Here’s a #TBT from 2010, it’s a drawing with acrylic, pastel and...

Here’s a #TBT from 2010, it’s a drawing with acrylic, pastel and pencil. This one ended up ripped up and in the trash, which happens more often than it should I guess. Haven’t posted it anywhere since. I found this on my hard drive when looking for a different image. I remember at least enjoying adding the neon colours which is usually fun to do.

@темы: tbt

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Here’s a drawing study I just finished up, it’s...

Here’s a drawing study I just finished up, it’s 6” x 6” (15.25 x 15.25 cm) pencil, pastel and acrylic on paper. Thought I’d make it available, if you’re interested in a more affordable, original work of mine please head over to http://rodluff.storenvy.com/products/10689312-contemplative Also comes with a free surprise mini print. Thanks!

@темы: available, art, rod luff, store, originals

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rolling over

Here's another one for the knitters. As I said in my last post, I have been doing some design work for a knitting/wool/yarn centre. This was the finished design for their leaflets, website, promo, etc. I'm really pleased with how it turned out. And, I don't often say that.

The exquisite wools made such a gorgeous subject. The colours were just lush. Plus, I love pattern making which is probably why I enjoyed it so much. You can get your mits on this original, as it's up for sale HERE.

@темы: knitting, Etsy, for sale, knit, AJ, wool, illustration, design, illustrator, andrea joseph, Andrea Joseph drawings, illustrator for hire, yarn, designer

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"Emergence" from 2010 for Throwback Thursday. Pencil/Pastel on...

"Emergence" from 2010 for Throwback Thursday. Pencil/Pastel on paper.

@темы: drawing, tbt, rodluff, throwbackthursday, psychedelica

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all my colours turn to clouds

I've been doing a little design work for a wool/knitting/crocheting centre recently. It took a few attempts to come up with a design that both the client and I were happy with and agreed on. This was one of the earlier attempts and the original is up for sale HERE. yes, I really really need a new phone (see last blog post).

@темы: knitting, Etsy, for sale, rainbow, knit, AJ, wool, illustration, illustrator, andrea joseph, Andrea Joseph drawings, colour pencil, color pencil

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When packing for a trip to LA, one must always remember the...

When packing for a trip to LA, one must always remember the essentials haha

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Missing my feathered friends! #cockatoo #australia

Missing my feathered friends! #cockatoo #australia

@темы: cockatoo, australia

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Preview of this painting I finished a couple weeks ago for a...

Preview of this painting I finished a couple weeks ago for a @prismacollective show next year at @spoke_art gallery.

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Just a close up look at “Spark” as we still have a small number...

Just a close up look at “Spark” as we still have a small number of these prints left at People’s Printshop ( @peoplesprints ) for $40. If you’re interested, please head over to www.rodluff.com/prints for a proper link. Cheers! #prints #peoplesprintshop #rodluff

@темы: prints, rodluff, peoplesprintshop

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canned

Thank you for all the lovely, supportive messages throughout my month of sobriety during October. I raised over

@темы: Etsy, for sale, drawing, AJ, illustration, illustrator, andrea joseph, Andrea Joseph drawings, drawn by Andrea Joseph, brown and blue

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Had to pack up the LA backyard studio over Halloween after a...

Had to pack up the LA backyard studio over Halloween after a brief interval of rain, or at least what passes as ‘rain’ here. But today it’s back in all its glory. Painting for @scopeartshow at Art Basel Miami for the @thinkspace_art booth in Dec.

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Here’s a photo at the whole...

Here’s a photo at the whole “Will-o’-the-wisp” which sold on the opening night of “LAX/SFO” at Hashimoto Contemporary curated by Thinkspace Gallery. It’s open till Nov 22nd. Thanks to everyone who showed up on the opening weekend, looked like a great time and I would have liked to be there.

@темы: art, painting, halloween, Thinkspace Gallery, rodluff, Hashimoto contemporary, newcontemporary

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Here’s a photo at the whole...

Here’s a photo at the whole “Will-o’-the-wisp” which sold on the opening night of “LAX/SFO” at Hashimoto Contemporary curated by Thinkspace Gallery. It’s open till Nov 22nd. Thanks to everyone who showed up on the opening weekend, looked like a great time and I would have liked to be there.

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some shots of my piece for “LAX/SFO” Opening October...

some shots of my piece for “LAX/SFO” Opening October 31st at Hashimoto Contemporary, SF and curated by Thinkspace Gallery.

@темы: painting, things, rodluff

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Happy National Cat day yall! From last years @iamlilbub tribute...

Happy National Cat day yall! From last years @iamlilbub tribute show at @spoke_art gallery with my painting in the middle there. So much fun to paint, tho my flight home was just prior to the opening so I missed out on meeting lil bub

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LA backyard studio day 1, working on this for @thinkspace_art...

