavilion

2010-03-19T11:35:00.002Z

I've been honing my print making skills and have dallied away from whimsey for a moment to create a more serious lino-cut. This is the first in a series of prints based on Brighton that will ready and on sale during the May festival. This is a view looking at the gate in the Pavilion.

Live art extravaganzer! Illustration for the masses tonight at HA HA

2010-03-18T13:29:00.004Z

Tonight I'll be drawing in time to music at HA HA (a bar next to the pavilion in Brighton http://www.hahaonline.co.uk/brighton/). Essentially there's going to be some bands playing music, and a group of artists interpreting said music into artwork. I've no idea what's going to happen, but I'm sure it'll make a super spectator sport, especially when i muddle my bass and treble clefs up.

Happy St Patricks day from Rory Walker illustration!

2010-03-17T09:20:00.002Z

To all the mums in the world, Happy Mothers Day love from Rory Walker Illustration!

2010-03-14T19:57:00.004Z

Nicholas by Goscinny and Sempe (and me!)

2010-03-12T10:37:00.003Z

I think the Nicholas stories by Goscinny are great, but Sempe's artwork is what really makes them. Last year or the year before I joined "The Nicholas Club" and received a pencil case, pencil, ruler, eraser, rubber stamp and badge AND a membership card. I use the pencil case constantly in my every day tooing's and froing's. The Nicholas Club newsletter sometimes asks for reader submissions, so here's mine - http://nicholas-club.blogspot.com/2009/06/so-many-strange-and-wonderful-things-to.html

Lino cut common seagull on the south downs

2010-03-11T13:10:00.002Z

I've been working on a new print each morning this week, spending a couple of hours cutting away at the lino whilst listening to various stormin' sound tracks on the stereo. And here it is, a common gull on the south downs.

Anomalies - Puzzle Illustrations

2010-03-08T15:27:00.004Z

A simple idea here, draw a scene, make some odd things happen in it, get the viewer to find the anomalies! How many can you find in each image?

William Heath Robinson original artwork auction

2010-03-04T08:40:00.003Z

Morphets auction house t'oop north is having an auction today of loads and loads of Heath Robinson artworks on the theme of railways. Unbelievable! I wish I were a millionaire, I'd buy the lot.

Getting out of the art studio and working with others

2010-03-03T16:28:00.005Z

Sometimes its nice to get out of the studio and integrate with other members of society, so in keeping with that thought, I've spent the last couple of days working with the very clever Nina Squire (http://www.thepastelartist.co.uk/) at home. Nina uses pastels to paint portraits of dogs and horses and is flipping well good at it, and I've been drawing a picture to celebrate the coming of spring. Here we both are working under the watchful gaze of the Mighty Stevie Holmes's painting of Monument Valley.

I've learned how to screenprint!

2010-03-01T14:44:00.003Z

I've spent the weekend being taught how to screenprint at North Star Studios in Brighton by the hugely clever Rhys Wooten http://rhyswootton.co.uk/ who runs mothership design and illustration. What with my delicate colour choice, refined palette and nods left right and centre to subtlety, sobriety and aestheticism this is what I came up with. A gigposter for SAMSQUAMCH!

New exhibition featuring my paintings - starts tomorrow

2010-02-27T10:12:00.001Z

Some of my watercolour painting will be on display in a group exhibition at the 5 star Claremont Hotel in Hove for 10 weeks from tomorrow. Here's a blog all about it - http://artattheclaremont.blogspot.com

Life drawing at Brighton Lifedrawing Classes - New England House

2010-02-26T14:26:00.003Z

Aesops Fables - The Ant and the Grasshopper

2010-02-24T14:17:00.003Z

The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.

"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"

"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same."

"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:

MORAL - It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

New illustration portfolio - printed out and ready for action!

2010-02-23T11:06:00.002Z

Portfolio print out extravaganza! Some of my recent images printed out on some nice heavy stock paper, slipped in some sleeves and ready to be shown to the world -

I shall be presenting some of my work at the next Brighton Illustrators Group meeting

2010-02-19T16:00:00.002Z

I'll be showing a selection - 6 to be prescise - of my images to an enraptured audience, braying and whooping and hurrying me along so that they can get to the bar as soon as possible at the next Brighton Illustrators Group (http://www.brightonillustrators.co.uk/) meeting. If you missed out on me fluffing my lines, stumbling over my own words, and talking in a monotonous waffle at the Pecha Kucha event on wednesday, here's your chance to catch me in all my glory. Or if you did see me, then here's your chance to compound the misery. Happiness abounding! See you there.

Happy Valentines Day - With Love from roryroryrory!

2010-02-14T12:22:00.001Z

I'm taking part in a Pecha Kucha event in Brighton on the 17th

2010-02-08T13:57:00.001Z

Aesops Fables - The Miser and His Gold

2010-01-22T10:53:00.001Z

This is No.3 in my series of Aesops Fables.

