Benjamin Mills

Spring 🌸

When I was younger I would repeatedly dream of things in the sky. Planes and flying machines and blue horizons.

A little series I started last summer. 

The foreground area is occupied by Gardens by the Bay, home to much exciting birdlife.

Pat

Afternoon reading

Terrace hues

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Loki cat, Loki nap

Plant, pink

Shelfies

Time to stoke the faintly smouldering embers of this Tumblr I think. Let’s start with some paint sketches. Two of my dog Aya, produced in January when I was taking part in Strada Easel’s paint everyday challenge.

A sketching trip to Ross-on-Wye last month, gathering material for a landscape painting commission, like an eager little art squirrel. 🎨🐿Accompanied by my old art buddy Joe. #pleinair #painting #sketch #sketchbook #landscape #art #gouache #rossonwye #rossvegas #riverwye #moleskine #moleskine_arts

One of a few spot illustrations produced for the latest issue of Courier @couriermedia This one is for a piece on @curators_coffee ☕️ #illustration #painting #art #magazine #illustrator #editorialillustration #coffee #cafe #londoncoffee #specialtycoffee #paint #☕️

Alternate colour scheme 🐶🎨 #dog #painting #portrait #illustration #art #watercolour #gouache #dogsofinstagram #paint

My Old Man's workshop is very 'The Last of Us'. Exquisitely cluttered and grimy (sorry Dad 😁), ivy creeping in through the windows and weaving across the shelves. Painted a tiny glimpse. 🌿🔨 #art #painting #sketchbook #paint #stilllife #watercolour #workshop #tools #watercolor #moleskine #moleskine_arts #postapocalypse #illustrator

The last of these @likethewindmag portraits is Seamus, a beautiful Irish Setter. #illustration #illustrator #painting #portrait #drawing #art #magazine #gouache #editorialillustration #dog #dogsofinstagram #irishsetter #canicross #running #sport #colour