LA backyard studio day 1, working on this for @thinkspace_art gallery’s booth at @scopeartshow opening Dec at Art Basel week in Miami. #thinkspacegallery #thinkspacefamily #scopeartshow #scopemiamibeach #rodluff

@темы: rodluff, scopemiamibeach, thinkspacegallery, scopeartshow, thinkspacefamily

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talking about good things and singing the blues

Another thing I've noticed, since giving up the demon drink, is that you feel very smug when it come to putting your recycling out on the street.

@темы: AJ, illustration, illustrator, andrea joseph, ballpoint, ballpoint drawing, Go Sober For October

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the ghosts of night, the dreams of day

Had a lovely day yesterday, drawing for the love of drawing rather than for work. I always love catching up with Urban Sketchers Yorkshire, my sketchcrawling buddies, too. We spent the day at the National Emergency Vehicles Museum in Sheffield. It was right up my tree. Loved the subject matter. I could spend another day, or ten, there. And, maybe even a night; apparently there are many ghosts in this former police and fire station. If you believe in that sort of thing, of course. I don't but I'm willing to have my mind changed.

 There was a very specific colour scheme too. Reds, blacks and a little yellow were the colours of the day. I managed to not take seventeen pencils cases, which is an achievement for me, and narrowed it down to just the three sketchbooks. I always try to take some tools that I wouldn't normally draw with at home. I try and play a bit more on sketchcrawls. It feels like the right place to do that as you often encounter subject matter you wouldn't normally choose to draw. The red Bingo dabber was an inspired choice of pens.

 Here's something I've noticed during October, as I'm participating in Go Sober For October, I do a lot more with my weekends. It's much easier when you're not factoring in a 'big night' or a hangover. That's just another benefit to being sober; doing more stuff with your time. Just look at how my blogging has increased in the last month!

 The museum holds a vast range of fire service related memorabilia that had previously been sitting in attics and local fire stations all over the county and amongst the exhibits were prisoner files from the last century. I found these the most fascinating of all, and below are my drawings of some of the mugshots from around the 1940s. It's funny how just by drawing somebody, spending that time studying someone, you can feel a real connection with them. I don't just want to now more about the faces I drew, I feel an empathy, sympathy, for them. Protective towards them even, like I knew them. I guess what I'm trying to say was that I was touched by them. Maybe I do believe in ghosts.

@темы: journal, pen, Paul Weller, drawing, car, AJ, Sheffield, illustration, illustrator, andrea joseph, Andrea Joseph drawings, sketchcrawl, sketchbook, Urban Sketchers, Go Sober For October, Urban Sketchers Yorkshire

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Progress photo for ‘LAX / SFO’ Thinkspace Invades...

Progress photo for ‘LAX / SFO’ Thinkspace Invades San Francisco - Part Deux at Hashimoto Contemporary opening October 31st. #thinkspacegallery#laxsfopartdeux #hashimotocontemporary #thinkspacefamily

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the changing man

Here's just a little (it's all relative) something I knocked up in my sketchbook.

 

The story of the drawing goes a bit like this...

Sometime back in May I went to my friend, and Dr Sketchy partner, Lara Gothique's fabulous vaudeville extravaganza (I do love that word, extravaganza. In fact, I love both of those words; vaudeville and extravaganza) called Cupid Stunts. I sketched the whole show that evening. I came away with a load of drawings. Over twenty quick sketches.

 

One of the fabulous artistes that night was a Victorian strong man called Sir Leopold Aleksander. I got a good handful of sketches of him. They were pretty much all as below - simple line drawings.

Over the last couple of weeks, as I have been living a life of sobriety, I seem to have a bit more time on my hands in the evenings. Time to do the things I've wanted to do for ages but not got around to because wine got in the way. Time to go back through my sketchbooks and rework some of those quick sketches that needed a bit of the AJ treatment. So that's what I did with the, now, tattooed gentleman above, and, at some point, will do with the sketch below. Sure, they don't exactly look like the Victorian gent, but that's what happens when you a) sketch in the dark and b) complete the illustration using only your memory and a lot of imagination. And, that's what I love about drawing.

 

Thanks to Sir Leopold for the use of his body(?!)

Thanks to Lara for her fabulous show.

And thanks to Go Sober For October for giving me the headspace to draw instead of drink wine! 

 

If you can spare a bob or two please donate to my sobriety challenge. I am raising money for MacMillan Cancer Support. The most worthiest of causes. You can do that HERE.

 

And if you'd like to see a vaudeville extravaganza, and are in Sheffield next weekend (a long shot, perhaps), Lara is putting on another. Check it out HERE. Take your sketchbook!

@темы: pen, tattoos, Burlesque, ink, Victorian, drawings, moleskine, AJ, Sheffield, illustration, illustrator, andrea joseph, Andrea Joseph drawings, vaudeville, Burlesque art, Burlesque artist, Go Sober For October