The Miser and His Gold

Once upon a time there was a Miser who used to hide his gold at the foot of a tree in his garden; but every week he used to go and dig it up and gloat over his gains. A robber, who had noticed this, went and dug up the gold and decamped with it. When the Miser next came to gloat over his treasures, he found nothing but the empty hole. He tore his hair, and raised such an outcry that all the neighbours came around him, and he told them how he used to come and visit his gold. "Did you ever take any of it out? asked one of them.
"Nay," said he, "I only came to look at it."
"Then come again and look at the hole," said a neighbour; "it will do you just as much good."

MORAL - Wealth unused might as well not exist.

Blog Search Engines and Listings for Illustrators and Artists

2010-01-21T17:13:00.001Z

I've been adding my details to blog directories to enhance my online'ness. We'll see how successful things will be. I've put links to and from these places, so give it a go too and see what happens -

Blog Search Engine

Blog Catalog

Blogged

Blogflux

Blogexplosion

Blog Directory

Let me know if you have a success story with them!

Illustrations galore! Apron Overload! New webshops open for business!

2010-01-21T13:10:00.000Z

I've opened a webshop to sell some of my artworks. Fantastic art pieces on aprons, mugs, and cards, what more could the discerning fashionista want?

Here's the link to the shop - Come visit my store on Zazzle! and below is a panel showing a few of the things that you could purchase, should you be feeling frisky!

Alternatively here's a cafepress.co.uk shop for all my Goths - Come visit my store on CafePress!

make custom gifts at Zazzle

Aesops Fables - The Crow and the Pitcher

2010-01-20T14:04:00.000Z

Here's the second in my series of Aesops Fables. Getting deep down and dirty with some serious cross hatching action.

Inked Art

Pencil Rough

The Crow and the Pitcher

A CROW perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with delight. When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach and thus saved his life.

MORAL - Necessity is the mother of invention.

Aesops Fables - The fox and the goat

2010-01-15T19:01:00.000Z

The Fox and the Goat

A FOX one day fell into a deep well and could find no means of escape. A Goat, overcome with thirst, came to the same well, and seeing the Fox, inquired if the water was good. Concealing his sad plight under a merry guise, the Fox indulged in a lavish praise of the water, saying it was excellent beyond measure, and encouraging him to descend. The Goat, mindful only of his thirst, thoughtlessly jumped down, but just as he drank, the Fox informed him of the difficulty they were both in and suggested a scheme for their common escape. "If," said he, "you will place your forefeet upon the wall and bend your head, I will run up your back and escape, and will help you out afterwards." The Goat readily assented and the Fox leaped upon his back. Steadying himself with the Goat's horns, he safely reached the mouth of the well and made off as fast as he could. When the Goat upbraided him for breaking his promise, he turned around and cried out, "You foolish old fellow! If you had as many brains in your head as you have hairs in your beard, you would never have gone down before you had inspected the way up, nor have exposed yourself to dangers from which you had no means of escape."

MORAL - Look before you leap.

Goth greeting cards - Part 4

2010-01-13T13:06:00.000Z

Goth greeting cards - Part 3

2010-01-12T16:26:00.000Z

Goth greeting cards - Part 2

2010-01-11T18:22:00.000Z

Another selection of mighty Goths!

Goth greeting cards

2010-01-11T16:33:00.001Z

Bright and cheery, or dark and sinister? Our friendly goth chums are coming out in a super set of greetings cards! WOO!

Character Design - Juggling robots!

2010-01-11T13:10:00.000Z

A collection of character designs of robots for a juggling website.

Horse Feathers

2010-01-11T13:02:00.000Z

A huge post of all the cartoon strips I made for the recent Amazon Comic Strip Superstar competition. Starting off with the colour 'sunday' strips, and followed by 20 B&W daily strips. Featuring the hapless adventures of Barry and Trevor a pair of seagulls. Click on the images to read them a bit bigger and clearer.

Nina

2010-01-04T12:47:00.001Z

Nina in all her glory.

Happy Christmas 2009!

2009-12-22T19:17:00.001Z

NHS Conference - Live drawing.

2009-12-22T12:04:00.001Z

I was artist in residence at an NHS conference in Manchester recently. 40 odd pages of artwork drawn over a couple of days, at least half of it in full colour. Here's a couple of images.

Kitchen Gardener Magazine - GM crops

2009-12-13T15:20:00.000Z

Turkish house - lino Cut Print

2009-12-09T13:31:00.001Z

Lino print coloured with stencils.

Watercolours in Dorset.

2009-12-08T17:55:00.001Z

A few days painting down in dorset.

Chelsea Publishing - Prankster kids

2009-12-01T11:33:00.001Z

Illustration to accompany an article on practical jokes at school. Here the little darlings/rascals have hidden a number of alarm clocks around the school hall, all set to go off at the same time. I wish I'd thought of that...

Kitchen Gardener Magazine - Magic Gardening

2009-12-01T11:27:00.000Z

Gardening by moonlight!

Dangerous Things in the Sea - Carve Surfing Magazine

2009-12-01T11:15:00.000Z

A nice happy selection of things that can hurt you with varying degrees of discomfort whilst surfing.