surrea

It is what it always is.

Something to warm things up… or, more narwhals.

Title:Rêveuse Illustrative design:illustration

Moleskine

A different kind of penguin club but it checks out!

Whale sharks and whale unicorns!

Muppet inspired whales, because that’s the done thing :-)

“I remain old, but younger than I’ll be tomorrow.” - Richard Kind.

“I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.” - David Bowie.

Into surreal lands we go again…

Out of November…

Inspired by real life habits of mine, heheheh.

Must be that time again?

Fungi and fun guys all around…

Lazy(ish) Sunday…

Squid game no. 2 from today!

65.8 × 56.3 cm. Graphite and charcoal.

I drew this for my sons bedroom wall, it’s inspired by the Beatles yellow submarine and includes an all seeing eye in keeping with the surreal nature of the 70s animation.

“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.

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

An education…?

it is half ,a lady from paris and the other half a alien from pluto

Narwhals in surreal lands… what else?

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.”

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

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.”

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

Surreal lands time again :-)

Need I say more?

13 x 17cm oil on paper