See how i put Australia first?
Australia Vs Ireland (Rugby)
No Weeding. No Pruning.
Cartoon done for the Limerick Post.
Cork Vs Limerick (Hurling)
Ripple (Watch That Flubber Fly)
This is another Illustration Friday piece – a quick Oil Pastel sketch of what i initially thought doing of after hearing the topic – “Ripple”, but before i read about the oil spill fund raiser thing….
Ripple (Death By Oil Slick)
New one for Illustration Friday topic: Ripple.
The word was chosen to coincide with a fund raiser to help with the Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe (Oil Spill), other entries can be found here.
My first response to the word Ripple was, as usual, puerile and mildly perverse, but then I figured it could give me a chance to do something that I hadn’t done before, which was using the Water Colour brushes.
It was also nice, as they requested a particular size, which gave an added limitation to the piece.
What began as doodling away with the pencils, ended with some subtle colour washes and fiddling around, and I’m kinda happy with the way it turned out. Makes me feel all arty….
Ireland vs New Zealand (Optimistic)
It was suggested i do something for the upcoming Rugby Union match between Ireland and The All Blacks for Ireland tour of Australia and N.Z.
Later I learned that a) Paul O’Connell isn’t on this tour, and b) Ireland are likely to be completely hammered by the apparently far superior team, the All Blacks.
Surprised At Discovering No "Serious Consequences" Under The Sofa, The Taoiseach Practices His Look Of "Steely Resolve"
Taoiseach (tee-shuck) is the Irish official term given for the leader of the country; the equivalent, i suppose, of Prime Minister. The unofficial term given for the this leader of the country, is “Biffo”.
Extol The Virtue
First illustration for Illustration Friday, this weeks topic was Slither. It’s open to interpretation, but i found myself seeing the word and it’s connotations in a slightly different way….
Girl And Bear
Saw some pencil work recently that reminded me of how wonderful pencil work can be. I particularly like pencil for soft toys and children so, in an attempt to get away from using Painter’s Artist Oils brushes and have ago at the Pencil brushes, I went with doing a bit of both.
Willie O’Dea In The Heat Of Battle