Anna Campbell

My first response is AAARGH when I think about frogs. There’s no good reason for me and frogs not to get along but I just can’t develop a love for them. I thought I’d try drawing this one (who the family saved from an outside sink drainpipe). No collaging this time, just watercolour paint and…

Wow. Life is moving at a much slower pace at the moment, yet somehow I’m busier than I normally am. Covid-19 is turning everything upside down. Art practice has had a teensy little window… but I’ve managed to finish a drawing I started ages ago. Here’s the Raven drawing… and in earlier moments…

What I thought would be a relatively easy subject turned out to be a bit confusing… but I think I like it. the beginnings and middle… and done…

This drawing is kind of a mess. Mess is what I want right now, so that’s okay. Backgrounds have been on my mind lately, I’m a little bored of having pure white background so I thought I’d experiment with letting loose with ink. This was black and sepia, although it reads more as black. I’ve…

At last I have a good scanner! I can’t believe the difference it’s made. It’s a great feeling to know that I can continue drawing in the style I’ve grown to love, I was starting to think there wasn’t a scanner up for the job. Black and white, I (naively) thought would be so much…

Yesterday I spotted a #drawthisinyourstyle challenge on Instagram. It only had 24 hours left so I had to get cracking. The original illustrator was Laurabeedraw, who I watch on Youtube. There’s only three channels/people I watch on Youtube so far. Laura Bee Draws, Frannerd and Holly Exley. Basically they are my company when I’m drawing.…

My latest ink pen and collage drawing is of Kaylin from AK Wilder’s Amassia Series. Kaylin was a really interesting subject. Bit by bit Kaylin’s own personality and appearance showed himself.

One character study done, a few more to go… this is so much fun to do! I still really enjoy a drawing in the preliminary stages, the absence of detail is where the magic is sometimes. Here she is, Older Ash, at the beginning. and as early sketches… and all finished…