February 2012
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Watch Here’s a short film made by Diane Guyot who was kind enough to come along and document our marathon open Drawing Sessions event at The Royal Standard last November. We’ll do another event this year so watch this space.
Special thanks go to Dave and Fran Evans, Ailie Rutherford, Madeline Hall, Andrew Foulds and Hannah Bitowski for their input and assistance with the project. Thanks...
January 2012
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Under The Sea
Paul Evans, a contributor to Drawing Paper 4, is exhibiting his new whale drawing in ‘Under The Sea’, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield from 25 January to 10 June 2012.
www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/millennium-gallery/exhibitions/coming-soon/under-the-sea
www.origin011.org
December 2011
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Liverpool Art Prize 2012
Drawing Paper is delighted to have been shortlisted for the 2012 Liverpool Art Prize. Look out for issue 5 and an exhibition at Metal, Liverpool late April 2012.
www.liverpoolartprize.com/?p=535
Checkout our previous issues online here:
www.mikesstudio.co.uk/design/drawing-paper/
November 2011
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'Drawing Sessions' event at The Royal Standard,...
Drawing Paper are co-hosting an event on 19 and 20 November at The Royal Standard, Liverpool. ‘Drawing Sessions’ is free, open to all – artists and non artists – and promises to be an entertaining and informal affair with lots to keep you interested like collaborative drawings, talks, music and soundworks to respond to, DJs, films, a Gansfeld drawing experiment, refreshments and a few...
October 2011
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Drawing Paper on Issuu
You can take a look at Drawing Paper 4 here:
www.issuu.com/mikecarney/docs/drawingpaper4
You can order printed copies (including previous issues 2 and 3) – the ink smells great! If you’re in the UK it’s £2 for issue 4 or £5 for issues 2,3 and 4 – what a bargain! If you’re overseas it’s a little more expensive – please send an email to something@mikesstudio.co.uk to place...
September 2011
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Drawing Paper 4 – Out now.
We’ve just published our fourth issue of Drawing Paper. Featuring a wide variety of interesting drawings by 19 artists including Adam Batchelor, Bryan Biggs, Hannah Bitowski, Sophia Crilly, Frances Disley, Hilary Ellis, Paul Evans, Michael Grant, Harry Lawson, Sara Maia, Jordan Marani, Doreen McPherson, Elaine Pittwood, Tim Southall, Richard Taylor & Ross Hamilton Frew, Lucy Wilson,...
July 2011
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Louise Despont
A friend introduced me to the beautifully intricate work of Brooklyn based Louise Despont. She works largely with graphite and coloured pencil onto antique ledger book pages.
www.louisedespont.com
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Loïc Desroeux
Some very delicate line work from Belgium based Loïc Desroeux. More good stuff on his website.
www.loic-desroeux.blogspot.com
May 2011
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Diamonds are Forever
Scottish artist Ross Hamilton Frew emailed us some really nice drawings.
www.rosshamiltonfrew.tumblr.com
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Two shows in Liverpool
If you’re in Liverpool over the next month we have two drawing based exhibitions opening Friday 27 May 2011.
First up, ‘Contemporary Drawing’ at The Bohemia Space, Mello Mello Cafe, Slater Street, Liverpool L1 4BX. 7.30pm kick off. Running until 12 July. Open times 12 noon – 10pm. Curated by Liverpool based contributor to Drawing Paper 3, Matthew Lloyd.
Featuring Jon...
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Louise Gordon
Portraits by Louise Gordon, Illustration student at University of Gloucestershire.
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Drawing Paper 3 – out now
We are pleased to announce we’ve just published Drawing Paper 3 featuring work by Steven Appleby, Jon Barraclough, Marina Berio, Jenny Berntsson, Kimbal Bumstead, Greig Burgoyne, Mike Carney, James Clarkson, Leonel Cunha, Daniel DeLuna, Emma Gregory, Hilary Judd, Cat Lauigan, Matthew Lloyd, Mike O’Shaugnessy, Laurence Payot, Ailie Rutherford, Emily Speed and Roanna Wells.
