From The Childhood Stamp Collection

…via the sketch book…

…a little something I jammed out whilst taking a pre-shop-close break…

…seed planted by Scotty…who talked murals then never got back….

…Scotty, phone home.

…(shit…not much brain space for drawing or posting at the moment…whoda thought telling everyone you’re closing their favourite record shop would cause soooo much chaos…thank the little baby Jesus it’s not  Christmas any time soon….)

…(stamp collection seems to end in 1976 with the Xmas issue of that year…I would’ve been 13/14…mmm….records…..).

…(really in love with that 4 colour ballpoint pen…it’s so messy!).

Hugs Not Hairdos

….and they all lived tentacly after.

Trump Card

…(where is the Maori word for octopus…pronounced feck-eh).

…(tentballs….eyeticles).

Last Page Of Old Faithful

…a prince amongst notebooks….

…long live new faithful.

…oh, yes indeed.

Out Of Stock

…”gallery” signage from a week or so ago…all re-stocked now…

…and rushing off to start on my first skull & bones commission…

…busy busy.

Do It Yourself Octopied

….pencil in where your octopus will be…(which don’t show up that well so, no photo)…

…fill in the spaces with white……give the white spaces a black border….…add red to the tongue & eyes……cover white and black bordered bits with yellow……cover the yellow with green…(add blue to the spit round the tongue)……spots…like the leopard,  any self discerning octopus is nothing without spots….…dry brush in some shadow at the appropriate junctures…and white highlights on the spit…….finish with a black outline….…hang it on the wall….

…now you try.

Octopied No.14

…look out ….behind you.

Sparky Thinks The Train

…is a fucking Octopus……somebody from up North fell in love with this piece and paid for it before it was finished (post included!)…….a first for me…

…I kinda miss it….

 

…Octopied No. 12….”Monster of the Glen”…..

…there is no foreseeable end to the madness.

Inevitable Conclusion

…told you.