A Day At St.Wilfrid's School

I do a lot of school visits to talk about Robot City and I always get a tremendous buzz from them. It is great to talk with students about Robot City and to hear their ideas and see what they produce when we get down to some drawing and writing.

Below are some pictures that I have been sent by St. Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School in Angmering from a day I spent there recently. Thanks to Paul Hirchfield for organising it all.

Science Museum Inspiration!

Here's a fantastic Robot City drawing done by Felix who I met at the Science Museum last week. He sent it in with his Dad to the Robot City Tourist Board. Great work Felix you've not only drawn an awesome Robot but you've put it in a well thought out cityscape! I hope you keep on drawing.

Drawing At The Science Museum London

The Science Museum in London invited me back for a second year to draw Robots and sign books this Tuesday. It turned out to be another brilliant day. I met loads of people who wanted to stop and have a talk about Robot City. A great big thanks to all the staff at the Museum who made me feel so welcome.

The Auction Result

Thanks to everyone who promoted the auction of my painting for Help For Heroes. It turned out to be a brilliant event to do. I got loads of support and feedback on the painting. Eventually it went for £122 to Mr. William Brown from Kent. He's without doubt a man of great artistic taste.

Help For Heroes Painting Auction is Now Live!

You can now bid on purchasing the painting of Curtis the Coast Guard Robot. The auction site managed by Cineworld in Brighton is now live. The auction runs until Feb 16th and is part of an event organised by Cineworld in Brighton specifically to raise money for Help For Heroes. All the money raised goes to Help For Heroes.

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The Help For Heroes Painting is Finished

I have just finished my painting of Curtis The Colossal Coast Guard Robot. I'm very happy with how it's turned out. All that remains is to paint a varnish over it to enhance the colours.

It's going to be auctioned via Cineworld In Brighton both on their Help For Heroes Day ( 16th Feb 2013 ) and also via an online auction site. Once the details are sorted out I will post up links about how to bid for it.

More Help For Heroes Painting

The painting is coming along nicely. I have to keep breaking off from it to do some paid illustration work but I think I should be able to finish it soon. I am planning to set up an Auction Page on Mission Fish in conjunction with Cineworld Brighton so that we can maximise the potential income for Help For Heroes.

Curtis Emerging From The Storm

My painting of Curtis the Colossal Coast Guard Robot is coming along. I'm having to fit the painting in with also doing commissioned illustration work but I'm very much enjoying working on it. As you can see the details are beginning to appear.

Help For Heroes Painting Progress

The painting for "Help For Heroes" is now on the illustration board. As you can see I drew it out first and then put a burnt sienna wash over the entire image. The next stage was just to start establishing some tones and basic colours. As you can see it is all very loose now. The details will start to come together over the next few stages.

Help For Heroes

Last year I did a really fun event at Cineworld in Brighton. I had to draw Robots at a stand in the Foyer as part of Cineworld's launch of the "Avengers Assemble" movie. Also taking part were the Firebrigade, the Police, the Coast Guard and St.Dunstan's home for Veterans who lost all or part of their sight in the services.

This year Georgie Sawyer from Cineworld has organised a day to raise money for Help For Heroes on Saturday February 16th. He asked if I could donate any Robot City material for the cause and I am very happy to do so. In fact I have decided to paint a Robot City picture especially for the event and donate the original artwork. I couldn't make up my mind between doing a picture of Curtis the Coast Guard Robot or one of the Robot City trains. Then it dawned upon me why I had to paint Curtis. Both my brothers used to be in the Army and they both served with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. As Fusiliers they both wore the red and white "Hackle" in their berets which is why I have decided to paint an image of Curtis the red and white striped Robot.

Here's the first very rough thumbnail sketch. Curtis is dragging ships back to harbour in a storm. I shall keep updating the progress of the painting.