If you...
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Mathilde Roussel-Giraudy
Mathilde will be showing a new series of drawings at the Salon de Montrouge contemporary art fair in Paris from 5 May – 1 June 2011. Mathilde was one of our contributing artists in Drawing Paper 2.
www.salondemontrouge.fr www.mathilderousselgiraudy.com
March 2011
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Digital drawings
I went to meet Derby based contributor to Drawing Paper 2, Kate Smith last October. She was working on some very interesting digital drawings using a digital tablet / pen on digital ‘canvas’ of 101.6 x 137.2 cm using ‘real’ pencil tool. She sent me the finished drawings recently – I’m amazed at how realistic the marks look. Kate and her pals are always doing...
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"A wonderful thing about drawing a line is that it...
Matt Niebuhr is exhibiting throughout March 2011 at Stumptown Coffee Roasters, 4525 SE Division Street, Portland, Oregon 97206.
If you can’t make it to his show checkout this special link
www.mattniebuhr.com
February 2011
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Håkan Jonson
A ‘collection of blind birds’ from Stockholm based Håkan Jonson.
www.irrlicht.se
‘Crow’. Pencil on paper. (170 x 190mm) (2011)
‘Raven’. Pencil on paper. (150 x 200mm) (2011)
‘Raven on Stick’. Pencil on paper. (120 x 170mm) (2011)
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New work from Kentaro Kobuke
London based Japanese artist Kentaro Kobuke will be exhibiting some of his new work in the group show ‘The Shape of Things’ at Ferrate Gallery in Tev Aviv.
Kentaro’s work draws upon and subverts motifs of Japanese visual culture, exploiting the gap between the preconception and the representation of images to suggest disquieting narratives.
Kentaro was a contributing artist...
January 2011
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Raymond Lemstra
Portraiture of an otherworldly nature from Dutch illustrator Raymond Lemstra.
www.raymondlemstra.nl
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Ki Yoong
Leeds UK based Ki Yoong produces beautiful, mysterious and incredibly detailed drawings. Ki’s work featured in Drawing Paper 1.
www.kiyoong.blogspot.com
‘Lady and Bear’. (290 x 420mm)
‘Veteran’. (420 x 590mm)
‘Specimen’. (590 x 840mm)
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Mechanical Nan
One of our first contributors to the blog, London based Jennifer Maidment, has sent us a couple of interesting new works.
www.jennifermaidment.com
December 2010
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Cat Lauigan
An artist friend of ours and contributor to Drawing Paper, Alex Wolkowicz, recently spent some time on a residency in California where she met Cat Lauigan. Here’s a selection of Cat’s drawings.
www.catlauigan.com
November 2010
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Some portraiture
Jacob Everett does some interesting portraiture work. I particularly like his Biggie Smalls drawing – it’s an impressive scale – constructed out of small marks made with a biro (or two). Checkout his website for more good stuff.
www.jacobeverett.com
‘Notorious B.I.G’. Biro on paper. (1440mm x 1350mm)
‘Florrie Baldwin 114 Years’. Ink on card. (420 x 590mm)
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Drawings by Daniel DeLuna
“I almost always work listening to music which is an enormous influence on my working method. One thing I used to love to do when I lived in NYC was to close my eyes on the subway and listen to the cacophonous symphony of noise from the moving train, which is some of the most beautiful music I have ever heard. I think with my work I might be trying to create a sensation similar to closing...
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Nice work from Stockholm based Jenny Berntsson
“These drawings belong to a drawing installation that consists of several drawings (so far 10) of an urban landscape, or if you want – abstract forms. They are based on my interest in drawing and drawing techniques and somehow based on Peter Cook’s book ‘Drawing: The Motive Force of Architecture’. The book is about how distinct drawing techniques have a different impact on...
October 2010
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Kimbal Bumstead – Drawing Touch
Drawing touch is an ongoing investigation by London based Kimbal Bumstead into alternative methods of documenting sensory performance.
“This collection of drawings were all made during blindfolded one on one performances. This work however, is not limited to performance, it is also part of a drawing exercise programme that I have developed. The drawings are the remnant an encounter that is...
