OB Illustration London

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“A very inventive and original illustrator.” - Sue Grayson Ford, The Campaign for Drawing web: http://obrotheridge.com

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Monday, 5 December 2011

Merry Christmas!

A commission by The Campaign for Drawing for their 2011 Christmas card
I had the idea for this image to be a print, but after making a model to see if it could work, 
I couldn't resist using a photograph as my final image!


My illustration portfolio: obrotheridge.co.uk

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

A4 teacup prints

I have printed a very small 'series' of these, all in different colours / shades of blue. 

My illustration portfolio: obrotheridge.co.uk



Saturday, 18 June 2011

A piece of Bournemouth


I'm not sure if it is possible to re-capture the shapes, textures (and smell! :s) of this barnacle covered muscle but I have tried my damnedest! 

My illustration portfolio: obrotheridge.co.uk

Monday, 2 May 2011

Live Printmaking @ The Big Collab


Paper Jukebox took over a corner of the Sherbert Lounge for The Big Collab on May Day 2011, 
We exhibited our work as well as creating new work in front of crowds of punters!





Four and a half hours later, with a massive pile of stencils, this is my final piece. 




Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Glassprinting




Yesterday I tried impossibly difficult stencil printing onto a glass vase, I think it could look really cool but I have to work out a better way of doing it to make it easier, a lot of thinking about this is next. Hope to work it out!

Sunday, 13 March 2011

Good Morning, Bournemouth Cemetry.




I chose a landscape that I found eerily beautiful and went colour mad. I love printmaking.

Saturday, 19 February 2011

Thank You


I made this card as a thank you to illustrator Matthew Richardson who 
has kindly donated a print of his work for our fund raising evening. 

Thursday, 17 February 2011

"Botanical Art" New prints!

Aah what a long day! I finished my 'aubergine prediction print', Twice! 
Here they both are - as well as a photo of my real Aubergine babies.. 
I have just sent these off to Artist and Illustrators Magazine for their Botanical Art issue.





Friday, 11 February 2011

Welcome to the world little aube!


So.. after a few weeks of having almost entirely given up on my little aubes sprouting, I finally found my first baby, unfurling itself out of the soil! Excited, I carried it around the house, introducing it to my housemates. Welcome to the world little aube!

Thursday, 10 February 2011

Tuesday, 8 February 2011

that's three things that is

The spoon bent and broke, and I chopped a worm in half with it. Poor worm.
I know Size-ism isn't cool, but that fork - small and useless!
The spatula is too important for cooking eggs, I cant risk it.

Monday, 31 January 2011

Tool Academy


My first tentative steps into the garden, armed with a spatula...
I call this piece 'tool selection, the line up'
A mono print using a roller, stencils and inks.

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Winner!


In a silent auction I bagged these beautiful prints by artist illustrators who I love:
Check out annasteinberg.co.uk & marcellehanselaar.com

New Inks!





Mmmmmm!

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Learning to Love Landscapes








Playing about with the visual style that I developed in December, I'm trying to learn to love landscapes. I don't like drawing hundreds of trees -I bloody hate it, so with this way of printmaking hopefully I can make it enjoyable! The top two are inspired by a visit to the Russel Coates Museum and Art Gallery, and below is a copy of Raoul Dufy's Racetrack at Deauville. And, yep, I have enjoyed doing these..