Princes School Drawing course

I was recently lucky enough to be given some time off work to do one of the amazing drawing courses at The Princes Drawing School.  I’m only two weeks in and I’m feeling incredibly inspired by the high standard of teaching and professional (very still) models. 'Traditional' life drawings they may be but it’s teaching me so much about looking, how to register what I’m seeing and how to translate and communicate that on the page... I want everyday to be a drawing day!

Here’s a snippet of the fruits of my, thoroughly enjoyable, labour.

A quick 2 minute pose to get the brain and pencil in gear.

Drawing with lines only.

Really trying to capture the sturdiness and strength of the
model here. 

Exploring how to build the form with abstract elements. So not looking at the leg, hand or shoulder in isolation.(It was reeeeally hard!)

Charming pastel portraits

These may look like the scribbles of a child, but Damien Florébert Cuypers is a master in my eyes. His deliberate heavy handedness brings so much character to his portraits and I love how he can say so much with so little. 

And I'm not dissapointed when he puts a little more on the paper. The results are just as charming.   

Check out more of his drawings on his tumbler site.

Watercolour fashion illustration

I got a new watercolour set recently and this is the result of my first experiment with them. 

Feel really inspired, so am on the hunt for new subjects. I'd love for you to send me your fashion portraits for me to work on. I look forward to hearing from you. 

Watercolour by me, Rhi Hill

Silke Werzinger - Fashion illustrator, Berlin

I'm a great fan of the gritty, simplicity of Silke Werzinger's work. Her combination of precise line detail and loose expressive marks tell wonderful stories on paper. Check out her impressive portfolio on her website.

Egon Shiele inspired life drawing

Here's the fruit of a nice little life-drawing session I went to at The Islington Mill last week. A lot of the class was organised around quick one or two minute poses, to mix things up a bit. The drawing below however, was from a 30 minute pose. As my first class for over a year, I was pretty happy with the results. 

Vintage Communication Design

I recently came across the Austin based creative firm Helms Workshop. They've an eclectic portfolio that clearly harks back to bygone era's. Despite this, their work is far from dated and their collaborative projects create some distinctive brand identities, websites and packaging. Their use of vintage typography is refreshingly bold and their reference to iconic visuals in their illustrations are bang on.

Full Steam Brewery brand identity project 

Promo poster for The Hold Steady’s 2006-7 tour supporting their new release, Boys and Girls in America.

Lovely little animation for Wolf & Wolf Optometrist's

Stunning music video with puppets

The timing of the creative direction in the new Small Hands video is just perfect. 

See more of Blinkink's work here.