Hot off the Drawing Board

"Pan in Ireland" : Ink, chalk and gouache on tempera-washed handmade khadi paper : 70 x 50 cm
Copyright © 2012 by Martin Herbert

Just a quick snapshot of the latest drawing for the "Crock of Gold" project - just to prove I am actually working, and that's why I really don't have time to post much ... for which everyone is no doubt profoundly grateful.

So - a drawing of Pan in Ireland - one of the illustrations for the new centenary edition of James Stephen's wonderful book "The Crock of Gold". As always, more details coming soon, because I just haven't had time to put together a newsletter etc, and the crowd-funding video is way behind, and there aren't enough hours in the day, etc. etc.....

No, really ... more details coming soon !!

A new drawing just completed ...

"Order & Chaos" : Original drawing in sepia ink and terracotta pencil on handmade paper : 28 x 22 inches
Copyright © 2011 by Martin Herbert

Hi all,

Just finished a new drawing which I've had in my head for some time.  it's now available for sale on etsy.com.

The perfection of the Fibonacci spiral, based on the golden mean, contrasted with the representation of mortality, decay, and devolvement into chaos. Entropy rules! The skull image may be a complete contrast with the perfect mathematical fluidity of the spiral - however the spiral form is appropriated by nature for the horns - all things are linked. The mathematical expression used in the background is the equation for the spiral itself.

Finally got around to making it, so here we go....

It's a unique original drawing in the most traditional media I can muster - similar to what my hero Leonardo Da Vinci would have used; sepia ink and terracotta (clay) pencil with white highlights, on rough 'deckle-edge' handmade paper prepared with a red earth egg-tempera wash. Overall size of the paper is 28.5 x 22 inches (72 x 55 cm).

Please go take a look!