andrea joseph's sketchblog

I've been obsessing over this guy recently. I've always been a fan but, just of late, I've fallen for him in a big way. I don...

Now, here's something I've been meaning to post for a long time. For a long long time. Since I had my first solo exhibition  over...

This is a pretty rotten drawing. I wasn't feeling it from the moment I started it. I just saw this bike, at the Crich 1950s day, and t...

Fame is but a fruit tree. Isn't that a great line by the beautiful Nick Drake? I'd like to have known him. Anyway, here's an...

I've often been asked about how I choose the things that I draw. The answer is I'm really not sure, I sometimes think that they ...

Why do I find a broken bench so moving? Yes, because I'm a bit odd. And, yes, I'm a hyper-sensitive fool. But, apart from that, wh...

I've been working on some commissions recently, a couple of which were for visitors to my exhibition in the summer. I was very intereste...

I love that time when you are just about to fall asleep. That moment in between awake and asleep. It's such an creative space. For exam...

So, I've gone and started yet another Moleskine. This is a kind of travel one. That's four different themed ones that I have on the...

The sun is out here, in the UK, this weekend, which means one thing. Actually, it means a few things. Across the country people are wiping ...

As I slip into another of those mega drawings it seems like a good time to, once again, do a step by step post. This drawing has been in m...

'Woke up this morning with love in mind, it was raining outside but my love still shined'.

I've had so many enquiries, over the last few weeks, about the type of ballpoint pens I use. The answer is quite simple; any. Any I can...

I hadn't planned to do this work in progress thingy, but there's a time and place for everything. And this is one of those times. I...

This week I lost my marbles. No. Seriously, I did. And, not just because I went and did this drawing all over again. When I completed it fi...

....and buy a pick-up, take it down to LA". OK, so I know it's not a pick-up but there's a few of reasons why I had to use thi...

I was cleaning out the car the other day - well, I say 'cleaning out' actually all I did was gather these tapes together - which go...

...and the stars in your eyes. (Everyday matters challenge #138, draw something soft.)

It's my birthday today. Thought I'd get a post in before it's over. A pretty unremarkable day really apart from the rain. It has...