Last Emperor of China

Some sketches from a documentary on the TV, from which I'm working up a painting.

 

Masterchef

This is the big food critic chap from Masterchef Australia (which is far superior to UK Masterchef).

Horses

Hiroshige

I've got a calender of the Japanese print master Utagawa Hiroshige on my bedroom wall this year, and this is the image for August: Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake (1857). I can't stop looking at it. To evoke so much atmosphere, and to so evocatively define the posture of the huddled figures with such relatively simple line and shapes...damn good. If there's ever been a better artistic representation of people sheltering from a rain shower, I'd like to see it. Awesome.

Post-it Sketch

These are some little thinky-scribbles from when I was planning out the Jackie Chan painting. I like this board of post-it-type labels- it gives a ready-made selection of different picture formats and orientations to think on.

Twit

You can now follow me on Twitter, if it so pleases:

twitter.com/benjamintmills

Cheers : )

Cards

I got a little heavy box of new business cards and postcards through from Hong Kong a few days ago, complete with tasty silver foil-stamped text.