I draw a lot of animals to warm up before a long haul at the drawing board, here’s a page I completed this morning, I drew them straight onto the paper using an old biro, bird books are brilliant for reference…
Author Archives:
An Owl And a Maiden…
Couple of new sketches…
(yes they are available for purchase… feel free to email for details)
Blues Breaking….
I don’t know why I dodn’t think of this sooner…
Firstly, my apologies to those who’ve been receiving musical (instead of art-flavoured) spam from me… I’ve been posting my music here lately haven’t I? Forgive me?
The new musical stuff will now be posted over at a new blog to leave this one for art stuff. If you’re interested in following the other blog, you’ll find it here:
http://bluesbreaking.wordpress.com/
Take care!
And (even) More Blues…
A fun little stomper…
Blues And More Blues…
As regular readers’ll know, I was bought a new guitar for my birthday, and along with the guitar seemingly came a renewed love for the blues, I used to gig with blues/rock bands regularly in my teens and well into my late 20′s and haven’t played very much since, well, here I am in my 40′s, vowing and declaring to put that right. I’ll add another one shortly…
I’ve Recorded Vocals!!!
Well, it had to happen sooner or later, I could hardly keep writing instrumental stuff could I?
This one’s a slow, moody blues (in Em don’t you know). See what you think.
ps, all background instruments programming, guitars and things also by me- (could maybe make up for the vocal effort?)
The Crow Queen.
Here she is taking a rest with one of her trusty black birdies…
The model is the lovely Ida (mizzd-stock.deviantart.com)
Shufflin’ The Deck…
It was my birthday on Saturday (11th) and I received a beautiful new guitar from my wife and children, here’s what I made from it, a little blues shuffle with a Chicago blues vibe…
Over The Horizon
Another recent ambient rock piece. Very much enjoying making music after a long day at the drawing board, balances things out nicely. Often the art (especially for commissions) can involve quite the Hurculean effort, music seems to just fall out, like a sigh of relief…
What Am I doing Here
The latest track from my ‘Ghosts’ project.
(c) Aaron Pocock 2013
A Little Bloke With Horns…
Warming up sketch
The Days Before You Came
A recent composiion of mine, A short, slow, haunting melody with guitar, strings and flute. One of my recent personal favourites
Marsh-Wiggling…
A couple of sketches from last night. Everyones favourite Marsh Wiggle.
Ghosts.
The latest instrumental piece… Hope you like it!
Haunted.
My latest musical jaunt, hot off the press…
The Departed
I know, I know… This has turned into a musical blog. Seriously though, I just have to follow my muse for a while and see where all this music takes me. I’m having a great time with it at the moment. Anyway, here’s my latest creation…
Home Again-
A new tune, this one’s more Celtic-rock than the previous few… Hope you like it!
LEGENDS
Another celtic-inspired theme I’ve been working with…
From The Mists…
they came…
Playing with some Celtic tunes right now…
Art/Music (c) me.
The Book Is Available At Last!
I’ve just looked and the new art book is now available from Amazon.com and Amazon Europe- Hooray!!!
here’s a link:
And here’s a video so you can ‘virtually’ flip through the book…
Aslan.
haven’t done much idle sketching lately, I’ve been so busy and I miss it, I rectified that in front of the telly last night with this one…
New Musical Meanderings….
A couple of tracks I’ve been playing with recently… More to come.
‘Drawings’… New art book
A musical excuse to post the cover of my new book… More on that soon.
Music by me (c) Aaron Pocock 2013.
Thank You…
Just wanted to say a great big thank you to all the people who’ve continued to check my work out despite me not being around just lately, I’ve a few things on that aren’t allowing me the time to sketch and blog as I’d like, I’ll be back at it again soon.
Meanwhile, here’s some cover art I painted last year for a new book by Cassandra Eason, published by Llewellyn Worldwide. Available now. (Can’t wait to read this one!)
Toothy…
This past week has been ’one of those weeks’. Feeling a lot chirpier now, though.
Here’s a face only a mother could love.
‘Twangin’
Haven’t posted anything for a while… Here’s a sketch from this weekend. plinkplink.