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Illustration from Marianna Mørkøre
‘Buii Butterfly’
‘Malieu’
‘Malieu’
www.morkore.carbonmade.com
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Organs
Sheffield based artist Greg Thomas sent us these drawings of hearts and a liver.
www.gregthomasart.wordpress.com
‘Heart 1’
‘Heart 2’
‘Liver 1’
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Curious characters
I quite like these animal characters by Derby based Lawrence Cox. There’s a nice quality about them which reminds me of the animated Fantastic Mr Fox film.
www.lawrencecox.tumblr.com
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More highlights from The Cooperative sessions
Andy, Neil and Emma get busy
Alan using the big stick
One of my own efforts
Chiz going figurative
Susan Massey and daughter Lauren made an interesting sculptural drawing.
A nice drawing by Chiz Turnross
Drawings from the mysterious Tux… (too many jaffa cakes perhaps?)
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Cooperative Conversations
We’ve been doing some collaborative drawing and promotional work with Drawing Paper at The Cooperative space in Liverpool over the last couple of days. It’s been good fun, we’ve made lots of new friends and some interesting pieces of work have emerged. There’s still chance to get involved – we’re there until Sunday 24 October from 1–5pm, so if you’re in town,...
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Drawing Conversations
Drawing Paper will be in residence at The Cooperative, Liverpool this week.
Jon and I will be providing some starting points for collaborative drawings that we want to see evolve over the course of our stay. But these drawings aren’t going to make themselves – we need your input – so if you’re in town come along, say hello and make your mark. It’ll be a very informal affair and...
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Thomas Barwick
I’d like to bring to your attention the work of Thomas Barwick, an illustrator and lecturer at the University of Plymouth. A browse through his website revealed some interesting work and an insight into the pros and cons of various ink types.
www.thomasbarwick.com
www.illustration-plymouth.typepad.com
‘The Dandy’
‘Kennal Vale’
‘House’
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Henry Finney
Liverpool based Henry Finney (featured in Drawing Paper 1) has been busy working on some new drawings.
henryf@hotmail.co.uk
‘Twins’. Graphite on coloured paper. (2010)
‘Milton’s House’. Graphite on coloured paper. (2010)
‘Monster’. Graphite on coloured paper. (2010)
September 2010
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New book from Intoart
Back in May when we first started the blog we published a post about Intoart, a London based art collective that includes people with learning disabilities. They have recently held an exhibition at Whitechapel and published a new book “Intoart: See The Revolutionary Exhibition”. Looks like there’s some great work inside. Go to the website for more information and to order...
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Drawing Paper 2 – out now
We are delighted to announce Drawing Paper 2 has recently been published to coincide with the opening of the 10th Liverpool Biennial ‘Touched’ (www.biennial.com). It features work by 19 artists (Sachiko Abe, Richard Creed, Jagjit Chuhan, Mathilda Roussel Girauldy, Lizzie Hall, Kentaro Kobuke, Karin Lindholm, Katherine Lloyd, Jim Loftus, Lucy Macdonald, Julia McKenzie, Tabitha Moses, Al...
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Scott Tulay
Here are a couple of interesting drawings by Massachusetts based architect and artist Scott Tulay. Checkout his website for more.
www.scotttulay.com
‘Chasm’. (Charcoal / pastel). 40 x 30 (2010)
‘Ghost Ship’. (Ink / charcoal). 40 x 60 (2010)
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Flis Mitchell
Liverpool based Flis Mitchell was a contributor in Drawing Paper 1 in which she shared with us some drawings from her ongoing ‘Jaws 2 Re Drawn’ project. Flis has recently uploaded a load of her other drawings to her blog, some of which I’ve picked out for you here.
www.flismitchell.blogspot.com
August 2010
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Mike Walshe
Checkout Southport based Mike Walshe’s Magic Carpet drawings…
www.walsheillustrator.blogspot.com
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Leonel Cunha
Portugese artist Leonel Cunha produces a lot of generative works (amongst other things) which I stumbled across on Flickr. I particularly like these hand drawn geometric artworks. The red and blue ‘5 x 10’ drawings emerge from a very simple rule: 10 blue lines of 5cm connected by red lines.
www.leonelcunha.net
‘10 x 5’ series. Stabilo markers on bristol board. (210 x...
