Illustrations by Chris Brown

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.

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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.

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Ghost of a Roman Soldier - Mixed Media

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.