surrealism

Before autumn cools things down a bit, something tropical looking to share…

It is whatever it is?

Happy Solstice one and all :-)

Spooks and Santa vibes this time around :-)

Yep, this!

Squid game no. 2 from today!

Must be that time again?

Vaquita time!

Whale sharks and whale unicorns!

One last thing before bedtime…

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

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

Something to warm things up… or, more narwhals.

40 × 29.7 cm. Graphite and charcoal.

I was required to do this for an art class. It’s just a very strange image :)

Inspired by real life habits of mine, heheheh.

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

An education…?

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.”

Narwhals in surreal lands… what else?

Return of the hammerheads!

This is a Sandwing in the Wings of Fire OG artstyle. Before you say it, no I DID NOT TRACE ANYTHING. My literal only reference was the front cover and guide to the tribes in Dragonslayer by Tui T Sotherland (is that with a u or an o)

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

Need I say more?

65.8 × 56.3 cm. Graphite and charcoal.

Post photoshoot with friends doodling on the bus home…

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.”

Indeed, much bird bingo is being played here!

Another allsorts.