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Kate Smith
Taking marks and residues left behind as the result of conscious and unconscious actions or gestures, Kate Smith explores the idea of drawing as a combination of gesture, mark and trace or imprint.
www.kate-smith.co.uk
‘Squeeze’. Pencil on paper. (1016 x 1372mm).
‘Twist’. Pencil on paper. (1016 x 1372mm).
‘Twirl’. Pencil on paper. (1016 x 1372mm).
July 2010
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"Drawing is Erasure". Mark Sheinkman
New York based Mark Sheinkman creates these impressive graphite drawings by taking the marks away.
www.marksheinkman.com
‘Grandview’. Oil, alkyd and graphite on paper. (1016 x 762mm)
‘Longfellow’. Oil, alkyd and graphite on paper. (1016 x 762mm)
‘Garrison’. Oil, alkyd and graphite on paper. (1727 x 1067mm)
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Penelope Davenport
I like these mysterious drawings of creatures and scenes for stories by Liverpool based Penny Davenport. There are loads more on her website.
www.penelopedavenport.blogspot.com
‘Storybird’.
‘Moby Dick’.
All drawings shown are ink on paper. Dimensions approx 280 x 190mm.
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Karin Lindholm
I really like the looseness of marks employed in this portrait by Stockholm based artist Karin Lindholm.
‘Head in Profile’. Graphite on paper. (130 x 140 mm). (2010)
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George Thomas was ill with glandular fever...
…he needed to do SOMETHING so he produced these cool ink drawings. George lives in London and runs a blog full of interesting imagery.
www.ggeeoorrggeetthhoommaass.blogspot.com
Bring forth the fever.
‘How do you answer a question like that?’. Ink on semi gloss paper. (210 x 148mm). (2010)
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Mathilde Roussel Giraudy
New York based Mathilde Roussel Giraudy sent us some interesting work recently. I particularly like her drawing ‘Part of the Whole’.
“Though drawn as one complete piece, the final installation is composed of 16 separate parts, where the complete picture evokes a mandala, a soothing meditation aid. When viewed from afar, each tiny ink line joins together to form a cohesive whole....
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Love Letters from Lizzie Hall
Australian artist Lizzie Hall’s ‘Love Letters’ were drawn using a sketch-a-graph – a child’s toy, where a pencil is placed in one position on an articulated plastic ‘arm’ and a stylus is used to direct the pencil on another arm. They are normally used for tracing and duplicating images, however it is hopeless at replicating with any accuracy. Lizzie has written...
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Matthew Lloyd
Matthew Lloyd sees his style as a complete visual representation of everything he has seen, heard and experienced. His unconscious drawing behaviour provides surprising and organic results. Matthew challenges himself not to try and draw the perfect tree or face but to try and draw the intangible things in life.
www.matthewlloydart.com
‘Experimental Drawing 1’. Charcoal on...
June 2010
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Fantastic work from Sinhye KIM - a.k.a Ssin Kim
www.artistssin.com
‘There is no way to escape from the justice’. Korean ink on Korean paper. (2008).
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Allegra Lockstadt
I stumbled across the work of Allegra Lockstadt. I’m a big fan of this kind of monochrome, abstract work.
www.allegralockstadt.com
‘Building Rooms, Building Qualities’. Pen and ink on paper. (2009)
I found Allegra’s work on www.butdoesitfloat.com a consistently great source of interesting art and design. Go check it out.
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James Quin
Liverpool based James Quin’s drawing ‘The Watched Cannot see the Watcher’ is a preliminary drawing for a series of 300 drawings on found book backs entitled ‘Repetition’. It was exhibited recently in the ‘Global Studio’ exhibition at the Bluecoat, Liverpool.
Each drawing is made from memory based on the previous drawing, the process repeated 300 times...