Looking through old sketchbooks

ByJoseph Travis 10/07/202129/06/2021

Looking through old Sketchbooks

This drawing is a fair few years old, I can’t put an exact date on the drawing but the sketchbook it was in had various artefacts in from when my eldest son was a baby so it from before 2010.

For me learning has always been about taking notes, and that are to the point and personal. That is how I did my A-levels and then the first year of university where I continued to do chemistry. In Ceramics I kept notebooks full of clay and glaze tests seeing how things worked and from there making decisions.

Same with sketchbooks, I now have so many sketchbooks filled with pages and pages of drawings and really they are about me and how it is that I learn.

Blog | painting | still life

Mr Kipling’s Bakewell Tarts

ByJoseph Travis 08/07/202130/06/2021

Mr Kipling’s Bakewell Tarts

Deliciously Good Cakes.. errr tarts

Painting still life is an accessible way to start learning how to paint, I tend towards packaging as it is something that comes and goes through the house, on swatches of different coloured fabrics to just add some interest to what the object is sat on.

There is a lot to consider on a packet from colours, to type and logos and so on. I’m not looking at painting with realism though, I just want it to be fast and fluid and describe a level of energy to my painting.

Nothing like a sweet treat

they are delicious
The box is bright and colourful
I want to get back to painting in acrylic too
If you are interested in purchasing please contact me

Blog | drawing | pen and ink

We Don’t Promote Gambling

ByJoseph Travis 21/07/202116/12/2021

Cleveleys Town Centre

just pen and ink
I made a series without watercolour
Love the colour of this blue ink
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We Don’t Promote Gambling

It’s just the shapes were interesting

I promise it has very little to do with gambling as I don’t do it myself and none of my art so far is sponsored by any companies, or has even been used to promote any companies. If you need an illustrator for your business contact me.

Cleveleys is close by only being the next town over from Fleetwood and only a short trip on the tram. And has quite a few buildings with character.

original A5 pen and ink drawing on white card.

Blog | buildings | painting

Pat’s 10p Bingo!

ByJoseph Travis 04/07/202101/07/2021

Golden Mile Attractions

Carousel
We’ve Got It
Central Market
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Pat’s 10p Bingo!

We’ve Got it on the Golden Mile

I love how blocks of buildings can be so different in Blackpool, all built at different times to different specifications, and some going through a variety of transformations over the years. They don’t fit but that’s what adds to the charm for me. If everything was the same it would just be a massive boring block of Meh.

A3 watercolour drawing with Posca marker and Lamy Safari on white card

Blog | painting | still life

Tunnock’s Teacakes

ByJoseph Travis 15/07/202101/07/2021

Delicious to eat!!

wrapped in that signature foil
on hot air balloon swatch
I just want to eat it
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Tunnock’s Teacakes

Or the reason why I’m overweight!!

The worst kept secret about me is that my wife is from Scotland, so introduced me to a lot of different Scottish foods over the years some good, some potent ways to do yourself a mischief. From Killie Pies, to tablet or a loaf of Mother’s Pride Scottish Plain loaf. But none of these other things compares to a Tunnock’s teacake, chocolate shell hiding gooey marshmallow and a soft biscuit later at the bottom.

They are amazing and every time I see one I want to eat it. They are a favourite in our house and don’t stay in the cupboards for very long.

A5 acrylic painting on black card stock.

drawing | painting | pen and ink

Every Month is Star Wars Month

ByJoseph Travis 27/05/2022

Is May and as I write this the new Obi Wan Kenobi series has been released and I am excited to watch it, and am staying away from social media until I have had chance to watch it with my other half after she gets home from work this evening.

Star Wars was a pivotal point in my teenage years it made me want to draw, to paint, for many years it was my passion, it is my teenage drawings that going me accepted to many different courses after I initially went to university to study chemistry.

I still want to be good at drawing and painting to live up to those teenage dreams of working on a Star Wars film. I want to keep painting.

Even when I was doing a degree in ceramics I would write about painters, I would go on trips to look at landscape painting and illustration. My jumping point for ceramics was always painting as a frustrated painter, want to be able to draw better and for years I painted and drew and kept it to myself.

I will keep going but it can be hard at times, frustrating but I’m getting better and I will keep painting and drawing.

These two watercolours are probably my favourite Star Wars things I’ve painted this month, and they are available in my shop for sale, Luke’s Landspeeder and Rebel Snowspeeder

Blog | buildings | painting

Largs a family favourite

ByJoseph Travis 11/07/202101/07/2021

A place we end up on Holiday

Near Kilmarnock where we stay
Is by the sea
has a ferry
Available if you contact me

Largs a family favourite

Holiday destination in Scotland

My wife grew up in Scotland and moved down south for University when we were dating and we ended up living in Lancashire by the seaside. We have a family of our own here, but when we go back to visit my in-laws we often take a day trip out to Largs.

Yes it is by the sea but it is very different place to Fleetwood. I like it there, it is calm and quiet. That is when the Viking festival isn’t running, we did go one year to see the re-enactment of Vikings battling it out on the Promenade.

Another family favourite especially for my nephew and my children is riding the ferry to Cumbrae. It is a short journey but they love it.

Looking through old sketchbooks

Looking through old Sketchbooks

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