Probably the last of these acrylic pen pieces on black for a while as I am working on other things. Sort of coral/ocean inspired as usual.

Something I finished a few months ago, but just didn’t get round to photographing it. Have had a bit of a rest from drawing, time to get back to it. Acrylic markers on black paper. Unplanned, process was as always, organic.

More exploration in my black sketchbook with my Ohuhu and Posca acrylic markers. This piece is inspired by Korean Bojagi stitched textile. The book I used as my main source is Bojagi: Design and Techniques in Korean Textile Art by Sara Cook Also, this illustration is drawn freehand. I generally don’t sketch out or plan beforehand. For this piece I just plotted the colours and shapes as I went, going for a more organic process.

Another piece inspired by Korean Bojagi and referenced from 'Bojagi' by Sara Cook. I really enjoy this process. Drawn freehand, I plot the shapes and colours as I go.

It's a lot of fun. I bought because I have always liked producing analogue film pictures (I have a lot of Lomo cameras), and I thought it would also be useful for my daughter's illustration course. These pictures were taken this weekend on Bognor sea front and at Amberley Museums 1960s day.

Not my usual thing I know. I decided to try something out. This is a collection of poems about love written in my long hand. I don't thing many people write in long hand these days. I feel a bit like a relic.

More in this curent series of experiments in my black book, following no theme whatsoever, just what takes my fancy. Ohuhu acrylic makers.

More experiments with the Ohuhu acrylic markers in my black sketchbook. One of things I do like about these markers are that they are dual tipped. Fine at one end (ink comes through a pointed plastic nib) and they other end is a big felt marker. Nice to use.

So, what is the Jianghu? It's a Chinese word, and literally translated means 'rivers and lakes'. But, within the genre of Wuxia, it refers to the enviroment and tales of the martial world within a mythological/historical setting. I am a huge fan of Wuxia themed shows and books and is something I share with my daughter. But more on that another day. As for this piece, its inspired by the landscape of China, a truly beautiful country. Drawn out and coloured using Ohuhu alchohol markers and Caran D'ache Prismacolour Aquarelle pencils, in an A5 Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook.

This was a piece I started last year and finished recently. It was part of a series in my A5 sketchbook. This piece originally included an ink illustration of an eye as part of the arch. It didn't work well with the rest of the piece, and in the end I decided it had to go, so I cut up the whole thing and turned into a collage. The drawing of the eye I have saved and will use elswhere. Really hard to get a decent photograph of this. Edited and discarded many times. Posca pens and fineliners in an A5 Seawhite of Brighton

All four illustatrations were drawn out in an A6 Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook, using Ohuhu alchohol markers and fineliners. These markers are a bit of a departure for me from my usual medium, and it's been a lot of fun learning how to use them and blend with them. The leaves motif is something I have included in my art quite a lot over the years, and tend to return to it. These are part of an ongoing theme and I will explore it further for a while I think. The images are darker than I had hoped for. As I live in England, its virtually raining non stop the light is always pretty terrible. I have edited for brightness and contrast a little, but not too much as I don't want to lose the depth of colour. The result is by no means perfect, but will have to do.

I recently purchased a massive box of Ohuhu alcohol markers as a gift to myself and the first time using alcohol markers in years. I think the last time I used alchohol markers were Prismacolor many years ago (which I still have somwhere). I also decided to loosen up a bit (really), and also try a change of colour palette. This was an experiment, it wasn’t meant to look like fronds initially, just how it ended up. Drawn in an A6 Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook.