realism

Something to warm things up… or, more narwhals.

Inspired by the wonderful tutorial by rafy A, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/JM-esQnGIhQ Camera photo source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/aperture-black-blur-camera-274973/ Forest and child source: Unsplash.com

And that’s a wrap from this current sketchbook! Closing things with some Peter Falk wisdom I’ve shared before, I think… “My idea of Heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast, and spend the rest of the day drawing.”

“Edinburgh is home. It’s like everything in the world that should be is in Edinburgh and its surroundings.” - Bert Jansch.

Cephalopod activity time :-)

And into another sketchbook, the first of 2026 proper, we go! Introducing “More Portable Weirdness” :-)

Swimming in a different ocean, as per usual it seems!

Indeed, much bird bingo is being played here!

A passage from Nick Cave’s Red Hand Files struck a chord with me… “I’m worried my thoughts might slip away, as with a dream.”

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” - Bruce Lee.

Surreal lands time again :-)

Need I say more?

Mischtechnik, 50 x 60 cm

Narwhals in surreal lands… what else?

A familiar friend or two appears…

Fireworks and a parade too, it seems!

Squid’s up!

Another whale on an adventure?

Another allsorts.

“I think trying to be creative, keeing busy, has a lot to do with keeping you alive.” - Willie Nelson.

Happens more than you think!

More experiments from today…

Post photoshoot with friends doodling on the bus home…

Never enough narwhals, is there?

#PleinAirpril Day 1 ∙ When I visited this park a week before, I didn’t see the candy there at first. The second time I visited, I realized they were disguised as trees.

Could mean anything?

Aquatic magician time?

Castles, moons, squids… what more do you want?