Chris Brown is available for commission work for individuals, magazines, websites and advertising.
Working in Oils, Acrylics and electronic media, Chris Brown has been selling
illustrations and paintings direct to the public for over 15 years.
Contact Chris via webmaster@newarchaeology.com
or call 01753 854595
This london night scene was my first attempt uses complementary underpainting where you find the colours at the other end of the colour wheel from your final piece and underpaint in those colours first. It is a bit whacky while the work is in progress, but the final effect is worth the effort. I left lots of the underpainting showing through (e.g. the brown sky behind the blue) to give more dynamism to the picture.

A 20 minute illustration of a pair of lips. No source photography used. I just made them up. Started with tobacco coloured background, sketched red lips and darker edges then filled out the illustration with white highlights and lots of blending, dodging and burning. Original size was 800 pixels by 400 pixels - software used - Paint Shop Pro
Stonehenge
is a magical place.
These images started life as photographs before being played with using
paint shop pro.
I wanted to convey the energy that seemed to radiate from the stones themselves
on a hot summer evening a little before sunset.
A pair of cuneiform tablet illustrations for an arechaeology project. Cuneiform was the written language used by Sumerians from around 3000 BC. Shapes were pressed into clay tablets.

The Sphinx - mixed media
I first visited Egypt aged 19 and my sister and I spent the night in the
desert out beneath the pyramids.


Roman Samian Ware Bowls. Illustrations for an Archaeology project. created with Truespace 3.2 software.
Pictures inspired by the Maldives Paradise Island

Globe cutaway

This reindeer clipart was based on the 'winged victory' Rolls Royce logo. I was trying to get a sense of flying, just like santa's reindeer.
The use of light in paintings mirrors the use of light in photography. If you are painting a landscape, you can get a completely new picture by avoiding the usual 11.00am till 4.00pm when most people step out with their easels. Be on the hill at dawn and capture the light you see. Your painting will be far more exciting as a result.