Back from Japan
I’ve just returned from Japan, my first trip back since before the pandemic - four years it’s been - my longest absence from my old home...
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StudioNIB
- Feb 12
- 3 min
Place and Time
It's been a funny old start to the year, which began with a stumble after I contracted Covid over New Year, and was largely out of action...
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StudioNIB
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
Seasons Greetings
Warmest wishes to all my friends and followers at this most festive time. It's time to briefly put aside the trials and tribulations...
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StudioNIB
- Oct 9, 2022
- 3 min
The Taste of Cake, and Creativity
Last weekend was a definitive anniversary, as it marked 40 years since I signed the contract on my first proper illustration job, on 1st...
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StudioNIB
- Sep 19, 2022
- 5 min
End of an Era
It's the end of an era. No, I don't mean the lately departed monarch, nor the recent change of Tory leadership, which for me is no change...
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StudioNIB
- Jul 22, 2022
- 3 min
Summer 2022 - A Tale of Two Cities
Summer greetings to all my friends and colleagues! This year as the heat rises, the shadows seem to be the safest place! Yes indeed, the...
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StudioNIB
- Jul 9, 2022
- 2 min
A Memorable Day in London - Good Things In, Bad Things Out, and Greatness in Art!
This week I went on a rare train trip to London, naturally I took my sketchbook... All the windows are open for Summer and getting out...
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StudioNIB
- Apr 29, 2022
- 5 min
Steeped in Shakespeare and Sutton
Last week I was in Sutton Coldfield for the excellent Shakespeare in Sutton Festival, staged by FOLIO Sutton Coldfield, a charity run by...
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StudioNIB
- Apr 11, 2022
- 5 min
Sutton Coldfield Shakespeare Panorama Pt 2
The Sutton in the Time of Shakespeare panorama map is live, here it is in it’s entirety (minus it's numbered key)... FOLIO Sutton...
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StudioNIB
- Mar 30, 2022
- 3 min
Shakespeare in Sutton - a Map!
Since the beginning of this year I’ve been deeply involved in a research-heavy project, creating a large scale panorama of Sutton...
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StudioNIB
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Season's Greetings!
Seasons Greetings everyone! Our celebrations may be low key this year, but the bears are raising a glass for a bright and creative...
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StudioNIB
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Nautical Novels, and a Nomination
Despite all the isolation and gloom of our times, things are beginning to look rather buoyant! First excellent news to share, is the...
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StudioNIB
- Oct 30, 2020
- 4 min
Spooky times
I'm not a fan of the commercialisation of Halloween, but if there's one thing I absolutely love, it's the weirdness of the season - the...
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StudioNIB
- Jul 13, 2020
- 3 min
Lockdown, Little pics, and a New Book!
I’ve been pretty quiet through the Covid 19 crisis and lockdown. Like many creators, limited physical movement and contact with people...
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StudioNIB
- Feb 10, 2020
- 3 min
Miniaturisms
One-Inch basic art tools - paper, a cut out 1-inch template, pencil, eraser, and finepoint multiliner pens. I don’t generally make new...
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StudioNIB
- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
Website Evolutions
Well, I have a new website! This came about after a certain degree of frustration with the old site, which had limitations on what could...
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StudioNIB
- Jan 16, 2020
- 1 min
New website, new blog platform
I’ve been using Blogger for years, but with a new website – it’s time for a new blog too! Hopefully my old posts from Blogger have all...
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StudioNIB
- Jan 1, 2020
- 1 min
Happy New Year 2020!
Happy New Year of the Rat everyone! It’s a delicate new decade, promising lots of challenges, let’s keep it in safe hands! Things have...
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StudioNIB
- Nov 2, 2019
- 2 min
Inktober 2019 – the last 16 drawings
Here are the rest of my Inktober drawings for 2019. During the month, though I never seemed to have much time for contemplation, I was...
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StudioNIB
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
Inktober 2019 – The first 15 drawings
It’s that time of year again, and once more I entered the maelstrom of feverish scribbling that is Inktober. Here are the first fifteen...
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