02:42

crazy love

Hi guys, just a heads up here; my third zine How To Draw Like A Nut is now VERY limited. My shop has about twenty left in stock. And, that's it. All my zines (apart from some special limited limited edition ones) have runs of one thousand. So, if you are new to my work, and don't already own a copy now is the time to get one HERE. There's also an offer on the first two ballpoint zines HERE.

Right, that's it for the selling, for now. I hope you understand that I have to do it. It's how I get the time to draw and post all this crazy stuff. Back with more crazy stuff very soon.



@темы: Etsy, zine, AJ, Andrea Joseph drawings, ballpoint, ballpoint drawing, biro, ballpoint zine, zines, zines by Andrea Joseph



For those who asked, here’s a look at some of the materials I’m using. Oil pastels are at the back. In front on the left is the acrylic iridescent white paint and the iridescent medium on the right, which are mixed with pastel on the palette.







Here’s some more on this drawing.







Hello and thanks to my new followers, hope you enjoy the new updates :) this is a current work for my July solo with @thinkspace_art revealing part of the top. Materials include oil pastels, oil paint and iridescent media to give it a shiny glow. Cheers!!











I’m now on instagram! Please follow me to see the newest updates fresh from the drawing table ;) http://instagram.com/rodrigoluff

This is a cropped preview of a drawing I’m wrestling with now, it is 16” x 20”








One thing that I get asked a lot is 'which is my favourite drawing' . My favourite of my own drawings, that is. It's a really difficult question to answer as I've made, probably, a couple of thousand drawings over the last few years. And, you know, what I like, or dislike, in a drawing, changes all the time.

I have a love hate relationship with a lot of my work. Sometimes, if I've laboured over a drawing, by the time I've completed it, I usually despise it.

Another thing I've found is that my taste often differs from those (of you) that view my work. The drawings that other people respond to in a positive way can be the ones I dislike the most. I'm almost always surprised by the ones that get a huge response. Sometimes not, but mostly. Then, there are the ones that I love and other people hardly even notice. But, I love that not knowing.

More recently, as my drawing evolves, and I spend a lot more time sketching, the reasons why I like, or dislike, a drawing too have changed. I'm still always chasing a great image, of course (good composition, subject, etc), but now, it's the work where I have challenged or pushed myself, in some way, that I feel most pleased with.

For example, I really love this drawing. I made it in one of the large Moleskine sketchbooks (so, it's on a bigger scale than I used to work). I saw the red chequered table cloth and immediately knew I was going to get a drawing out of it. The food looked great against the cloth was too inviting (but I had to be quick as it was being moved around the table). And, then there were the people, all chatting and moving. I like to think I captured the scene.

Maybe those are the reasons I like it so much, and I'm not expecting it to set the world alight, but it just pleases me. That's all.



@темы: moleskine, AJ, Sheffield, Andrea Joseph drawings, drawn by Andrea Joseph, large Moleskine, sketchbook

20:58

new work


@темы: home

Later this month, the Bank Holiday weekend of 25th-27th of May to be precise, I will be exhibitng my work as part of the Derbyshire Open Arts annual event. A photographer friend and I will be showing our wares at Pear Tree Cafe in Whaley Bridge.

There is an information board just outside the cafe. You can just see the top of it in this picture. It's in the hedge, next to the road sign, across the road from the car, got it? I said I'd knock something up, you know, a quick sketch to go along with the official event poster, to tell people we'll be there.

A quick sketch, my arse.



@темы: birds, AJ, Andrea Joseph drawings, ballpoint, drawn by Andrea Joseph, Derbyshire, Derbyshire Open Arts, ballpoint drawing, biro, Whaley Bridge

Right then, so as promised in my last post, here is the second part of the third stage of the Little Acorns project. Are you keeping up?!

Meet Archibald Twig again. The drawing at the top of this page is an original and I'm putting that on sale on Ebay (starting at a penny, as always), but that's not all. What you get is the original, the original handwritten provenance and one of the cut-out-and-make limited edition cards.

 You can find the Archibald Twig package HERE.
And, if you pocket doesn't stretch to an original, there are still a few of the printed cards available HERE.




@темы: Etsy, Ebay, birds, AJ, Andrea Joseph drawings, Little Acorns, Andrea Joseph's Dickie Birds, cut out and make









Finally got some process shots organised- If you’d like to see them all in one image, please download the large image. Thanks!





@темы: drawing, moleskine, rod, luff


Six Splints for Various Human Injuries
Media: India Ink on Acid Free Moleskin.




The Man in 13 A.
Media: Pencil and Guache on Acid Free Moleskin.



 Welcome back to Little Acorns. And, say 'Hello' to Archibald Twig. If you are new to my Little Acorn project, and would like to know more, you can read about it HERE. Basically, I can't be bothered explainging it all over again! It was enough first time around, and I'm no good with words - that is why I draw. Anyway, this is the third step in the project so read on...

My last drawing, the second step in this project, was put up for sale on Ebay. It sold at



@темы: birds, AJ, illustration, illustrator, andrea joseph, Andrea Joseph drawings, Little Acorns, Andrea Joseph's Dickie Birds, cut out and make, dickie birds

Zombie Run ( Miami 2013 ) from Bryce Wymer on Vimeo.


Zombie Run Miami. Run for your lives event.We dressed up as zombies and attacked runners at a Miami park. This is a quick and dirty edit of some of the footage we caught. Enjoy!Music: The Creature From the Black Leather Lagoon by The Cramps. R.I.P. Lux ( you are a god )



15:49

bird table

A heads up, here, folks. Tomorrow, as part of my Little Acorns project, there will be a limited edition cut-out-and-make bird going on sale in my Etsy shop. The bird in question is Archibald Twig. You can spot him in this picture. There are just 24 for sale. No more. Ever.



@темы: Etsy, birds, AJ, illustration, illustrator, andrea joseph, Andrea Joseph drawings, Andrea Joseph's Dickie Birds



moleskine page, 5” x 8”





@темы: drawing, moleskine, rod, luff

Hi guys, I'm finally on tumblr now!  Please follow me on their if you like my work.  So far, just a re-post of my last blog entry.  Still trying to figure out the kinks, but hopefully I'll get everything set and pretty-looking before too long.  Thanks!

jenecioart.tumblr.com



I've been driving past this bike shop in Buxton quite a lot over the last couple of weeks. A group of bikes, like this, always, without fail, makes me want to draw. You don't actually see it enough in this country. I'm not talking about those freaky serious cycling enthusiasts (there are loads of them), I mean just normal people on normal bikes (I am, of course, joking). It's probably all the hills and because it rains continuously. I think that a gang of bikes is one of those drawing opportunities that, whilst being irresistible, is a real challenge. It's all those wheels.

In a frustrating turn of events the sale for this drawing has fallen through over the weekend. It's particularly frustrating as it holds up this project. If you are interested check it out here. It's on sale for less than the highest bid just to keep the project rolling.



@темы: journal, sketches, blue, AJ, bike, illustration, illustrator, andrea joseph, Andrea Joseph drawings, drawn by Andrea Joseph, Buxton, Derbyshire, the Peak District, bicycle





T Shirt designs for Rook 2011





@темы: drawing, rod, luff

Here's a piece for a group show at Thinkspace Gallery in Culver City, California on May 4th.  Click here for more show details!  Acrylic and oil on board.  20" x 20"


Progress shot.  It was fun blocking in the fabric in sections.