Todays doodlings…
I made a smal sketch yesterday and took it a little further today…
The Crow Kings Daughter…
Tonight’s sketchings… A drawing for a project I’ve been tinkering with for a while…
Dancing Ladies….
I rekindled an old love last night. I used to draw ballerinas all the time in my 20′s, something about the grace of the ladies and the challenge of the lines. I polished off 8 of these pages in an hour. I’ll definately be doing more, great practise!
Progress Shots…
Working in oils can be both liberating (when you’re using them) and frustrating (due to drying times)… Here’re a couple I worked on recently.
A Mermaid… Progress.
My latest work. Started this last night and finished it this morning. I enjoyed this a lot and may well have to keep this Mermaid theme running for a while. (watercolour on Arches 300gsm hot press)
Stones, a paintbrush and a pencil…
I painted this one, hot on the heels of the one I posted earlier. I used Arches hot press paper this time, I think I prefer the fabriano I used for the other one…
Hard and Soft…
Todays painted effort. I really enjoyed exploring the difference between the two.
ART SALE…
I’ve just set up a site to sell some of the artwork I have in the studio. Feel free to pop by and have a looksee (should you be so inclined).
Here’s the link:
Shrooms…
I began this one 4-5 years ago and liked it enough to take it to a completed level today… (will be offered for sale on the new blog soon)… (watercolour on 300 gsm Arches rough)
Art Sale….
I’m currently in the process of putting a new blog together. It’ll house many of the sketches, drawings, paintings and hand-coloured line art I have for sale. I’m having a studio clear out and will offer the artwork at fabulous prices. I’ll post the details here in a day or two, so if you’re interested in snagging a bargain, keep your eyes peeled!
Here’s one of the pieces that’ll be available…
Hands…
I’ve just been away for a few days, managed to fill a few pages of my sketchbook whilst I was there. Here’re a few pages of hands. (Can never work too much on yer weaknessees…).
It’s Over There…
Sketchings from last night…
Into The Woods (update)…
I’ve been working on this for the last 2-3 days, still a fair way to go, here’s how it stands right now, back onto it tomorrow…
model- elandria.deviantart.com
Into The Woods…
I first started workon this one 3-4 years ago, it’s been sitting in the corner of my studio ever since calling at me, I finally feel as though the time is right to get back onto it. Here’s what’s happening with it so far… (oils).
(model – elandria.deviantart.com)
Branch…
First painting after the Christmas break, a little on the simplistic side, but enjoyable nonetheless…
model Ida (mizzd-stock.deviantart.com)
Not a Kookaburra.
I used to be a wildlife artist, and when I was, I probably would have painted a native Australian bird here instead of this little critter…
3 Wishes Faery Fest…
Here’s a painting I completed a few days ago for the 3 Wishes faery Fest in Cornwall organised by the lovely Karen Kay…
‘Enter’…
Preliminary tonal piece for a new painting…
Mouse Rider….
Finished this one earlier, it’ll be shipped off to Germany as soon as the paint dries.
More Steps….
Here’s how this is going. From the initial drawing, through the tonal sketch and onto the oil painting…
Painting The Oak King (in oils)…
here’s another one I have on the go. I recorded a few minutes as I worked on it earlier…
Work In Progress…
I have a lot of stuff happening right now. If you’ve seen any of my recent posts you’ll know I have an exhibition coming up. I’ve been absolutely inspired lately and am playing things by ear. I haven’t made a shortlist of art to exhibit yet so I’m frantically painting away to see which ones resonate the most with me. I started this one earlier this morning and have spent approx. 4 hours on it so far, the fact that I’ve done this much in such a short space of time leads me to conclude that I’ll probably be exhibiting this. (oils).
Sketches for New Work…
I’m currently working on some stuff for an exhibition and am accumulating sketches as I go. here are a couple of ideas I’ve taken to the colour stages…
This one’s watercoloour and acrylic, with highlights in oils. The model is the lovely Ida-
http://mizzd-stock.deviantart.com
This one was painted in watercolour. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4″… It’s also available to purchase. (Email me if you’re interested).
Mouse Rider…
I’m working on a series of paintings for an exhibition, just ex(or)cising a few ideas, Here’s what I drew in front of the TV last night…
